Teacher - Head of Law

Knutsford Academy are looking to recruit a Head of Law to work within our dynamic and highly successful Social Sciences faculty. You'll be joining a growing faculty that is constantly looking to evolve and to offer a broad range of exciting courses. The faculty currently comprises of the following subjects: Psychology, Sociology, Criminology, Health & Social Care, Child Development, Business, Economics, Enterprise and Finance.

A Level Law (OCR) is a new subject for September 2024 and current projected figures predict it to be one of our most popular A Level subjects. We are looking to appoint an ambitious teacher, or current middle/senior leader, with the knowledge, skills and experience to set the law department up and lead our law students towards academic success.

Applications are warmly welcomes from those who have a strong background in teaching A Level Law whilst also being able to offer the potential of teaching across other social science subjects. The ability to teach both Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 would be an advantage, although this is not prohibitive.

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Closing date: Monday 6th May 2024 at 9am.

Interview date: TBC

Start Date: September 2024

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In return we will offer the successful candidate:

• A welcoming school, with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff

• Staff benefits - employee discounts, discounted gym membership, Cycle2work scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

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If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Mrs Karen Key, Headteacher, on or For further information about the school, please visit our website

We will only contact candidates that have been short-listed for interview. If you do not receive a communication within 10 working days of the closing date, you can safely assume that you have not been invited to interview.

The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, 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 self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is 'happy to talk flexible working'. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.