Deputy Curriculum Lead in Science
Bodmin College, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1DD10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
6 October 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
26 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Teacher Pay Scales + TLR 2b
Additional allowances
Teacher Pay Scales + TLR 2b
Deputy Curriculum Lead in Science job summary
At Bodmin College, we are proud to be a transforming school, achieving our best set of GCSE results in the school's history this summer.
To help shape the future of a thriving department, we are seeking a dynamic, ambitious, and forward-thinking Deputy Curriculum Lead of Science, who is both an exceptional classroom practitioner and inspirational leader.
The successful candidate will be a reflective practitioner with high expectations for themselves, the students and the department. They will be committed to continuous professional growth, and passionate about developing and enhancing teaching across the department. They will understand the vital role they play in fostering a culture of high aspiration and share our belief that every student deserves an outstanding curriculum and the very best teaching.
As Deputy Curriculum Lead: Science, you will work closely with the Curriculum Leader for Science and the Deputy Director of Science to drive excellence across the department. You will provide professional leadership, mentorship, and strategic oversight to ensure high-quality teaching, effective use of resources, and continuous improvement in student learning and achievement. Your influence will be instrumental in embedding a culture of innovation, collaboration, and academic ambition, helping our students to thrive and realise their full potential in Science.
If you wish to visit the school or have an informal conversation about this position, please contact Mrs Robyn Pooley, Trust Deputy Director of Science at rpooley@bodmin.celtrust.org
Cornwall Education Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Bodmin College is committed to the care and wellbeing of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to provide an enhanced DBS disclosure
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This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Bodmin College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1438 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Bodmin College website
Bodmin College is a large 11-19 establishment (with Area Resource Base - ARB) providing, extensive, high quality education and care. We maintain high standards of achievement and traditional values within a disciplined and caring environment. Students are encouraged to enjoy their education, to develop respect for others and, through assuming responsibility, to develop as reliable and mature individuals ready to take an active role in adult life.
Our College is characterised by its vision of, ‘striving for excellence by putting the learner first’. We aim, in all that we do, to put students at the centre of our decision making processes and at the heart of our four key objectives which are:
• To improve the attainment and progress of all students in all subjects
• To improve the educational opportunities for all students in all subjects
• To improve the quality of the learning experience for all students in all subjects
• To assist and work in partnership with parents and carers to improve students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
This vision and our objectives are underpinned by an ethos in which we expect everyone, ‘to be kind, be polite, to be honest and to work to the very best of their ability.
With notable success as a finalists in the UK Social Mobility Awards for two consecutive years, we pride ourselves on opening doors, creating opportunity and raising aspirations.
More recently, our journey with the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust has seen our committed involvement in ‘The Framework for Excellence. A journey towards a world-class education system’. Within this structure, assessment has been robust and challenging, yet one in which we have been successfully recognised as providing ‘exceptional education’ through our ‘principled curriculum design’, ‘leadership through moral purpose’ and in our ‘climate for learning’ (SSAT, 2017). We have received national recognition for raising aspirations, removing barriers to social mobility and opening up world-class opportunities to our students.
Bodmin College has recently been invited to participate in the ‘Connect the Classroom’ scheme through the DfE. This scheme will see a significant investment in the IT infrastructure within the college to improve WiFi and connectivity throughout the college campus.
In addition, the college has also been successful in the exciting School Rebuilding Programme which will see another significant level of investment to improve the buildings on our site. We are hopeful that this award will assist us in continuing to develop the learning environment for all our students and staff. It is a long term project which will help us to deliver our vision for excellent education in the local area.
We achieve this only through the dedication, commitment, passion and hard work of our staff. Our staff body are valued and cared for and their wellbeing, professional development and input are important to us.
Please note that Bodmin College is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.
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