Curriculum Leader of Science

Lostock Hall Academy, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 5UR

7 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 8am
Date listed
12 May 2025

Job details

Job role: Teacher
Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: M1 - UPR3
Additional allowances: TLR 2.2

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you looking for your next career move?

An exciting opportunity for a talented, inspirational science teacher with proven success, to lead, shape and develop science within an established faculty in a good school where student behaviour is excellent.The right candidate will be a passionate, highly motivated individual with the energy, enthusiasm and drive to inspire support and develop the science team within the STEM faculty.This position comes with TLR 2.2 for the right candidate who is looking for a future career opportunity.

Do you have what it takes to make a difference and help others succeed?

Do you believe you can inspire the leaders, innovators and thinkers of tomorrow?

Do you want to join a strong team of committed educators, continually striving to deliver the best teaching and learning to young people in a culture of research based learning and development with strong values to support your professional development? If so, joining Lostock Hall Academy might just be the best career move you ever make.

What the school offers its staff

At Lostock Hall Academy we are committed to providing all our students with the education and the personal development they need to reach their goals. Through a Growth Mindset approach, we promote a can do attitude to learning, with guided pathways into further and higher education and ultimately, to the career that they want to pursue.

Lostock Hall Academy is first and foremost a happy school. Students enjoy lessons and the relationships between staff and students are excellent, this has been frequently noted by visitors and is mentioned as a strength of the school in the recent Ofsted report.Students behave well and have a good attitude to learning in the classroom.

Lostock Hall Academy is a wonderful school to work at, where you can be part of a very supportive team. Teachers and support staff here worked extremely hard in the best interests of all the students.

We like to develop the potential in all our staff, so CPD is offered and encouraged. Being a small school allows us to easily share best practice and our experienced members of staff gain satisfaction from passing on knowledge to ITT students.

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.