Teacher of Health & Social Care, Child Development & Sociology
St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE7 7PE10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
8 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
27 November 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Health and social care, Sociology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main or Upper Pay Range
Teacher of Health & Social Care, Child Development & Sociology job summary
Teacher of H&S Care, Child Development and Sociology
Full-time
Fixed Term – maternity cover
Main or Upper Pay Range
Required from January 2026 until July 2026
The Governors wish to appoint an excellent Teacher of H&S Care, Child Development and Sociology for this fixed term post. This post is full-time and should appeal to both recently qualified teachers or to more experienced candidates, looking to develop further in an outstanding school. Applicants do not necessarily need to have a qualification in H&S Care, Child Development and Sociology and related disciplines will be considered.
This is a wonderful opportunity for someone wishing to join an outstanding department and a highly successful school. The role will provide much professional development for the successful candidate, to support further career progression. Unstinting support will be given. If you are would like to discuss this post further, please do not hesitate to contact Danielle Largue, Deputy Headteacher.
St Mary’s is a great place to work and provides excellent job satisfaction, as it is a very supportive environment. We provide excellent CPD for ECTs and recently qualified teachers, as well as on-going training for more experienced teachers. There are opportunities for teachers at all levels to help develop teaching and learning across the school, working collaboratively with teachers from other departments, whether as coaches or researchers. The working environment is, therefore, a very stimulating one for all staff and is an added attraction of this post.
St Mary’s is a very popular school, rated Outstanding by the Diocese and Ofsted. We enjoy outstanding facilities in a building, which opened in 2011. We joined the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust in June 2020. We are also very popular with parents and are one of the most over-subscribed schools in the North-East. The roll has grown from around 1100 five years ago to over 1450 by September 2025, with 5 main school year groups of around 235-240 and a Sixth Form of approximately 300 students. We expect the Sixth Form to continue to grow in the next couple of years, as strongly academic year groups continue to move into the Sixth Form.
At St Mary’s, H&S Care, Child Development and Sociology are well-established and highly respected departments with excellent results. Recent highlights include:-
• BTEC Health and Social Care students have 83% Distinction* or Distinction grades in 2025, with 94% Merit or better
• 94% of BTEC Children’s Play, Learning and Development students achieved a Merit or better over the last 5 years, with 71% Distinction or better.
• 50% grades A*-B in A Level Psychology over the last 5 years, with 86% A*-C in 2024.
• 51% of Sociology students achieved at least a grade B over the last 4 years, with 81% A*-C in 2024
Leadership, teaching and the climate for learning in H&SC, Child Development and Sociology are all outstanding, as they are across the school.
Above all, the Governors wish to appoint a leader with:-
• A clear commitment to nurturing and promoting the school’s distinctive ethos
• A passion for providing the best possible holistic education for all students
• A commitment to maximising achievement through excellence in teaching and learning
• An excellent track record as a classroom teacher
• The ability to promote a love of learning H&SC, Child Development and Sociology in our students
Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 8th December 2025. Interviews will take place shortly after the deadline.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Mary's Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1459 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- St Mary's Catholic School website
St Mary's Catholic School
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