Lead Teacher of Health and Social Care (0.6 FTE) TLR2a £2116

Teaching Vacancies; Northampton; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Northampton seeks a Lead Teacher of Health and Social Care. The role involves teaching Key Stages 4 and 5, with a focus on student collaboration and evaluation skills. Offers include a supportive environment, personal development opportunities, and benefits like a private health plan and generous holiday entitlement. Applications are open until midday, Monday 8th December 2025. Candidates must complete an application form and letter.

Benefits

Private health plan

On-site car parking

Bespoke professional development

Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm towards teaching Health and Social Care to students.
• Commitment to raising student attainment and motivation.
• Experience in teaching Key Stages 4 and 5.

Responsibilities

• Teach Health and Social Care at Key Stages 4 and 5.
• Support students in understanding societal and cultural contexts.
• Work collaboratively with fellow faculty members.

Skills

Teaching

Health and Social Care knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Degree in Health and Social Care or related field

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Lead Teacher of Health and Social Care (0.6FTE) TLR2a £2116 MPS/UPS (£19,749— £27,211 (£28,483— £30,628) Recruitment & Retention allowance will be offered for right candidate. The Duston School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Start Date: September 2026. Closing Date: midday, Monday 8th December 2025.

The Duston School is looking to appoint an exceptional Teacher of Health and Social Care. This is an exciting time to join our Social Sciences Faculty teaching Key Stages 4 and 5 students. Within the faculty, we aim to ensure that students will learn to understand society, culture and environment. They will learn to work collaboratively and develop evaluation skills, as well as developing key skills and techniques to ensure they can excel. Applicants should show enthusiasm towards joining our dynamic, committed and supportive team. We welcome applications from candidates, who can demonstrate the highest standards of delivery in order to raise attainment and are committed to motivating young people. Please contact the school for further details. Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.

What the school offers its staff

The school offers competitive working conditions and packages, including:

• Future progression resides at the heart of the school’s ethos
• Personalised and bespoke CPD is offered to all staff
• Opportunities to attend external CPD courses and visiting other schools are positively encouraged
• An enhanced induction programme to support all new staff to the school, with a bespoke package of support for ECT’s.
• Westfield Health - Private Health Plan for permanent, salaried employees
• On-site car parking
• A laptop for teaching staff
• A detailed Workload Charters, which sets out the school’s commitment to support all staff with their workload
• No emails are sent at weekends nor holidays, we respect as a school the need to rest
• Co-planning is a guiding principle upon which our curriculum is built, with the use of workbooks and knowledge organisers across the school
• On-site restaurant for staff to use on a daily
• The lion share of directed meeting time is handed to staff to work on the curriculum
• Two faculty away days
• 4 traded days (which includes one day off to thank staff for the extra miles that they go)
• A priority place for staff children at the school
• Face-to-face meetings for all staff with the Principal to discuss your wellbeing, professional development and career aspirations
• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme for teaching staff
• Membership of the LGPS Pension Scheme for non-teaching staff
• For support staff
• Generous Holiday entitlement, including bank holidays (or pro-rata of) which increases with service

Candidates are welcome to visit the school prior to application.

Applying

Please complete an application form (we do not accept a CV alone) along with a letter of application to the Principal. Please email the application form and letter to: [e-mail]. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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.

The Duston School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safer recruitment practice and all appointments are subject to satisfactory DBS checks. In addition references will be requested for short listed applicants prior to interview and will form part of the interview process. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies. Online searches will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates.