What we are looking for
* Coherent Vision and Strategic Oversight: A Personal Development Lead provides strategic direction and ensures a cohesive approach to personal development. They align with evolving statutory guidance (e.g., DfE and Ofsted frameworks) and the school’s values, promoting a consistent message across all year groups with the support of the Senior Leadership Team.
* Impactful PSHE Curriculum: High-quality PSHE education supports students\' mental health, relationships, physical wellbeing, and understanding of the wider world. The Lead will ensure the curriculum is sequenced and age-appropriate, responsive to safeguarding issues (e.g., consent, online safety, extremism), delivered with CPD and resources, and monitored through student voice, lesson drop-ins, and feedback to ensure it is meaningful and motivational.
* Purposeful Tutor Time: Tutor time is a key opportunity to build relationships, reinforce values, and deliver personal development in a structured way. The lead will ensure tutor programs include character education, metacognition, study and revision skills, weekly themes (e.g., wellbeing, diversity), current affairs and assemblies, coordinated to support daily pastoral care and school culture.
* Broad and Equitable Extra-Curricular: Enrichment activities provide opportunities to explore interests, develop talents, and gain cultural capital. The Lead oversees an inclusive offer that links to Gatsby Benchmarks, supports personal development and career pathways, promotes participation and engagement, and contributes to school values. They will evaluate uptake and outcomes to ensure no group is left behind and incorporate student voice to meet needs.
* Empowering Student Leadership: Student leadership develops voice, agency, and responsibility. The Lead ensures a structured approach (e.g., student council), genuine opportunities to influence school life, and leadership development through training, mentoring, and public speaking. This strengthens school culture, cultural capital, and oracy.
What the school offers its staff
* Teacher & support staff pension schemes
* Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
* Training School Alliance
* Networking opportunities
* Specsavers eyecare voucher
* Free Flu vaccine
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
* Medicash - Health Cash Plan
* 24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services
* Dental treatment
* Optical care
* Physiotherapy
* Skinvision - skin health tracker
* A range of essential healthcare expenses
* Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Further details about the role
Tove Learning Trust (TLT) is a highly successful multi-academy Trust with primary, secondary and alternative provision schools across the West Midlands, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. We are a cross phase trust providing a high-quality education for over 11,500 children between the ages of 4 and 18. Within our family of schools we have four primaries, nine secondaries and two alternative provision schools.
As an employer of choice, we recognise every colleague is an individual, we value diversity, and work as a team to remove barriers to equity. We know that when you are “the best you”, whatever your role is with the Trust, you will transform students’ lives.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that all children achieve as highly as possible and we work hard to offer stimulating environments that enable every learner to progress and flourish. We have a small central team and a committed Board of Trustees that are focused on delivering outstanding outcomes. We aim to have academies that are excellent communities of learning where children thrive on success.
You will have access to a team of school improvement directors specialising in Maths, English, Science, Humanities, EYFS and SEND & Inclusion. Our outcomes in the vast majority of our schools exceed national expectations and many of our schools are rated Good or better by OFSTED.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
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