Job Description

Salary

Teacher Pay scales - PT1 (35,000) - EPT3 (51,000), TLR for HOD role plus benefits including: Teachers Pension, Health Care Cash Plan, Generous Staff Discount scheme, 3 extra inset days for planning, one paid personal leave day per year.

Contractual hours

37.5

Basis

Full Time

Region

Blackburn

Job category/type

Science

Date posted

05/11/2025

Job reference

REQ004150

Head of Science

Salary:

Teacher Pay scales - PT1 (35,000) - EPT3 (51,000), TLR for HOD role plus benefits including: Teachers Pension, Health Care Cash Plan, Generous Staff Discount scheme, 3 extra inset days for planning, one paid personal leave day per year.

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and influential Head of Science. The successful applicant must have the drive and desire to be consistently outstanding. You will be someone who shares our moral purpose of ensuring that all our young people receive the best education possible in a supportive environment from people who care about them. You will be passionate about your subject and will inspire our students to be so as well.

As a Head of Department, you will join our Middle Leadership Team and take responsibility for standards in Science working alongside an Assistant Head Teacher.

The successful candidate must:

Someone who is passionate about Science and who will inspire our students to be. Perfected skills in securing outstanding progress and attainment with all groups, particularly at KS3 and KS4. Someone who shares our moral purpose of ensuring that all of our young people receive the best education possible in a supportive environment from people who care about them. Evidence of good to outstanding teaching and results. Excellent leadership skills and competencies. Have a commitment to support our enrichment programme by facilitating co-curricular clubs.

Rewards and Benefits:

Our pledge, to all our academy teachers, is that by working for us you will benefit from

more pay, more time, and more support

.

More pay...

more time...

and more support

We pay an average of 5% above national scales - the best rates of pay in the sector.

Cash towards medical treatment.

Generous staff discount scheme.

Three extra INSET days for planning.

At least one personal day a year.

Great training for your career.

Exceptional curriculum resources.

Expert subject advice.

Support for your wellbeing.

Closing Date: 26th November 2025

United Learning

Hyndburn Academy is part of the Lancashire cluster within United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.