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Teacher of Science

Contract: 12 months fixed term 

Salary: Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Scale

Closing date: Friday 22 March 2024

Interview date: Wednesday 27 March 2024

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a vibrant, thriving and leading school in the local area.  (1345 on roll with a Sixth Form of 185) and our long history and excellent community links provide our students with exceptional opportunities. 

As a school, we are immensely proud of our September 2021 Ofsted report which describes our school as ‘Good’ with many ‘Outstanding’ features. “Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a learning community where pupils have great respect for each other. Teachers support pupils to become highly articulate young people who can express their views well on a wide range of issues.”  Furthermore, “Pupils benefit from studying a wide range of subjects. Leaders have put in place an ambitious curriculum. Leaders and teachers have high expectations of all pupils.  Similarly, our November 2023 CSI report states how “Students, staff and parents speak very highly of the ‘sense of family’ that is inherent in this school.”

We are seeking to appoint an innovative, enthusiastic and ambitious Teacher of Science. We require someone who is passionate about science and teaching. Our success as a school is known to be rapidly improving and in particular our science department is a proud asset of our strong and cohesive school community.

Over recent years, our energetic science team have nurtured our students into highly studious and enthusiastic scientists. We have very large uptake for GCSE Separate Sciences and even more so in our A-level and BTEC Science programmes. We have a reputation for success in the local area and, for several years now, have proudly achieved and maintained positive value added scores and positive progress 8 figures at both KS4 and 5.

As well as our excellent academic performance in external examinations, we are also immensely proud of the destinations that our students go on to post-KS5. Examples of just some of the courses many of our most recent students have gone onto study are:

  • Natural Sciences at Cambridge University

  • Natural Sciences at University of Durham

  • Aerospace Engineering at University of Manchester

  • Engineering at University of Liverpool

  • Electrical Engineering at University of Liverpool

  • Medicine at Cambridge University, University of Liverpool, University of Glasgow, University of Manchester

  • Genetics at University of Liverpool

  • Dentistry at University of Manchester, University of Liverpool

  • Chemistry at University of Liverpool

  • Pharmacy at University of Belfast, University of Liverpool

As well as offering a comprehensive curriculum of GCSE’s and A-levels in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, we also offer BTEC Applied General Science and BTEC Applied Human Biology. We also offer a full programme of extra-curricular support including peer-peer tuition, outreach work with various universities, scholar’s programmes with Imperial College London and The Brilliant Club and much more. These all contribute to our development of the well-rounded and academically successful scientists that we produce and who proudly graduate from our sixth form college each year.

The successful candidate will teach predominantly KS3 and KS4 where we aim to teach within our specialism.  There may also be the opportunity to teach science at KS5. Our team works collaboratively in the planning and development of our curriculum, which means that the successful candidate will work in a team sharing ideas and planning an area of the curriculum. This has been really powerful in reducing our workload within the department.

This role is full-time and with an initial 12-month contract. There will be a performance review after the initial 12 months with the view to offering a full-time permanent contract. If this advert incorporates your strengths and interests, and you wish to be part of our extremely successful and constantly evolving team, then please see the job description, person specifications and application forms available below.

Email application forms and covering letters to Lynn Lewington (l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk) by Friday, 22 March 2024, with interviews to take place on Wednesday, 27 March 2024.

Applicants from overseas outside the EEA should obtain an overseas criminal check before applying for a visit as the post is in the education sector.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to keeping children safe. Any offer of employment will be subject to statutory pre-employment checks, including satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS and Barred-List checks. This post is exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview.

The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance


Second in Department - Art, Photography and Art and Design

Contract: Permanent 

Salary: Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Scale with TLR 2.2 (£5,346)

Closing date: Friday 22 March 2024

Interview date: To be confirmed

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a vibrant, thriving and leading school in the local area.  (1345 on roll with a Sixth Form of 185) and our long history and excellent community links provide our students with exceptional opportunities. 

As a school, we are immensely proud of our September 2021 Ofsted report which describes our school as ‘Good’ with many ‘Outstanding’ features. “Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a learning community where pupils have great respect for each other. Teachers support pupils to become highly articulate young people who can express their views well on a wide range of issues.”  Furthermore, “Pupils benefit from studying a wide range of subjects. Leaders have put in place an ambitious curriculum. Leaders and teachers have high expectations of all pupils.  Similarly, our November 2023 CSI report states how “Students, staff and parents speak very highly of the ‘sense of family’ that is inherent in this school.”

The Governors are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, experienced and highly motivated, dynamic, enthusiastic and inspirational Second in Department to join our Art and Design Technology department. This job requires applicants who must be able to teach Art, Photography and Art & Design. This is a fantastic opportunity for a teacher who really wants to make a difference to the lives of young people. 

We currently deliver a range of popular courses across KS4 and KS5 and now wish to broaden our offer in both key stages to include Photography.

The school wishes to develop an engaging and successful curriculum within KS4 which takes its inspiration from our Catholic faith and traditions. Topics and themes will explore the principles of the Church, bringing Religious Education alive, in a new and exciting manner, through creative photography. 

The successful candidate would work closely with the head of Art and RE department in the first term to produce a suitable curriculum ready for teaching in September 2024-25.

This is an exciting opportunity. The successful applicant will be a creative and dynamic practitioner who can deliver high-quality learning and who has student’s progress at the forefront of their teaching. They will be able to communicate their passion for the arts through innovative, diverse and stimulating teaching methods.

They will possess the following attributes:

  • Outstanding subject knowledge
  • A high level of technical skill across a range of photographic, digital and lens-based media, techniques and processes
  • A high level of experience using photo-editing software.
  • Experience of delivering an engaging course which meets the requirements of both GCSE and A level.
  • Have a sound understanding of the accurate assessment of students' work in line with exam board assessment criteria.
  • Be able to teach Art and Design in KS3, KS4 and KS5.
  • An outstanding classroom practitioner
  • Have highly developed interpersonal skills
  • Be able to foster good relationships with both staff and students
  • Uphold our high expectations and standards.
  • Contribute to all aspects of work within the department, ensuring that the teaching outcomes are successful.
  • To engage in a process of continuing professional development in order to keep knowledge, skills and understanding updated in order to achieve the best possible outcomes.

We offer you:

  • Join a forward-thinking and talented team of staff
  • Accelerate your career through personalised CPD
  • A vibrant school with outstanding facilities.
  • An environment where pupils have an excellent attitude to learning, where they can grow academically and personally. Pupils’ behaviour and safety was judged by Ofsted as ‘Outstanding’.
  • Pupils who, through the wide and diverse academic and extracurricular opportunities they are offered, grow as individuals and happily contribute to the school community.
  • Regular opportunities for staff to collaborate and share best practice.
  • Opportunities to regularly develop your own professional practice through in-house CPD.

How to apply:

This role is permanent. If this advert incorporates your strengths and interests, and you wish to be part of our extremely successful and constantly evolving team, please see the job description, person specifications and application forms below.

Email application forms and covering letters to Lynn Lewington (l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk) by midday, Friday, 22 March 2024 with interview dates to be confirmed. 

Applicants from overseas outside the EEA should obtain an overseas criminal check before applying for a visit as the post is in the education sector.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to keeping children safe. Any offer of employment will be subject to statutory pre-employment checks, including satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS and Barred-List checks. This post is exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview.

The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance

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