Assistant Head of Science
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6AQDeadline is today
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
10 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS + Allowance of £4,500 - Experience dependant
Assistant Head of Science job summary
The Great Schools Trust is seeking a passionate and skilled Science specialist to join our team as an Assistant Head of Faculty, depending on experience and subject specialism. We are keen to tailor the role to align with the strengths and ambitions of the right candidate. The post would also be considered a lead practitioner post.
About Us
King’s Hawthornes is proud to be part of the Great Schools Trust, ranked No. 2 nationally for most improved multi-academy trust in 2025. We are relentless in our focus on people and wellbeing, ensuring that staff are supported, developed, and valued. With dedicated weekly CPD time, access to leading leadership programmes, and a trust-wide commitment to work-life balance, we offer a thriving environment where both staff and students succeed.
Why Join King’s Hawthornes?
As part of the Great Schools Trust—ranked No. 2 nationally for improvement in 2025—we are proud to offer:
- Wellbeing that works: From protected planning time and workload-reducing AI, to family-friendly policies and staff wellbeing perks.
- Professional growth: Weekly 2-hour CPD, a personal development mentor, access to NPQs and our own Institute of Character & People Leadership (ICPL).
- Cutting-edge tools: Our AI assessment platform (CredimusAI) saves teachers over 100 hours per GCSE cycle, freeing you up to focus on what matters most—your students.
- A culture of belief and excellence: At GST, we believe character is as important as curriculum. Through the King’s Adventure, our students develop leadership, empathy, and resilience, guided by our ASPIRE values: Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, and Endeavour.
- Outstanding student experience: From cadet programmes to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, your teaching will be part of a wider, transformative learning journey.
The Opportunity
This is an exceptional opportunity for a talented and aspiring leader with a strong track record in the classroom—someone who thrives on student achievement, goes above and beyond, and is eager to join a supportive, forward-thinking, and ambitious team.
The leadership role encompasses curriculum development, staff mentoring, and strategic planning, making it ideal for a candidate seeking to grow and progress in a dynamic, nurturing environment.
You will co-lead our Science department alongside our outstanding Head of Faculty, Lucy Grant—a specialist in teaching and learning who is wholeheartedly committed to mentoring and supporting the successful candidate. You’ll be joining a vibrant, collaborative team dedicated to academic excellence and the holistic development of our students.
We warmly welcome visits to the academy. To arrange a visit and meet Lucy Grant (Leader of Science) and the Principal, please contact Phoebe Prenderville using the details provided below. Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Safeguarding Commitment
King’s Leadership Academy Hawthornes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Great Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including an enhanced DBS check. Please note you must have the right to work in the UK.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 636 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes website
King’s Hawthornes is situated in Bootle, several miles from Liverpool city centre. The school is part of The Great Schools Trust, an expanding multi-academy trust based in the North West.
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes is a growing school of committed, friendly staff and a cohort of students who are polite, enthusiastic and keen to learn right across the curriculum. We are a school centred in our Aspire Values – Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Endeavour. It is these values that drive our behaviours and relationships, a lingua franca that helps to bind our community together. An inspector captured the mission of the school when he observed that we were ‘building better people,’ something we are proud of.
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