Teacher of Health and Social Care
Rainhill High School, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 6NYThis job expired on 27 January 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
27 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
15 January 2025
Job details
Job role
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Key stage
- Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Health and social care
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 32.5 hrs per week (1.0) or possibility of 0.8 FTE 26 hrs
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650 - £49,084 pa
Pay scale
- Teachers MPR/UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you passionate about Health & Social Care and have the ability to deliver high quality lessons and achieve excellent outcomes for students? Then come and join a high performing Social Sciences team at Rainhill High School, including Rainhill Sixth.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, dynamic and inspirational Health & Social Care teacher for September 2025, who has a thirst for knowledge and the drive to teach the new L3 AAQ Extended Certificate (Pearson) and legacy L3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Pearson) at KS5 and Pearson BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award in Health & Social Care at KS4.
The successful candidate will have the capacity to enthuse, engage and inspire our pupils through strong subject knowledge and be able to maintain the excellent results in these popular areas of study and someone who thrives on collaboration and teamwork; a committed professional with high levels of personal motivation and ambition.
This position is offered on a full time permanent contract although we will consider part time 0.8 requests. Applications are welcome from both experienced and early career teachers.
You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills with a genuine commitment to teaching and the ability to develop our students’ love of learning in social sciences. If you believe you have the skills and dedication to meet our standards, and be part of our pursuit of excellence, then we are the school for you.
Experience Pupil Progress
Familiarity with Level 2 and Level 3 Health and Social Care syllabus requirements
Track record of expertise and raising achievement and securing improvement
To be able to articulate a vision for learning
Qualifications SkillsandAbilities
Good Degree in relevant subject area
PGCE in relevant subject area
QTS/QTLS
Evidence of further professional development at Masters level
Relevant, recent experience of working in an 11-16 or 11-18 school
Experience of teaching across the ability spectrum
Enthusiasm and ability to motivate and inspire students and staff
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Shows a strong commitment to equity in provision for students and a belief in the potential of every child
Demonstrate the ability to enthuse, inspire and motivate students, staff, and parents
Willingness to get involved in the wider life of the school
Quality of Teaching
Ability and experience of teaching Health and Social Care to BTEC Level 3
Evidence of excellent teaching – at least Good judgments
Evidence of “Outstanding” practice
Experience of planning and delivering interventions for pupils
Knowledge of the barriers to learning that pupils may face
National Standards
Evidence all of the Teaching Standards in routine practice
Ethos and Extra Curricular and Curriculum enrichment
Evidence of inclusive practice
Evidence all of substantial contribution to extra-curricular activities
CommitmenttoEqualOpportunities
Ability to understand and demonstrate commitment to equality and diversity
What the school offers its staff
Rainhill High was graded as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in February 2023.
Our core values; Learn, Think, Contribute, Care, embody our determination to ensure that all our pupils receive a first-class education that enables them to take their place in society confidently. We are a popular and high-achieving school on the edge of Merseyside with a strong reputation locally and oversubscribed.
The school is working hard to make a difference to staff workloads by investing time, technology, and support to make Rainhill High School and Rainhill Sixth an attractive place to work.
Commitment to safeguarding
Rainhill High School and Sixth Form is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people as well as promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion; where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosing & Barring Certificate and online searches as part of our Safer Recruitment & Selection Procedures.
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About Rainhill High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1852 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Rainhill High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@rainhillhigh.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01744 677205
11-18 Mixed Comprehensive 1820 on roll
Rainhill High School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form centre located in Rainhill, Merseyside, England.
The school converted to an academy under Rainhill Learning Village in March 2017.
More recently, the school has become part of the Stephenson MAT and was graded as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in February 2023. The Academy is working hard to make a difference to staff workloads by investing time, technology, and support to make Rainhill High School and Rainhill Sixth an attractive place to work.
Our vision is one of excellence for everyone, pupils and staff. We believe that by working together we can make a positive difference to children’s lives.
Stephenson Trust is currently a single school in a multi academy trust. We have several external partners, including Hope University, Ambition Institute, The Fowler Education Faculty, SSAT, Rainbow teaching school hub and the educational endowment fund. We are now seeking to expand in the next couple of years with those who share our desire to provide an excellent education
Arranging a visit to Rainhill High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@rainhillhigh.org.uk.
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