Teacher of Health & Social Care & Early Childhood Development (Maternity Cover) - Maternity

St John's Catholic Comprehensive School, Gravesend

• Ref:KCC886-5461-278T
• Posted:25/11/2025
• Pay:Main Scale/Upper Pay Scale
• Start Date:February 2026
• App Close Date:05/12/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:w/c 8th December 2025

Advert

Full Time Teacher of Health & Social Care & Early Childhood Development 

(Part Time Applications are also welcomed – minimum 3 days per week)

Required for Monday 23^rd February 

(start date can be earlier/later subject to candidate’s availability)

We are seeking to appoint an inspirational, enthusiastic and dedicated Teacher of Health & Social Care and Early Childhood Development. The successful candidate will be joining our school to be a part of one of our most effective and respected departments, working and collaborating with an exceptionally committed and talented team of practitioners.

The school offers a range of qualifications in these two subjects across Key Stages 4 & 5: BTEC Level 2 Tech Awards in Health & Social Care and Child Development, as well as AAQs in Health & Social Care and Early Childhood Studies. Student engagement across all key stages and qualifications offered by the department is exceptional. As such, the department consistently ensures that our students achieve excellent results which has, in turn, been a positive contributing factor to the extremely successful whole school outcomes that the pupils of St John’s have achieved in recent years.

This is a really exciting time to be joining our school and being part of an enthusiastic, forward-thinking and supportive team. Applications are invited from committed and passionate specialists, who are excited by the opportunity of joining our thriving Catholic community. This post would suit both an experienced teacher or an ECT looking to secure a supportive school with which to start their ECT induction.

Information about the school

St John’s is a very successful co-ed Catholic school with over 1300 pupils including over 300 students in our Sixth Form. We have an extremely strong Catholic ethos and pride ourselves in being a warm and welcoming community. Our recent Section 8 Inspection stated that - Pupils flourish in this inclusive school because staff provide high-quality care; Staff are consistently clear with their high expectations and Important values such as ‘excellence for all’ and ‘service to others’ underpin the ambitious culture in place. The school’s 2024 Progress 8 score of +0.11 was the seventh consecutive examination year where the school achieved a positive score on this key performance measure, and is a wonderful reflection of the talented and dedicated students and staff we have at the school.

This is an excellent and exciting time to join our thriving Catholic community and be part of a highly enthusiastic, forward thinking and supportive team.

If you would like to be part of this exciting opportunity, please visit our school website www.stjohnscs.com and click on the Recruitment tab to locate Recruitment Information and Monitoring forms.

Kindly complete the following forms and email them to Mrs L ONeill (loneill@stj.kent.sch.uk ): Application Form, Recruitment Monitoring Form, Consent to Obtain References Form and Staff Recruitment Online Checks Form.

St John's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an Enhanced DBS check and an online social media profile check. This role includes specific safeguarding responsibilities, as defined in the job description. Our school’s dedicated Child Protection Policy can be viewed on our school website.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

This post will be subject to safer recruitment procedures.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs L O'Neill
• Address:St John's Catholic Comprehensive, Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JW
• Telephone: 01474 534718
• Email: loneill@stj.kent.sch.uk