Teacher of Health & Social Care

Academy Transformation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational organization in Ipswich is seeking an enthusiastic Teacher of Health & Social Care. This full-time, permanent role is ideal for a dynamic professional committed to delivering high-quality teaching, ensuring students thrive. The successful applicant will teach across key stages and contribute to extra-curricular activities while being part of a supportive team. Access to continuous professional development and various perks are provided, alongside a commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Continuous personal development programmes

Employee assistance programme

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and inspirational individual for teaching Health & Social Care.
• Commitment to continued professional development required.
• Ability to teach another vocational subject preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality teaching in Health & Social Care.
• Enhance students' experience in the classroom.
• Support extra-curricular programmes.

Skills

Ability to teach KS3 and KS4

Team collaboration

Passion for subject

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Job description

We are recruiting at Westbourne Academy

Teacher of Health & Social Care

• Required: As soon as possible
• MPS 1 – UPS3
• Full time, Permanent

Applications from ECTs are welcomed

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational Teacher of Health & Social Care who can ensure pupils receive an excellent education through the delivery of high‑quality teaching. The ideal candidate will be an ambitious professional with the ability to teach both KS3 and KS4 and desirably another vocational subject e.g. Child Development.

You will be joining a dynamic and exciting team, creating a culture of outstanding success amongst our students.

The successful candidate will have a commitment for continued professional development and will be a dynamic and forward‑thinking individual, with a real drive to enhance students’ experience of health & social care in the classroom. We are seeking an ambitious professional with the ability to teach across the key stages, and join an academy which is dynamic and inspiring, creating a culture of outstanding success amongst our students. As a key member of the team, you will be a dedicated professional capable of supporting and leading classroom and extra‑curricular programmes.

We welcome applications from ambitious individuals, who have the drive, passion and vision to lead the department forward, applications from ECTs are welcomed. The appointed candidate will work collaboratively with colleagues and will be supported by our teaching and learning team and a strong SLT.

If you have what it takes, you can join an experienced, innovative team with incredible potential – and look forward to a future that could take you anywhere within the Trust’s Twenty‑Two schools.

About Academy Transformation Trust

At ATT we are driven by a simple but profound belief: every child can and should become capable, competent, and confident. Our purpose is to transform lives through education, and our strategy, ATT2030, sets out how we will achieve this for every pupil, every colleague, and every community we serve.

We know that people are at the heart of everything we do. Our trust thrives because of the talent, dedication, and values of our colleagues. If you choose to join us, you will become part of a high‑trust, high‑accountability organisation where principals are empowered to lead, colleagues are supported to grow, and everyone is united in the moral purpose of education.

What’s in it for you?

Access to continuous personal development programmes. A bespoke platform supporting colleague welfare and benefits, including pension scheme, employee assistance programme (EAP), recognition and reward scheme, cycle to work scheme and discounts on many major high street brands.

For Further information and to apply online, please see our application pack.

Westbourne Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person – able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called “the Great Conversation.” An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide‑ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.

Closing date: 09:00am, Tuesday 06 January 2026

Interview date: To be confirmed

Westbourne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2025. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.