Salary:
MPR/UPR
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2025
Apply by:
31 January 2025
Job overview
Post: Lead Teacher of RPE/PSHCE
Location: Ecclesfield School
Salary: Teachers’ Main Pay Scale MPR/UPR plus TLR 2B - £5,648 gross per annum
Contract: Permanent, full time
Start date: September 2025
Minerva Learning Trust is an expanding Sheffield based multi-academy Trust with a vision of providing outstanding education for all the students within our schools. The Trust is passionate that all students should see their time at school as happy and fulfilling with their potential developed to the utmost. Ecclesfield School joined the Trust in December 2017 and, as a sponsored academy, is developing this partnership and making rapid improvements for our students and community.
This is an exciting opening to join the team at Ecclesfield as Lead Teacher of RPE/PSHCE. This appointment, which is broadly equivalent to a second in Department role in other secondary schools, is a key opportunity to join a thriving, supportive and committed team. Applications are welcome from experienced colleagues with the drive and commitment to consistently pursue the highest standards of teaching and learning, whilst nurturing a culture of psychological safety where students and staff thrive and grow together.
The successful candidate will work with the Curriculum Leader to continue to drive RPE/PSHCE forward as an outward-facing, innovative area. They will work across the Department and also have opportunities to work with colleagues across school and in our other academies and the Trust.
Candidates are encouraged to visit the school or have an informal discussion about the role with the Headteacher. Arrangements for this can be made by contacting Jo Revill, Headteacher’s PA, via e-mail at jrevill1@ecclesfield-mlt.co.uk.
Closing Date is 9am on Friday 31 January 2025 with interviews scheduled to take place on Friday 07 February 2025.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Further information can be found in our child protection and safeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website Minerva Learning Trust. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In line with KCSIE, the trust/school will be carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence.
Further information is available by contacting Mrs Revill via jrevill1@ecclesfield-mlt.co.uk. The application form and information pack is available on the school website www.ecclesfield-school.com. Please ensure that you do not fill in a Sheffield City Council application form in respect of this vacancy as your application may not be considered.
About Ecclesfield School
* Ecclesfield School
* Chapeltown Road, Ecclesfield, Sheffield
* South Yorkshire
* S35 9WD
* United Kingdom
+44 114 246 1156
Headteacher – Richard Walkden
Located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Ecclesfield School is a larger-than-average secondary school, educating around 1,700 pupils aged 11-16 in a co-educational setting. Originally founded as a grammar school in 1931, the school converted to academy status in 2014.
Ecclesfield School has seen extensive redevelopment and modernisation over the years, with a series of new buildings completed in the early 2000s.
Values and vision
Ecclesfield School is committed to providing an education that works for all students, regardless of academic ability or background. The secondary school seeks to achieve this by providing a deep and engaging curriculum, in which teachers maintain a close relationship with pupils and their families.
Ecclesfield has high expectations of its students. It strives to ensure that older students have a proper understanding of their options, in terms of work or further study, upon leaving school.
Ofsted report
May 2022 - 50188906 (ofsted.gov.uk)
About Minerva Learning Trust
Chief Executive Officer – Bev Matthews
Minerva Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust of schools. We are committed to providing an outstanding education for pupils who are from a wide variety of backgrounds across the city of Sheffield. Inclusion is very important to us. We do not allow disadvantage to be a barrier to learning and we support all our pupils to be the very best. Our pupils show a high level of care for each other and respect each other’s diversity.
Founded In 2014, Minerva Learning Trust grew from an outstanding single-academy, and has since grown to include primary, secondary, sixth form and one, unique post-16 provision. We have demonstrated a successful tenure of school improvement, growing schools from RI and inadequate Ofsted status to GOOD overall.
Websites
Ecclesfield School - Ecclesfield School (ecclesfield-school.com)
Minerva Learning Trust - Home - Minerva Learning Trust
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