24 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    27 August 2025

  • Closing date

    19 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    11 April 2025

Job details

Job role

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Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Term time only, 37 hours per week.

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

NJC Grade 5: Points 6-11

What skills and experience we're looking for

We require a Science Technician to work within the Science department at Hodgson Academy. The post is for 37 hours per week.

The successful candidate will be well motivated, organised and able to use their own initiative. You will work under the direction of the Head of Science.

This post will appeal to individuals who have the desire and commitment to significantly contribute to supporting the learning experience of all our students at Hodgson Academy.

What the school offers its staff

Westfield Healthcare - includes dental care, optical, chiropody appointments, therapy treatments, on-line GP Services.


Annual flu injections

Childcare vouchers

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted selected Gym membership

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to j.hardy@hodgson.lancs.sch.uk

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Additional documents

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About Hodgson Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1116 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Hodgson Academy is a mixed comprehensive school for students aged 11 to 16. We provide a first rate, all-round education for children of all abilities.

The academy is a vibrant and exciting learning environment. Students, after all, need to be happy to be successful. The academy’s ethos is friendly, positive and well disciplined. We have high expectations for every single student here, to ensure they strive to achieve to the very best of their ability.

Each individual is appropriately supported and challenged throughout their time here. Examination results are consistently amongst the highest in Lancashire and compare extremely well nationally.

The vast majority of Hodgson students go into further education at 16 and large numbers enter higher education at 18. There’s an exceptionally wide range of extra-curricular activities to complement learning.

All students are encouraged to participate in some form of our extended provision – entitled the Hodgson Experience – to aid personal growth.

The academy is especially proud of its reputation in music, drama and sport. Hodgson was judged as ‘outstanding’ following our last full Ofsted inspection in September 2008.

In 2011, Ofsted revisited to look at the provision within our English department. Achievement, teaching and learning, curriculum, leadership and management and overall provision were all judged to be ‘outstanding’ within English.

The academy is renowned for being cutting edge and at the forefront of exciting changes within the education landscape.

Hodgson is a National Teaching School, in partnership with Blackpool Sixth Form College, so plays a leading national role in supporting the training and professional development of the teaching profession.

We believe in lifelong learning for all. Education should be a challenging and enjoyable experience, where hard work and a desire to achieve the best bring their own rewards.

Students are supported to gain the appropriate qualifications, skills and attributes they need for further education and a successful life after school.

As a consequence, our students are well educated, well rounded, confident and respectful of others. A warm welcome awaits you at Hodgson Academy.

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