Teacher of Health Science

Permanent, Full time

Required for September 2023

Salary - NSP 1 – 9 £28,125 - £44,256

‘Teachers have high expectations of what students can achieve. They build good relationships with students. Students from diverse backgrounds work well together and listen carefully to the views of others. Students enjoy learning, and almost all develop the skills and knowledge that they need to achieve their qualifications.’

Ofsted 2018

Our opportunity

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, highly motivated and specialist teacher of Health and Social Care to support our vision to transform lives of young people in the North Sheffield. The successful candidate will be an inspirational teacher with a strong occupational background. They will be able to use their industry experience, ambition and drive to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours of our learners in readiness for their next steps.

The successful candidate will join a strong and committed team of specialist teachers and assessors in a vibrant, inclusive, and ambitious 16-19 environment. Health and Social care is a very popular subject within our vocational offer, with very high proportions of learners progressing from Level 2 to Level 3 and beyond into higher education and related health careers.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a vibrant, inclusive and ambitious 16-19 environment which is committed to raising academic standards and attainment. You will be provided with a programme of professional development that will enable you to continue to develop your craft in a sixth form that is highly focused on staff wellbeing.

The successful candidate will possess a genuine enthusiasm for their subject, and an ability to motivate, inspire and engage young people to equip them with the skills and expertise to achieve excellent outcomes. A proven track record of achieving good or outstanding results is ideal, though we also welcome applications from ECTs.

Longley Park Sixth Form is a highly inclusive 16-19 Academy in the North East of Sheffield. In 2017 we became part of Brigantia Learning Trust, presenting exciting opportunities for collaboration, support, development and progression.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious candidate to join our committed team to make a real difference to raising standards of education in the local community. If you believe that you have the skills and abilities to take on this role, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Description and Person Specification 

We can offer:

A hardworking department

An excellent learning environment

Fantastic students

High quality professional development and support

Opportunities to work with colleagues across an ambitious and forward-thinking 2-18+ Sheffield Trust

A chance to make a real difference to the lives of young people

We welcome contact from anyone considering applying to Longley Park Sixth Form College and encourage prospective applicants to visit the Academy to meet the outstanding student body.

Want to find out more? To arrange an informal chat please contact Matthew Fieldsend by email MFieldsend@brigantiatrust.net. To request an information pack or submit applications  please contact Brigantia Human Resources, by email recruitment@brigantiatrust.net Details are also available on our websites, www.brigantiatrust.net and www.longleypark.ac.uk

 Closing date for applications is Friday 5th May 2023 - 4pm