Director of Science

Cornwall Education Learning Trust, Newquay, TR7 2LZ

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  27 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  2 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £67,898.00 - £75,049.00 Annually (FTE)

Director of Science job summary

We are seeking an exceptional, ambitious and collaborative leader to join Cornwall Education Learning Trust as Director of Science. This is a rare opportunity to shape and strengthen science education across our family of schools, leading improvement in curriculum, assessment and pedagogy while working in close partnership with Heads of Science, senior leaders and primary colleagues. The successful candidate will champion a high-quality, inclusive science entitlement for all learners, support subject leadership across multiple schools and help drive excellence in outcomes, experiences and progression in science. This role sits at the heart of CELT’s wider ambition to create an ambitious and inclusive all-through educational entitlement and to act as an outward-facing organisation that shares expertise to improve outcomes across the south-west.

The post will be split between 0.5 FTE school-based leadership and 0.5 FTE CELT-wide strategic leadership. We are looking for a credible and highly effective science leader with a strong track record of securing exceptional outcomes in combined and triple science, deep expertise in curriculum planning and implementation, and experience of supporting subject leaders across more than one school. This is an exciting opportunity for a leader, to further grow and develop our shared curriculum. For a leader who combines high expectations with clarity, partnership and a strong commitment to ensuring every learner experience excellent science education, this is an exciting and rare opportunity to join our community of schools.

For more information about the role, please book a time with Lucy Gambier, Director of Secondary Education using this link: Book Here

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

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all
staff to share this commitment. The postholder is required to follow all of the Trust’s policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding at all
times, and to adhere to the statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. The postholder must take appropriate action in the event
that they have concerns, or are made aware of the concerns of others, regarding the safety or wellbeing of children or young people.

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 Cornwall Education Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Cornwall Education Learning Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cornwall-education-learning-trust

As a Trust, we agree that a child needs to feel that they are wanted, loved and valued for exactly who they are, from the beginning. There is no replacement for that and if it’s not right at the start, everything that follows is playing catch up. After that, it is about nurturing the individual genius of each child. Every child is unique and has their own strengths, weaknesses, and passions. It doesn’t matter what these might be; what matters is focusing on what it is they love and giving them the space and time to explore those passions.
We cannot forget that the core business of schools is ensuring that children and young people are able to read, write and be numerate. We also know that whatever the world may look like in the future, there will be a need to instil universal human values. Values-based education empowers schools to emphasise the centrality of all people in society
and focuses on valuing self, others and the environment, underpinning their curriculum with universal positive human values such as respect, justice, equality, integrity, harmony, trust and honesty.
At CELT, we believe that nature is a gift we should try to give to each child so forming a relationship with nature early on is a very powerful thing. Our schools are all situated in unique locations. We want children to grow up
remembering their childhood as a happy, safe place where they connected with Cornwall’s beautiful natural environment.
Young people have their own voice - our role is to hear that voice and offer the space and opportunity for it to grow.
A CELT education gives each child a moral compass and self-leadership, it enables reflection and a code of personal ethics. Our pupils become the Captain of their own ship, which ultimately enables them to navigate their wonderful, individual journeys as custodians of our future.

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