Head of Business Studies and ICT

Hours: full time, permanent

Salary: MPR / UPR plus TLR 2 minimum (currently £3214)

• Are you looking to advance your teaching career into leadership?
• Are you a passionate teacher who delivers motivating lessons and is committed to driving up standards and challenging all students to reach their maximum potential?
• Would you like to live and work in one of the most beautiful areas of the UK, teaching keen and dedicated students in a school that has high ambitions for all?

Then we would welcome an application to lead our successful, well-established Business and ICT Department. Ideally, this permanent, full-time post will start 15 April 2024, although we are also happy to appoint from 1 September 2024.

We are looking for an innovative, experienced Business/ICT teacher who is passionate about their subject and has the ability to lead a team of talented colleagues who are rightly proud of their ability to motivate students but who are always looking for new ways of bringing success, challenge and fun into their teaching. If successful, you would teach across the range of age and ability from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced teacher to lead a friendly, dynamic department and to play a full and active role in the continual development of high-quality teaching and learning.

UCC is a happy place where students and teachers expect to treat one another with respect. We are fiercely ambitious for our students, care deeply about all aspects of their success and value everyone’s unique differences. Our vision is to ensure that UCC is ‘best in county’ in all we do. We offer our teaching staff:

• A welcoming and supportive community, where staff really do matter – our Staff Wellbeing group is an integral part of the school culture.
• An excellent ECT programme, which is supportive and professionally run.
• An outstanding programme of continuing professional development at all levels, which provides opportunities to develop the skills and qualities to progress your career.
• A committed, supportive and approachable senior leadership team with a clear vision for raising standards and maintaining a responsive and professional working environment.

• Cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme.

To apply

We welcome applications using either the TES application procedure or our own application form. This can be downloaded from our website, where full job details and comprehensive information about the school can also be found. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any queries (hr@ullswatercc.co.uk).

About Ullswater Community College

UCC is a larger than average 11–18 comprehensive school serving the biggest catchment area in England. We received an Ofsted Good rating in April 2023 and were recognised as ‘Best Secondary School in Cumbria’ at the annual NewsQuest Educational awards in October 2023.

This is an exciting time to be joining us – we have been named in the school rebuilding programme and anticipate a significant investment or new build in the near future.

We invest heavily in staff development, consider the well-being of colleagues in every development and encourage staff to be fully involved in whole-school and departmental learning initiatives.

We also pride ourselves on our fantastic students and curriculum offer. Our strong pastoral system is organised on a horizontal basis and most teachers are Form Tutors, in which important aspect of their work they are led and supported by key stage Leaders of Achievement and Success.

UCC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Employment at UCC is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed; if they are disclosed, the school cannot take them into account.

Closing date for applications: 12 noon Monday 22 January 2024

We aim to hold interviews the following week

Please note that we can contact only the successful applicants.