Head of Science

St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4LL

19 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  13 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  24 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Leadership scale point 7-11
• Additional allowances:

  Leadership scale point 7-11

Head of Science job summary

The Head of Science will lead and manage the Science Department, ensuring high standards of teaching, learning, and student achievement across Key Stages 3, 4, and 5. This role includes strategic planning, curriculum development, staff leadership, analysis of student performance and fostering a culture of academic excellence and innovation in science education.

This is an outstanding opportunity for the right candidate to take a pivotal role in driving the future of St John Fisher on its journey to becoming a great school. You will have enjoyed a range of experiences to date that will have prepared you for this role. You will be an outstanding Science teacher who can demonstrate a track record of raising standards and importantly, be child centred and able to inspire young people to be the best that they can be. You will have the highest expectations for our young people, staff and our wider community, underpinned by our Catholic ethos and mission and aligned with our Catholic virtues.

St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy is an 11 - 18 school and part of the Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust.

If you want to work in an Academy where you can make a real difference to young people’s life chances, whilst working within a partnership of Academies, committed to cooperation and collaboration to unlock talent and fulfil potential, then this post is just right for you. In return you will be supported and encouraged to develop further.

If you would like an informal conversation about this opportunity and / or to arrange a visit, please contact Janine Firth on j-firth@stjohnfisher.org.uk .

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

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 St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 928 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-fisher-catholic-voluntary-academy-dewsbury

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