Curriculum Lead - Science
Fir Vale Academy, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S4 8GB9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
17 May 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time - Monday to Friday 08:00 - 16:00
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £53,040.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
What we would like from you:
- Monitoring and improving academic progress in liaison with the team of curriculum area leaders and other key colleagues.
- Identification of student groups within the school who need additional interventions in order to secure excellent outcomes.
- Strategic oversight of programmes of intervention delivered by staff, academic tutors and supporting the work of trust-level subject advisors.
- Overall leadership of interventions to support individuals and cohorts of students, including in-school time and interventions taking place outside normal school time.
- Providing high quality line management to specific middle leaders as a SLT Link.
- Supporting staff in setting and achieving aspirational targets for all students.
- Working as part of a highly effective leadership team to support the running of a calm, purposeful and positive academy.
What the school offers its staff
We will offer you:
- Highly competitive salary. We pay an average of 5% above national scales, the best rates of pay in the sector.
- Excellent facilities and resources.
- Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
- Exceptional curriculum resources.
- Expert subject advice.
- Three extra INSET days for planning.
- At least one personal day a year.
- Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
- Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
- A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
- Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in other schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
- Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
- Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
- Generous staff discount scheme.
- We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Fir Vale Academy
- School type
- Academies, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- Up to 1050 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Fir Vale Academy website
- Email address
- hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
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