TEACHER OF HISTORY Mainscale (1.0FTE)
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 a broad and balanced curriculum, our ‘Good’ schools punch well above their weight and provide a unique experience for our students.
We are seeking a Teacher of Humanities with a History specialism to join our small and friendly team, preferably in January 2024 but we are happy to wait for the right candidate. 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 History, Humanities and Cumbrian 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 GCSE History. 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.
TO APPLY
To apply please complete our application form and send, along with a covering letter, to office@solway.cumbria.sch.uk or beaconhill@beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk
Complete the application form here: Application Form
Closing date for applications 10th October 2023.
TEACHER OF RE and Personal Development (fixed term) Mainscale (1.0FTE)
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 a broad and balanced curriculum, our ‘Good’ schools punch well above their weight and provide a unique experience for our students.
We are seeking a Teacher of RE and Personal Development to join our small and friendly team in January 2024. This is a fixed term position to the end of August 2024, although we expect the role to continue beyond that date. 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 RE and Personal Development across the age and ability range. 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.
TO APPLY
To apply please complete our application form and send, along with a covering letter, to office@solway.cumbria.sch.uk or beaconhill@beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk
Complete the application form here: Application Form
Closing date for applications 10th October 2023.
TEACHER OF SCIENCE (Maternity Leave) Mainscale (1.0FTE)
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 a broad and balanced curriculum, our ‘Good’ schools punch well above their weight and provide a unique experience for our students.
We are seeking a full time Teacher of Science to join our small and friendly team in late October 2023 to cover the maternity absence of our Head of Science. 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 Biology, Chemistry and Physics across the age and ability range. 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.
TO APPLY
To apply please complete our application form and send, along with a covering letter, to office@solway.cumbria.sch.uk or beaconhill@beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk
Complete the application form here: Application Form
Closing date for applications 22nd September 2023.
Apprentice Teaching Assistants – Full time, term time only
Apprenticeship minimum wage, term time only including training provided by Gen2. 18 month fixed term contract.
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 a broad and balanced curriculum, our ‘Good’ schools punch well above their weight and provide a unique experience for our students.
We are seeking Apprentice Teaching Assistants to undertake an apprenticeship in collaboration with Gen2 to achieve a Senior Teaching Assistant (level 3) qualification.
Our small, friendly school provides excellent opportunities to be involved in school-wide activities as well as the challenge of supporting teaching across the age and ability range. As part of a small but effective team You will be determined to ensure all learners achieve, whatever their ability. We will give you excellent support as you develop your career, as will the tutors at Gen2.
If you feel you share our values and want to start your career in education with us, 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 SENCO or Director of Finance & Operations.
We are also keen to hear from qualified Teaching Assistants, please contact us.
Teaching Assistant Job Description
TO APPLY
To apply please contact our apprenticeship provider – Gen2 via https://www.gen2.ac.uk/vacancies/student-vacancies-2
You will also, once accepted by Gen2 as a candidate, need to complete our application form and send, along with a covering letter, to beaconhill@beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk
Complete the application form here: Application Form
Closing date for applications end of September 2023. Interviews will be held during the summer holidays.
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
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.
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.
As part of the Prevent strategy our Federation promotes Fundamental British Values that reflect life in modern Britain.
These 4 fundamental British values are:
- Democracy
- Rule of Law
- Respect & Tolerance
- Individual Liberty
Fundamental British Values underpin what it is to be a citizen in a modern and diverse Great Britain valuing our community and celebrating the diversity of the UK. Fundamental British Values are not exclusive to being British and are shared by other democratic countries as a way of creating an orderly society, where individual members can feel safe, valued and can contribute for the good of themselves and others. Our values mirror the Fundamental British Values and underpin everything we do in our schools. Our recruitment process will ensure that successful candidates uphold our values and therefore Fundamental British Values.
Safeguarding our students is vitally important to us. Our safeguarding policy underpins everything we do.
Other policies:
Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (Safer Recruitment and Criminal Convictions)