Director of Learning
The Whitehaven Academy, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 8TYThis job expired on 11 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
11 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Art & Design, Business Studies and Economics, Design Technology, English, Geography, History, ICT & Computing, Mathematics, Media, Modern Languages, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Physical Education (PE), Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) MPS or UPS with TLR 1A (£9782 p.a. full time basis - pro rata for part time)
Director of Learning job summary
DO YOU SHARE OUR PASSION TO INSPIRE EVERY YOUNG PERSON TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL?
The Whitehaven Academy is part of Cumbria Education Trust. CET is a growing multi-academy trust based in Cumbria; and is committed to creating outstanding, innovative and inspiring learning environments for our schools and their communities. The successful candidate will be joining CET at an exciting time, as we continue to build on our successes and move forward on our journey to establish ourselves as one of the highest performing MATs in the North of England.
We are looking for an outstanding candidate to join our growing team. The candidate should be an excellent classroom practitioner, reflective in their teaching practice and focused on getting the best from every student across all key stages of the secondary curriculum. As Director of Learning, the candidate will lead the day-to-day and longer-term management of the year group.
The successful candidate will:
- Be qualified to degree level
- Possess a relevant teaching qualification (PGCE, Cert Ed, Bed)
- Be an excellent communicator committed to leading an effective team
- Ensure high standards of teaching across the curriculum and have a commitment to challenging learners to achieve well
- Be a passionate, caring and inspirational leader and teacher
- Be self-motivated and reliable
- Be enthusiastic about current research on thinking skills and building learning power.
If you have the qualities required, along with the passion and aspirations to contribute to the success of the Academy and the MAT, then we would welcome an application from you.
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.
About The Whitehaven Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 760 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Whitehaven Academy website
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Cumbria