Curriculum Achievement Leader Science

The Wordsley School, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 5SP

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter 2026

• Closing date

  4 February 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  19 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,047.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS + TLR1a (£10,173)

Curriculum Achievement Leader Science job summary

As the Curriculum Achievement Leader (Head of Department) for Science, you will lead a friendly, well qualified and fully resourced department.

You will be supported to create the Science Department that you wish to. We have spent a great deal of time and effort in the last year in developing our Science curriculum. We are looking for someone to build on and shape this work, resulting in the best experience that we can offer to our pupils.

This would suit someone looking for their first role in subject leadership or an experienced leader looking for a new challenge. We are looking for a Science teacher who can teach all abilities up to GCSE level.

For further details, please refer to the Application Pack.

Stour Vale Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will carry out pre-appointment checks including DBS and will disqualify any applicant where we consider the outcomes to be unsatisfactory. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

We are equally committed to ensuring that no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of their protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Wordsley School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: Up to 915 pupils
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Wordsley School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-wordsley-school

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