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.
Head of Department Modern Foreign Languages
MPS/UPS plus TLR 2.3 (£7,490)
Full time
Start Date: Easter 2025
Saint Bede’s Catholic High School is a thriving, oversubscribed and highly successful school situated in the pleasant resort town of Lytham.
As a Catholic school within the Diocese of Lancaster, our ethos of ‘Being a Bede’ encapsulates what we believe we are all about in our school. We are a family and a community, in which each child in our care is supported and challenged to make the very most of their God-given potential and be the best that they can be in every aspect of their personal, spiritual and academic development.
The role of Head of Modern Foreign Languages is pivotal to our provision of a broad, balanced and engaging curriculum. We are seeking to appoint a dynamic leader with an excellent track record of improving outcomes and engendering a love of modern foreign languages.
CES Consent to Obtain References
CES Recruitment Monitoring Form
CES Rehabilitation of Offenders Form
SBCHS Application Pack for Department Head of Modern Foreign Languages
Closing date: Friday 24th January 2025 at 12pm
Candidates will be invited to interview via telephone, please include an appropriate contact number is included so we are able to contact you during the daytime.
If you would like to visit the school before applying please contact Mrs S Kelly (School Operations Manager) skelly@stbedeslytham.lancs.sch.uk or 01253 667 526
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.