Careers at Little Lever

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Everyone who works at Little Lever is part of a team whose purpose is to ‘help every person achieve things they never thought they could’. Everyone has their part to play and every part is important and valued. We recognise that people make the biggest difference to helping us achieve our core purpose!

Work With Us

I am delighted that you are interested in joining the team at Little Lever.

Everything we do at Little Lever operates around our core purpose; ‘To help every person achieve things they never thought they could’

We are very proud to be one of the most improved schools in the country and we feel this is merely the start of more great things to come.  In March of 2022 we received a full Section 5 Ofsted inspection. The school was judged ‘GOOD’ in all areas…Ofsted Report 2022 – Little Lever School (little-lever.bolton.sch.uk)

We have great facilities and always want to be at the ‘cutting edge’ of education so we can give our students a truly world class education.  We have a dedicated, friendly and passionate team who are determined to improve the life chances of every child no matter who they are or where they come from.

We want to recruit staff who are keen to work with us to deliver our core purpose and create a world class school.  Little Lever has a great school community, its vibrant, purposeful, caring and an enjoyable place to learn for students and staff.

Continuous professional development is at the heart of what we do and we invest heavily in the learning and development of all staff to support their career and personal development.  Please visit the ‘Our Teaching’ section of the website for more details on this.

Our Teaching page

If you meet the criteria for the post, I hope you will make an application to join us.

In the meantime if you have any queries or would like to visit the school please contact the school on 01204 333300 or email mke@little-lever.bolton.sch.uk to make an appointment.

Thank you

Mr Mckeon

Principal

Why work for Little Lever School?

At Little Lever, we are commited to supporting staff and ensuring our team are thriving.

Please see below a selection of examples for a variety of benefits offered to all staff who are part of Team Little Lever.

  • Health and Wellness
    Keeping Little Lever employees holistically healthy, is our priority.
    • Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) focused on mental health support, free of charge
    • Workplace adaptation for physical and/or mental health concerns
    • Confidential access to mental health platforms, including platforms for specific concerns such as Whysup
    • Wellbeing Credits
    • Free access to onsite gym
    • Free flu vaccination
    • Ill health retirement options
    • Colleague sports team opportunities (football & netball) and HIIT classes
  • Financial Wellbeing
    Providing the support that gives our employees piece of mind
    • Option of lump sum payments or spread as part of salary for TLR 3s
    • Confidential financial advice and guidance and support via our EAP
    • Salary sacrifice schemes
    • Greater Manchester Pension Fund with 23% employer contribution for support staff and 28.68% for teaching staff
  • Flexibility and Time Off
    The time you need to recharge and the flexibility to get your best work done
    • Paid time off in the form of 3 x 2 hours of wellbeing credits per year, to use when you require
    • Part-time and flexible working options
    • Four wellbeing days per year
    • Two-week October half term
  • Family Support and Care
    How we support your loved ones
    • Paid Maternity and Paternity leave
    • Parental Leave: 3 x days to care for children or dependants
    • Wellbeing credits and four wellbeing days a year for all staff
    • Paid Leave for Significant Events
    • Home Moving leave
    • Death in Service benefit
    • Extended Leave of Absence
    • Sabbaticals and Career Breaks
  • Professional Development
    Providing room and opportunities to grow – on your own and with your colleagues
    • School-Centred Initial Teacher Training programme (SCITT) centre
    • Instructional Coaching programme
    • Research informed, input and deliberate practice sessions
    • Elective CPD offer, including SEND, pastoral leadership, enhance safeguarding, subject leadership
    • Support to completed National Professional Qualifications (NPQs)
    • Weekly collaborative planning sessions
    • SLE training and accreditation
    • TA accreditations
    • Job shadowing
    • Open book looks
  • Little Lever Extras
    • Onsite meals and snacks
    • Free tea and coffee
    • Fitness centre on site

Safeguarding Children & Young People

Lever Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

  1. Candidates should be aware that all posts in Lever Academy Trust involve some degree of responsibility for safeguarding children and young people, although the extent of that responsibility will vary depending on the nature of the post. Please see the job description enclosed in this Application Pack for further details.
  2. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, caution, reprimand or warning under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment – this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
  3. If you are currently working with children, on either a paid or voluntary basis, your current employer will be asked about disciplinary offences, including those related to children or young people (whether the disciplinary sanction is current or time-expired), and whether you have been the subject of any child protection allegations or concerns and if so the outcome of any investigation or disciplinary proceedings. If you are not currently working with children, but have done in the past, that previous employer will be asked about these issues.
  4. Where neither your current or previous employment has involved working with children, your current employer will be asked about your suitability to work with children, although it may where appropriate be answered not applicable if your duties have not brought you into contact with children or young people.

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Meet the Team

  • Trustees

     

    Sally McFarlane:

    I am Chair of the Trust. I attend the Full Trust meeting and chair the Resources Committee. I am Link Trustee for Leadership & Management and SEND. I am a National Leader of Education.


    John Cornally:

    I am Vice Chair of the Trust. I have recently retired form my role as Executive Headteacher at Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College. I have been a headteacher for 20 years. I am a National Leader in Education working with other schools across Greater Manchester.


    Jane Jones:

    I am a parent trustee at Lever Academy Trust. I attend the Full Trust meetings and I sit on the Standards Committee. I am Link Trustee for Quality of Education and Community. In my previous role I was an Assistant Headteacher of a secondary school.


     

    David Webb:

    I am a parent trustee at Lever Academy Trust.  I attend the Full Trust meetings and I sit on the Resources Committee. I currently work at Manchester Airport as a Business Analyst working with the operations to introduce new technologies and improve business processes.


    Michael Isherwood:

    I am a trustee at Lever Academy Trust. I attend the Full Trust meetings and I sit on the Resources Committee. In my previous role I was Senior Associate in Assurance at Price Waterhouse Cooper.


    Victoria Gavin:

    I am a trustee and Chair of  the Risk and Audit Committee and attend Full Trust meetings. I am also Link Trustee for Wellbeing. I am Business Development Manager at Bolton Impact Trust.


    Rachel Foster:

    I am a trustee and attend the Risk and Audit Committee and Full Trust meetings. I am also Link Trustee for Human Resources. I am Director of HR and Education Strategy at One Education.


     

    Alyson Middlemass:

    I am a trustee and attend the Risk and Audit Committee and Full Trust meetings. I am also Link Trustee for safeguarding.

     


     

     

    Andrea O’Callaghan

    I am a trustee at Lever Academy Trust. I attend the Full Trust meetings and I sit on the Standards Committee. In my previous role I was Headteacher of a secondary school.

  • Members

     

    Anthony Connell:

    I am a Member of Lever Academy Trust I attend the Members meetings.


    Edward Mellor:

    I am a Member of Lever Academy Trust and I attend the Members meetings.


    Paul Philbin:

    I am a Member of Lever Academy Trust and I attend the Members meetings.

Meet The Team

  • Senior Leaders

    Principal: Mr D Mckeon

    Associate Principal: Ms L Emmett

    Associate Vice Principal: Mr S Cordwell

    Assistant Principals: Ms M Moore, Ms G Hutchinson, Ms L Grellier, Mr K Wilson, Mr S Reynolds

     

    Associate Assistant Principal: Ms S Hargreaves

    Associate Assistant Principal: Mr M Lish (2 days)

    Interim Head of Inclusion (SENCo): Ms G Hutchinson

    Director of SCITT: Mr M Leathert

  • Designated Safeguarding Leads

    Designated Safeguarding Leader: Mr S Reynolds

    Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ms S Leigh

  • Subject Teams

    English

    Leader of English: Ms J Calvert

    Assistant Leader of English: Ms A Hughes

    Associate Assistant Leader of English: Ms H Crook

    Teachers of English: Ms J Sofokleous, Mr D Seddon, Ms C Preston, Ms A Birley, Ms K McCarten, Ms E Croft,


    Mathematics

    Leader of Mathematics: Ms Liebling-Davis

    Assistant Leader of Mathematics: Ms M Youssouf

    Associate Assistant Leader of Mathematics: Mr C Denton

    Teachers of Mathematics: Ms A Riley, Ms K Gilbert, Ms L Golding, Mr B Gidman-Knowles, Mr S Harrison, , Ms A Gillis, Ms J Dean (Trainee)


    Science

    Leader of Science: Mr I Rowlinson

    Assistant Leader of Science: Ms S Hargreaves

    Associate Assistant Leader of Science: Mr S Harte

    Teachers of Science: Mr C Woodward, Ms J Rawstron, Ms S Craven, Mr S Davanzo, Ms T Mistry, Ms Z Akhtar, Ms C Williams, Ms C Lovatt (Trainee)


    Computing

    Leader of Computing, Business & Media: Ms S Farrimond

    Teachers of Computing: Mr J Bell, Ms M Moore, Mr J Atkinson


    MFL

    Leader of MFL: Ms J Rogers

    Teachers of MFL: Ms I Boussadaka, Ms E Lowe, Ms A Earnshaw (Trainee)


    Geography

    Leader of Geography: Ms R Sutcliffe

    Teachers of Geography: Ms J Banks, Mr R Chapman


    History

    Leader of History: Ms H Winrow

    Teachers of History: Mr M Sale, Mr S Morrison, Ms L Grellier


    Technology

    Leader of Technology: Ms L Ward

    Teachers of Technology: Ms A Hopkinson, Ms L Ferns


    The Arts

    Faculty Leader of The Arts: Mr R Poole

    Teachers of Art: Ms A Struthers, Ms B Sulek, Mr S Cordwell

    Teacher of Drama: Ms M Buckley, Ms S Taylor (Maternity Cover)

    Teacher of Music: Mr M Hulme


    Life, Theology & Religion

    Leader of Life, Theology & Religion: Ms K Halliwell

    Teacher of RE: Ms S Morris


    PE

    Leader of PE: Mr M Welch

    Teachers of PE: Ms J Bannister, Ms H Riding, Mr M Nield, Ms L McGlynn (Trainee)

  • Support Staff

    Deep Support Team

    Learning Leaders: M H Kowalski (Yr 7), Ms V Parrish (Yr 8), Ms K Wilson (Yr 9), Ms N Devaney (Yr 10), Ms S Guy (Yr 11)

    Education Welfare Officer: Ms A Ibrahim

    Attendance Officer: Ms L Yogunali

    PLB Coordinator: Ms D Leigh

    Behaviour Admin Support: Ms S Flannigan

    Pupil Welfare: Ms S Taylor-Jones

    Mountain Rescue Key Worker: Ms H Thompson, Ms R Jones (Maternity Cover)


    SEND

    Hub Manager: Ms M Kerr

    TA4 Emotional & Mental: Ms J May

    SEND Administrator: Ms A Beatty

    TA2: Ms D Ainsworth, Ms S Beaumont, Ms C Buchanan, Mr A Campbell, Ms D Lawson, Ms A Marothi, Ms N Marothi, Ms S Matadar, Ms K Patel, Ms K Walker, Ms P Vij, Mr R Hughes, Ms N Gascoyne. Ms M Leader-Entwistle, Ms C Ozard


    Cover

    Cover Supervisors: Ms K Calderbank, Ms I Tariq, Mr G True


    Business & Administration

    Business Manager: Ms G McFadden

    PA to the Principal and Secretary to the Trust: Ms M Kelly

    Finance Manager: Ms N Harrison

    Finance Assistant: Ms A Santos

    Receptionist:

    Office Manager: Ms J Rothwell

    Systems Manager: Ms J Lord

    HR Advisor: Ms L Julier

    Librarian: Ms V Jervis, Ms H Vining (Volunteer)

    Marketing and Communications Lead: Ms K Coope

    Data Manager: Mr G Westhead


    Site

    Operations Manager: Mr P Donnelly

    Assistant Site Managers: Mr A Turner, Mr D Heslop


    ICT

    ICT Network Manager: Mr S Kay

    ICT Technician: Mr P Whittaker


    Technicians

    Technology Technician: Mr L Disley

    Science Technician:

    Food Technology Technician: Ms D Rothwell


    Midday Supervisors

    Midday Supervisors: Ms H Ozard, Ms A Makowska