Teacher of Law (Maternity Cover)
Birkenhead Sixth Form College, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43 8SQ7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
tbc
Closing date
14 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 May 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Law
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12-months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- T1 - T9, £33,465 - £51,714
What skills and experience we're looking for
Birkenhead Sixth Form College is committed to delivering high-quality teaching within a positive and forward-thinking environment for both students and staff. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Teacher of Law to join our successful Law department. This is a full-time, fixed-term position to provide maternity cover until the end of the 2026/27 academic year. The department delivers both BTEC Applied Law and A Level Law, both of which are highly popular with students.
The A Level course follows the OCR specification, and the successful candidate will teach across these courses, with the exact allocation to be agreed upon appointment. The successful applicant will demonstrate a genuine passion for Law and the ability to motivate, inspire, and challenge students. They will deliver engaging and effective lessons, using evidence-informed teaching strategies to promote strong student progress and achievement. The department offers a wide range of additional enrichment opportunities, including bar mock competitions, Law careers fairs, and guest speakers such as judges and solicitors.
The successful candidate will be encouraged to contribute to this vibrant and dynamic course area. You will be joining a supportive, high-performing department that values innovation, reflective practice, and ongoing professional development, and is committed to developing students’ understanding of the legal system.
What the school offers its staff
Rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted, Birkenhead Sixth Form College is the leading provider of A Level and BTEC courses for 16-18 year olds in the area.
The College has over 1500 students who join us from across Wirral, Merseyside and Cheshire and we have won multiple national and regional awards for our exceptional academic performance and commitment to improving the lives of every student studying with us.
We are the only specialist sixth form college in the area, meaning that our expert subject teachers are able to devote their time to delivering A Level and BTEC courses with 100% focus.
Our values of Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness underpin everything that we do, so that our belief in meaningful hard work results in students achieving the best possible outcomes. The cornerstone of our ethos is that every individual can achieve success, no matter their background or starting point. By concentrating on the process of learning and offering far more than just an academic education, the results that our students celebrate each year look after themselves.
Located in Claughton Village, overlooking the iconic and picturesque Birkenhead Park, our campus has a university-like feel with a calm and focused atmosphere, and government awarded grants have seen investment in teaching and learning facilities with multi-million pound new buildings being built on the campus in 2019 and 2023.
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
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About Birkenhead Sixth Form College
- School type
- Academies, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth form or college
- School size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Birkenhead Sixth Form College website
- Email address
- hrdept@bsfc.ac.uk
You will be joining a highly successful, innovative and nationally recognised sixth form college. The College was awarded the UK Sixth Form College of the Year by the TES in 2018 and this followed being graded outstanding in all areas by OFSTED in December 2016. All staff play a vital role in the experience that students have with us and ultimately their success.
The College currently has a 16 to 19-year-old student population of 1450. Demand for places for places at the college is very high and as a result the college has recently expanded with the opening of a 1.7m new state of the art teaching facility in September 2021. A further brand new 3 storey classroom block is opening in April 2023 as part of the college’s expansion project.
In response to the pandemic and disruption to the learning of students the college introduced a new timetable in 2021/2022 to combat the deficits that students have. This includes teaching time increasing by 60 minutes each week we are confident that the 5.5 hours students receive each week is one of, if not the highest in the country. Whilst student teaching time has increased, the new timetable has reduced the overall teaching time for teachers each week. Full time teachers will teach a maximum of 4 classes, 4 times a week and teachers have their own groups, we do not have shared teaching groups at the college.
Arranging a visit to Birkenhead Sixth Form College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hrdept@bsfc.ac.uk.
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