TEACHER OF HUMANITIES (Geography) – Mainscale (Part Time 0.6 or 0.4)

At Cumbria Futures Federation we work at the heart of our communities. Our small secondary schools are inclusive, welcoming and ambitious. With a wide range of abilities in each class and an innovative curriculum, our ‘Good’ schools punch well above their weight and provide a unique experience for our students.

We are seeking a Teacher of Humanities preferably with a Geography specialism to join our small and friendly team in September 2023. We positively welcome applications from colleagues at all stages in their career. We offer a supportive leadership team, a professional research approach to CPD, a strong ethos of pastoral support and extra-curricular learning and opportunities to contribute to ongoing school improvement and leadership.

This role is working across both Solway Community School and Beacon Hill Community School, teaching Geography, Humanities, Cumbria Award (an innovative curriculum which Beacon Hill created prior to it being rolled out across schools in West Cumbria) across the age and ability range and with a focus on Key Stage 3. As you would expect in small schools with a family ethos, we all pitch in to ensure our students are taught well and supported superbly.

Our small, friendly schools provide excellent opportunities to be involved in school-wide activities as well as the challenge of teaching across the age and ability range. You will be ambitious and inspirational in the classroom, determined to ensure all learners achieve, whatever their ability. We will give you excellent support whatever stage you are at in your career, with the freedom to be creative and innovative in the classroom and to take on a breadth of responsibilities that are not always available in larger schools.

If you feel you share our values, then we would like to hear from you. For an informal conversation about the role and what it is like working for us, please contact the school office to arrange a chat with our Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher.

Job Description

TO APPLY

Complete the application form here: Application Form

Send with a covering letter outlining why you are the right person for this job to our school office Contact us here

Closing date for applications 23^rd May 2023. Interviews will be held later that week.

TEMPORARY, FIXED TERM KITCHEN ASSISTANT

We are seeking a temporary Kitchen Assistant for our busy kitchen to the end of term in July. Rate of pay £10.90 per hour. Hours will be 2-3 hours per day at £10.90 per hour (10-15 hours per week Monday to Friday).

TO APPLY

Complete the application form here: Application Form

Send with a covering letter outlining why you are the right person for this job to:

beaconhill@beaconill.cumbria.sch.uk

Or email / give us a call to arrange to come in for a chat.

Cumbria Futures Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced check with regulated activity via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

EXAMINATION INVIGILATORS – flexible hours

We are seeking casual EXAMINATION INVIGILATORS to work during our mock and GCSE exam seasons, usually November, March and May/June. You will be asked to arrive just before exams start, to help set up the examination room and supervise students while they are taking exams. There may be opportunities to provide reader / scribe / support during specific exams for students who are entitled to access arrangements too. You will stay for the whole exam (usually between 1 and 3 hours) and securely deliver exam papers to our Exams Officer after the exam has finished. Full training will be provided. Rate of pay £10.90 per hour.

Complete the application form here: Application Form

Send with a covering letter outlining why you are the right person for this job to: beaconhill@beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk

Part Time Technician – Technology, Food and Art

20 hours per week, 39 weeks per year term time only
(plus up to 3 additional weeks if required)
Actual Salary £8,900 (£19,312 Full Time Equivalent)

The two small secondary schools within Cumbria Futures Federation are inclusive, welcoming and ambitious. With a wide range of abilities in each class and an innovative curriculum, our ‘Good’ schools punch well above their weight and provide a unique experience for our students.

We are seeking a Part Time Technician to support our Design Technology (Resistant Materials, Food Technology) and Art teaching primarily at Beacon Hill but occasionally across both of our schools. As Technician, you will be willing to get stuck in with both supporting and helping students in classes and also preparing materials for practical lessons. Supporting students might involve supervising use of machinery such as bench drills, scroll saws and CAD/CAM machines including our laser cutter and 3D printer. Preparing materials might include making jigs and patterns, cutting and shaping materials ready for students to use, buying resources locally (e.g. food ingredients) or preparing art materials ready for lessons.

Experience of safely using and maintaining electrical equipment such as routers, bandsaws (preferably with appropriate certification of competence) and DIY type equipment is preferred although training will be provided. Awareness of health and safety considerations is essential, as is being willing to work with students and to appreciate and support differences in ability.

In addition, you will part of our site management team and support the general maintenance of the school when required and your workload allows. If needed by the school, additional work may also be available during holiday periods (up to 3 weeks).

We positively welcome applications from colleagues at all stages in their career. If you feel you share our values, then we would like to hear from you.

Job Description – Technology Technician

TO APPLY

Complete the application form here: Application Form

Send with a covering letter outlining why you are the right person for this job to:

beaconhill@beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk

Relief Kitchen Assistants and Cleaners – Casual hours

We are seeking Relief Kitchen Assistants and Cleaners to work flexibly covering absence, illness and holidays across both of our schools in Silloth and Aspatria. Rate of pay £10.90 per hour.

We are also seeking a fixed term, temporary Kitchen Assistant to work in our kitchen until the end of December, possibly longer. 3 hours per day at £10.90 per hour (15 hours per week Monday to Friday).

TO APPLY

Complete the application form here: Application Form

Send with a covering letter outlining why you are the right person for this job to:

office@solway.cumbria.sch.uk or beaconhill@beaconill.cumbria.sch.uk

Safeguarding our students is vitally important to us. Our safeguarding policy underpins everything we do.

Other policies and notices:

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. However, amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020)) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be considered. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or via the Unlock website.

Short-listed candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

In addition to the above, the school reserves the right to carry out an online search on short-listed candidates. This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online. Please note it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Safeguarding our students is vitally important to us. Our safeguarding policy underpins everything we do.

Other policies:

Privacy Notice for Staff

Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (Safer Recruitment and Criminal Convictions)