Head of Maths & English

Overview

Head of School - Maths & English

Close date 14/02/2026

£54,013 to £59,014 per annum

Blackburn College has nearly 700 people employed in a vast range of roles and feels more like a community than a workplace, and this sense of collaboration is just one of the benefits of working here. We strive to make our employee community a welcoming, caring, and enthusiastic one, fuelling ambition with opportunities and support to help us all achieve our personal and professional goals.

We are proud to offer the full range of qualifications that students need to fulfil long and valuable careers. With purpose-built facilities, excellent grades, expanding catchment area, and purposeful vision. We believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification and aim to give all learners an opportunity to develop their full potential in a friendly and supportive environment.

There has never been a better time to join us!

The Role

As a key member of the Colleges’ Leadership Team and one of a team of Heads of School within the College, you will report to the Executive Director of Student Support and Experience. You will be responsible for the leadership and the efficient and effective running of all aspects of the English and Maths School.

You will be responsible for delivering the departmental business plan and achieving departmental targets in relation to curriculum, student recruitment, achievement, quality, finance, people and corporate services.

You will also provide strong academic planning and operational leadership at School level within the directorate and have specific responsibility for developing and overseeing educational, scholarship and professional practice across the School.

Interviews to take place on Monday 2 March 2026

• Lead and ensure the efficient and effective running of all aspects of the English and Maths School.
• Deliver the departmental business plan and achieve targets related to curriculum, student recruitment, achievement, quality, finance, people and corporate services.
• Provide strong academic planning and operational leadership at School level and oversee educational, scholarship and professional practice across the School.

• Degree level qualification in Maths or English or equivalent experience in an educational setting, plus a recognised teaching qualification at level 4 or above. You will also have or be willing to work towards a leadership and management qualification.
• Recent background in the FE sector in a key management position, with a track record of successful curriculum management and ideally experience implementing English and Maths intervention programmes outside of the classroom with clear measured impact.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to provide direction and leadership that inspires confidence and commitment, and to build positive relationships to bring about improvements.