Subject Leader (Business & Computing)

Halewood Academy, Knowsley, Merseyside, L26 1UU

6 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of department or curriculum
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £54,939 - £59,167

Subject Leader (Business & Computing) job summary

We are seeking to employ an energetic and enthusiastic leader of the Business and Computing Department. You will be responsible for leading an established and supportive team of colleagues, who aim to raise the aspiration of all students and support them to achieve their full potential. The Subject Leader is responsible and accountable for all aspects of the progress and attainment of students and the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom. They are responsible for ensuring that the curriculum suits the needs of the students and that they can follow appropriate pathways to reach their potential and succeed. You will be responsible for leading an established and supportive team of colleagues, who aim to raise the aspiration of all students and support them to achieve their full potential.  

We pride ourselves on our commitment to ensuring student progress through high-quality teaching and learning provision for all. The successful applicants will share these values and play an active part in the curriculum at all levels. You will be able to enthuse and motivate our students with your passion for the subject and creative teaching, presence and personality.

You will be joining the Academy at a very exciting point along its journey to excellence. Our School has been judged to be a good school in March 2022 by Ofsted.

In this report, Ofsted have highlighted the following about our school:

·        Pupils said that Halewood Academy is a caring community.

·        Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and learning.

·        Pupils achieve well, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

·        Leaders take positive action to support the workload and wellbeing of staff.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of our person specification and be subject to an enhanced DBS check. 

Commitment to safeguarding

Halewood Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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About Halewood Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1146 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Halewood Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/halewood-academy

Halewood Academy is a warm, welcoming, and successful 11 - 16 school at the heart of the community of Halewood. It is part of the Wade Deacon Trust. Halewood Academy was judged to be a ‘Good’ school in March 2022 by Ofsted. Visitors often tell us that their first impression of the school is of a friendly, lively and stimulating learning community. They commend the good behaviour of the pupils and their thirst for knowledge.

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