Deadline is tomorrow

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    28 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    27 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

History

Working pattern

Full time, part time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS1 - UPS3

Additional allowances

TLR 2.3

What skills and experience we're looking for

This is an exciting opportunity for either an experienced curriculum / faculty leader interested in a new challenge or a creative and ambitious subject lead seeking further progression.

As a Head of Curriculum, this role will lead on the curriculum design and delivery in your specialist subject area, as well as having overall leadership responsibilities across the suite of subjects. In this role, you will lead a team of teachers across a range of subjects and be supported by other subject leaders, in providing inspirational curriculum experiences, high quality teaching and learning and high progress and attainment rates for all.

What the school offers its staff

Now is a really exciting time to be joining Colne Primet Academy as we go through aperiod of rapid expansion, both in terms of staff and student numbers and with extensivenew building and refurbishment work completed in September 2024.

We currently have 875 students on roll from a diverse range of backgrounds, and thestudents numbers continue to grow up to our full capacity of 1050 over the next fewyears. Throughout the school, we have students who speak 23 different languages.

Working with such a diverse community brings lots of opportunities for students to learnmore about each other and themselves.

By joining the Primet family you will become part of a supportive and ambitious team.

The core drive of being part of the Primet staff team is about wanting the best for ourstudents, and to help them overcome any barriers to their success. Our aim here atColne Primet Academy is to give each and every child the very best educational start inlife. At all times, we guide, support and inspire.

We collaborate with our colleagues at West Craven High School as well as the threeprimary academies in our Trust family and have the support of the Pendle Education

Trust core team for functions such as Finance, Facilities, Human Resources, Health andSafety, IT, Marketing and Governance.

We are proud of the positive atmosphere that exists within the Academy. Visitors veryoften comment on the calm and orderly surroundings and the warm, welcoming andfriendly ethos we have created. We believe that high achievement comes as a result of apositive atmosphere, high expectations and mutual respect.

Our core values are based on the Primet Positives: Progressing, Respectful, Inclusive,Motivated, Expressive and Together. These values are embedded in everything we dothroughout school, and we are very proud of what Colne Primet Academy stands for in itscommunity – we hope you want to be a part of that too.

Commitment to safeguarding

https://pendleeducationtrust.co.uk/safeguarding-and-child-protection/587.html

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Head of Humanities and MFL (History specialism) (1).pdf - 2.36 MB (opens in new tab)

About Colne Primet Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
864 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
Colne Primet Academy website
Email address
hr@pendleeducationtrust.co.uk
Phone number
01282863970
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teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/colne-primet-academy

Colne Primet Academy became part of the Pendle Education Trust family in 2013 and has experienced transformational change across all areas since then. Former Principal Lynne Blomley has now moved into an Executive Principal for Secondary Education role with the Trust, and the Academy is led by Julia Pilkington.

The school was named Secondary School of the Year at the 2021 East Lancashire Education Awards.

Arranging a visit to Colne Primet Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@pendleeducationtrust.co.uk.

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