Head of Science
The Cornerstone Academy, Poole, Dorset, BH15 4BQ13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
17 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 March 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
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time: 37.5hrs per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- United learning pay scales
Additional allowances
TLR for HoD
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a Head of Science to lead an established team. The right candidate will combine leadership with excellent classroom practices and have the passion and commitment to ensure the continuous improvement of students and staff within the Science department. As the Head of Science, you will have access to a range of professional development tools for you and your team. This role would suit a candidate with ambitions to become a future senior leader.
What the school offers its staff
The Cornerstone Academy is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Schools within United Learning work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. By collecting expertise and combining resources; we help to make the tough job of teaching a little easier. With a shared curriculum and lesson plans from around the group available to all, our teachers have strong foundations to lead the engaging, rounded education our children deserve. Our intranet site, United Hub, is just one example of how we share this resource and communicate across sites, helping to simplify processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. We reward our staff: with wide career opportunities – between Primary and Secondary, Academy and Independent – better pay, benefits, and ultimately the satisfaction of helping every child at each of our schools to succeed and reach their full potential.
We are focused on improving our drive to encourage every student to strive to achieve the very best they can be.
If you share our ambition and are an outstanding classroom practitioner, it’s an exciting time to join the academy.
You will have the opportunity to work with a staff team that is supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the best for our students. Alongside this, it is projected that Cornerstone will continue to see a significant increase in student numbers, leading to further opportunities for all.
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Cornerstone Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 668 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Cornerstone Academy website
- Email address
- arnolds@cornerstoneacademy.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01202676789
People often say after their first visit to The Cornerstone Academy how distinctive the academy is, how pioneering we are and yet also how our care and compassion clearly permeates all our work in all the best ways. Imagine, then, how transformative that environment is for the children who study and grow into adults here. This also applies to our staff; we have a fantastic team and we are all very proud to be working at The Cornerstone Academy.
As part of a cluster you will also benefit from being able to work closely with colleagues across five United Learning secondary academies in Bournemouth and Poole, and the potential to become a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) or Lead Practitioner.
Arranging a visit to The Cornerstone Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email arnolds@cornerstoneacademy.org.uk.
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