Teacher of Health & Social Care & Early Childhood Development
St John's Catholic Comprehensive, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JW10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
February 2026 (earlier or later subject to candidate's availability
Closing date
5 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 November 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Health and social care
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time or part time (minimum 3 days per week)
Contract type
- Fixed term - Up to 1 year dependent upon post-holder return to work - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- Main/Upper Pay Scale
What skills and experience we're looking for
Applications are invited from committed and passionate specialists, who are excited by the opportunity of joining our thriving Catholic community. This post would suit both an experienced teacher or an ECT looking to secure a supportive school with which to start their ECT induction.
The school offers a range of qualifications in these two subjects across Key Stages 4 & 5: BTEC Level 2 Tech Awards in Health & Social Care and Child Development, as well as AAQs in Health & Social Care and Early Childhood Studies. Student engagement across all key stages and qualifications offered by the department is exceptional. As such, the department consistently ensures that our students achieve excellent results which has, in turn, been a positive contributing factor to the extremely successful whole school outcomes that the pupils of St John’s have achieved in recent years.
What the school offers its staff
- Additional October Holiday ensuring staff have a two week break in October
- Access to Kent Rewards scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Confidential support-line service
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
St John's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, Enhanced DBS check and an online social media profile check. This role includes specific safeguarding responsibilities, as defined in the job description. Our school’s dedicated Child Protection Policy can be viewed on our school website.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About St John's Catholic Comprehensive
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1322 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St John's Catholic Comprehensive website
- Email address
- loneill@stj.kent.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01474534718
St John’s is a very successful co-ed Catholic school with over 1300 pupils including over 300 students in our Sixth Form. We have an extremely strong Catholic ethos and pride ourselves in being a warm and welcoming community. Our recent Section 8 Inspection stated that - Pupils flourish in this inclusive school because staff provide high-quality care; Staff are consistently clear with their high expectations and Important values such as ‘excellence for all’ and ‘service to others’ underpin the ambitious culture in place. The school’s 2024 Progress 8 score of +0.11 was the seventh consecutive examination year where the school achieved a positive score on this key performance measure, and is a wonderful reflection of the talented and dedicated students and staff we have at the school.
Arranging a visit to St John's Catholic Comprehensive
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email loneill@stj.kent.sch.uk.
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