Vacancies
Welcome to the vacancies page for Saint Bede's Catholic High School. Here you will find job opportunities for both teaching and support staff.
We currently have one vacancy available.
Attendance Manager
Grade 6 (£27,269 - £31,067)
Start Date: September 2025
Saint Bede’s Catholic High School is a thriving Catholic secondary school dedicated to nurturing the academic, spiritual, and personal development of every child. Guided by Gospel values and our ethos of 'Being a Bede', we foster a community of love, faith, learning, and service, where all are encouraged to grow in character and excellence.
We are seeking to appoint a motivated and committed Attendance Manager to lead and manage the school’s attendance systems and strategies, ensuring high levels of student attendance and punctuality across all year groups (Years 7–11). The Attendance Manager will work closely with pastoral teams, pupils, families, and external agencies to promote a culture of excellent attendance and intervene effectively where concerns arise.
Application form and further details: www.stbedeslytham.lancs.sch.uk
Tel: Mrs S Kelly, School Operations Manager: 01253 667 526
Email: skelly@stbedeslytham.lancs.sch.uk
Closing date: Monday 30th June 2025 (12 noon)
Number on Roll: 825
Our Catholic school is committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. The appointment is subject to multiple ’safer recruitment’ checks including online searches, an enhanced DBS check and supporting references.
Application Form - support Staff
CES Consent to Obtain References Form
CES Recruitment Monitoring Form
CES Rehabilitation of Offenders Form
INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES (ITT)
We are involved with local training consortiums (School Direct Programmes), as well as having strong links with the University of Cumbria’s PGCE programme. We are in partnership Edge Hill University ITE supporting PGCE and School Direct teacher training.
CATHOLIC TEACHING ALLIANCE
The Preston based Catholic Teaching Alliance (CTA) is a partnership between 56 Catholic primary and secondary schools and post-16 colleges with a shared vision and commitment to providing first class, professional development for trainee teachers, practising teachers and school leaders. We work in partnership with the University of Cumbria. The CTA is underpinned by a shared passion to train and develop outstanding and inspirational teachers who are highly employable and dedicated professionals who appreciate the distinct nature of working as part of a Catholic community. Based at Our Lady’s Catholic High School, Preston. You can find more information at Catholic Teaching Alliance.
NEWMAN TEACHING ALLIANCE
The Newman Teaching Alliance’s one-year course is designed in partnership with North West based Edge Hill University to offer all the benefits of a conventional PGCE with a firm grounding in practice as well as theory. The Alliance includes five local partner high schools at present. All of these schools are local, long-standing partners of Cardinal Newman College and all have been graded as outstanding or good by Ofsted in their last inspection. This course gives ITT students the unique opportunity to combine training in a post-16 academic environment as well as training at KS3 and KS4. Based at Cardinal Newman College, Preston You can find more information at Newman Teaching Alliance.