Curriculum Area Manager - Academic, Sport and Adventure (Barnstaple)

As Curriculum Area Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across Sport, Adventure and Public Services, ensuring outstanding learner outcomes, an exceptional student experience and a culture of continuous improvement. This is your chance to make a significant impact on learners, staff and the wider community across North Devon.

What you'll need

• Proven experience in curriculum leadership, team management or departmental leadership within education

• A track record of driving high standards in teaching, learning and learner outcomes

• Strong people management skills, with the ability to motivate, support and challenge staff to achieve their potential

• Experience of curriculum planning, quality assurance and performance monitoring

• The ability to think strategically while managing day-to-day operations effectively

• Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• A relevant degree and teaching qualification

• A commitment to innovation, continuous improvement and delivering excellence

What you'll be doing

• Leading and managing the Sport, Adventure and Public Services curriculum areas

• Developing and implementing curriculum strategies that meet learner, employer and community needs

• Managing, coaching and developing a team of teaching staff to achieve outstanding performance

• Driving excellence in teaching, learning, assessment and quality improvement

• Monitoring performance through lesson observations, learning walks and quality processes

• Leading on recruitment, retention, achievement and progression targets

• Managing resources, budgets and operational planning within your curriculum area

• Developing partnerships with employers, universities, sporting organisations and community stakeholders

• Ensuring an outstanding learner experience and positive student outcomes across all programmes

• Contributing to wider College strategic objectives as part of the management team

In return, you'll get

• Generous holiday entitlement

• A superb pension scheme with an additional 28% employer contribution

• A comprehensive benefits package, including 24/7 wellbeing support and free access to our on-site gym

• Excellent opportunities for professional and leadership development

• The opportunity to make a real difference within one of the UK's leading College groups

If you're ready to lead, inspire and drive excellence in sport education, we'd love to hear from you.

No CVs or agencies please.

Interviews will be held on Monday 26th October 2026 at the Barnstaple Campus

Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.

We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.