Teacher of Science

Newhouse Academy – part of Hollingworth Learning Trust – has an exciting opportunity for a Teacher of Science to join our academy from the Summer/Autumn term 2024. 

We are looking for a great practitioner who:

• Holds qualified teacher status; specialising in Science;
• Has a real desire to help students achieve all that they can;
• Has values in line with the academy’s priorities of Aspiration, Integrity and Respect.

Newhouse Academy is a comprehensive secondary school, situated close to the M60 in the town of Heywood.  We work closely with our partner school, Hollingworth Academy, and are on a school improvement journey to deliver rising academic standards.  The emphasis for the academy is the ‘Our People’ high expectations agenda, where we have concentrated on doing the right thing for our people, through a carefully constructed personal development curriculum.

We are very pleased with the progress that the school is making, excited about the potential for our current and future students, and are all working tirelessly to ensure that we keep moving forward, delivering the very best education.

We are delighted by our recent Ofsted report, which graded the academy as ‘Good’ for Leadership & management, Personal development and Behaviour & attitudes.  This fantastic achievement followed GCSE results from summer 2023 that led to Newhouse Academy being placed ‘top of similar schools nationally’, by the Fischer Family Trust, based on Progress 8.

We have been chosen as one of 50 schools nationally to gain government funding for building development, which will see a brand new build for our Science and Technology departments, and is well underway, set to open later in the year. 

If you have a strong character, energy, credibility and the ability to inspire; if you can motivate and challenge others; we’d love you to join us in taking this journey.

With academy values of Aspiration, Integrity and Respect, we are embedding an ‘Our People’ culture through everything we do and our high expectations of both students and staff are bearing fruit.  

We believe in providing a high quality education for students and are committed to the continuous professional development of staff.

In return, we offer:

• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension scheme
• Funded CPD for nationally recognised qualifications
• An optional package of health benefits from Medicash
• Free use of gym facilities
• Staff activities, including a Wellbeing Café, running/cycling/walking group
• Ample car parking

‘Doing the right thing for our people’

We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our Academy, so you can fully appreciate our learning environment and meet our team.  If you would like to arrange a visit, please email Rebekah Duffy on recruitment@newhouseacademy.co.uk.

Hours: Full time equivalent

Salary: MPS/UPS 

Contract type: Permanent

Start date: Summer / Autumn Term 2024

Closing date for applications: Monday 15th April 2024 at 09.00am

Interviews: TBC

To apply for this position, please complete the application form and any supporting  documents and email them to recruitment@newhouseacademy.co.uk by the closing date. Please note that we do not accept a CV as a form of application. 

Newhouse Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment.  The information requested for applicants is considered to be objectively justified to comply with government guidance on safer recruitment in such areas.  Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring check.

The Hollingworth Learning Trust operates a Smoke Free Policy for all employees that applies to any building and associated grounds within the immediate vicinity of the building, which is wholly owned, leased or operated and occupied by the school.