MPS/UPS +TLR 1a £10,210
Ofsted Good – 2024
Commencing September 2026
Heathcote School and Science College is an inclusive community school with key values to Encourage, Challenge and Succeed. The values are integral in everything we do to support and nurture pupils to achieve the best possible outcomes in a safe and happy learning environment. Feedback from our recent Ofsted report (February 2024) confirmed Staff greatly enjoy working at the school. They hugely value the support they receive for their workload and well-being.
We are seeking to appoint an innovative, solution focused and inspirational Department Lead to continue the excellent work of our current leader. This role will involve teaching in the main RE and the ideal candidate will have the ability to teach PIE also. The successful post holder will lead on RE and will be responsible for the PIE (PSHE) curriculum delivery across the school to continue to grow and develop the foundations put in place by the existing post holder. There will be some teaching of Health and Social Care required also. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work alongside our talented and highly committed staff team, supportive governors, and amazing pupils. School Leaders are flexible and strategic, and we enable and empower leaders through coaching and professional development.
The school puts well-being and development at the heart of its work, and we have very talented staff who are encouraged to grow and develop collaboratively, within school and with local schools, to be the best they can be. We are working to raise standards in a ‘high challenge, low threat’ way and enable robust systems which ensure consistency in all areas and encourage growth and development for all. The school has excellent resources and an impressive, spacious site on the edge of Epping Forest including a staff car park and surrounding roads that do not require a parking permit. We are also a 15-minute walk from Chingford Station which has great links into the City.
We aim to ensure our staff body reflects the diversity of our community and use anonymised-recruitment processes in our short-listing. We employ staff with diverse skills and backgrounds and this ensures that our policies and systems are always inclusive of all our stakeholders. We value and respect everyone’s identity and our Equality Information and Objectives Policy confirms our commitment to the 2010 Equalities Act.
If you are interested, please click here to visit the TES website for further information about our school and to apply.
Completed application forms should be emailed to recruitment@heathcote.waltham.sch.uk.
Closing date for receipt of applications: Wednesday 20th May 2026 at 9am.
Interviews scheduled to be on: TBC
Please note: applications will be considered as they are received and we reserve the right to close this position before the date specified above. We therefore urge candidates to submit an application as soon as possible.
Heathcote School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.