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!
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.
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
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 Middlemas:
I am a trustee and attend the Risk and Audit Committee and Full Trust meetings. I am also Link Trustee for safeguarding.
Kristian Halliwell:
I am a Member of Lever Academy Trust I attend the Members meetings.
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.
Principal: Mr D Mckeon
Associate Principal: Ms L Emmett
Vice Principal: Mr P Davies
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)
Head of Inclusion (SENCo): Ms V Coope
Director of SCITT: Mr M Leathert
Designated Safeguarding Leader: Mr S Reynolds
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ms S Leigh
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,
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)
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)
Leader of Computing, Business & Media: Ms S Farrimond
Teachers of Computing: Mr J Bell, Ms M Moore, Mr J Atkinson
Leader of MFL: Ms J Rogers
Teachers of MFL: Ms I Boussadaka, Ms E Lowe, Ms A Earnshaw (Trainee)
Leader of Geography: Ms R Sutcliffe
Teachers of Geography: Ms J Banks, Mr R Chapman
Leader of History: Ms H Winrow
Teachers of History: Mr M Sale, Mr S Morrison, Ms L Grellier
Leader of Technology: Ms L Ward
Teachers of Technology: Ms A Hopkinson, Ms L Ferns
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 Cornish
Leader of Life, Theology & Religion: Ms K Halliwell
Teacher of RE: Ms S Morris
Leader of PE: Mr M Welch
Teachers of PE: Ms J Bannister, Ms H Riding, Mr M Nield, Ms L McGlynn (Trainee)
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, Ms L Lynam
PLB Coordinator: Ms D Leigh
Behaviour Admin Support: Ms S Flannigan, Vacancy (Maternity Cover)
Pupil Welfare: Ms S Taylor-Jones
Mountain Rescue Key Worker: Ms H Thompson, Ms R Jones (Maternity Cover)
Hub Manager: Ms M Kerr
TA4 Emotional & Mental: Ms J May
SEND Administrator: Ms A Beatty, Ms L Royds (Maternity Cover)
TA2: Ms D Ainsworth, Ms S Beaumont, Ms C Buchanan, Mr A Campbell, Ms R Devenport, Ms D Lawson, Ms A Marothi, Ms N Marothi, Ms S Matadar, Ms K Patel, Ms A Quigley, Ms K Walker, Ms P Vij, Mr R Hughes, Ms N Gascoyne. Ms M Leader-Entwistle, Ms C Ozard
Cover Supervisors: Ms K Calderbank, Ms I Tariq, Mr G True
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: Ms J Crompton
Office Manager: Ms J Rothwell
Systems Manager: Ms J Lord
HR Advisor: Ms L Holt
Librarian: Ms V Gee
Marketing and Communications Lead: Ms K Coope
Data Manager: Mr G Westhead
Operations Manager: Mr P Donnelly
Assistant Site Managers: Mr A Turner, Mr D Heslop
ICT Network Manager: Mr S Kay
ICT Technician: Mr P Whittaker
Technology Technician: Mr L Disley
Science Technician: Ms A Gurbutt
Food Technology Technician: Ms D Rothwell
Midday Supervisors: Ms H Ozard, Ms A Makowska
Every member of the Little Lever Team receives three two-hour Well-being Credits each year. These can be used whenever staff want to use them and can be used for a range of things. Many staff will use them to see their children’s nativity play or sports day or finish early on a Friday to enjoy a long weekend away with their family or friends.
We organise our curriculum intelligently so we maximise the time we spend in school. Our teachers have no meetings after school. We want teachers to spend their time designing great lessons, delivering great lessons, assessing students work and giving feedback in the most impactful way. This is all we want them to concentrate on!
Leaders do have meetings after school but this is an essential part of evaluating the impact of our strategies and adjusting these to ensure they have the desired impact on students’ learning.
We use directed time for one simple thing… so we have maximum impact in helping every person achieve things they never thought they could. We cut out any none essential work that detracts from our core purpose and regularly review our practices to ensure we do this. As a result, Directed Time at Little Lever is typically 100 hours less than the recommended time stated in the Standard Teachers Pay and Conditions Document. Our aim is to work as efficiently as we can with the sole aim of achieving our core purpose.
Every Wednesday at 2.45pm dedicated time is given to allow subject teams to meet together to collaboratively plan the curriculum and monitor and evaluate the impact of their teaching practices on students’ learning.
