Teacher of Psychology (with the potential to teach Health and Social Care)

Role: Teacher of Psychology (with potential to teach Health & Social Care)

Location: North Chadderton School, Chadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0BN

Hours: Full time

Salary: MPS/UPS

Employment type: Permanent

Start Date: September 2026

We are looking to appoint a dynamic, highly motivated and high-quality Teacher of Psychology to join our team at North Chadderton. Applicants should be able to teach Psychology to KS4 and KS5 students. We are looking for applicants with ambition, drive and vision who have the skills, expertise and passion to develop a love of learning in our young people to ensure they achieve consistently high standards in this subject.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career in our supportive and high-quality working environment. You will be provided with the best resources and a programme of professional development that will enable you to continue to develop your own skills in a school that is highly focused on staff wellbeing.

North Chadderton School was recently graded Good in all areas by Ofsted. We know this is a great school and one which is fully committed to continuing to provide the very best experiences for all our pupils, with high academic standards and attainment and a strong personal development offer. We are committed to career-long staff development and if you join our team, you will be based in a diverse, friendly and supportive school with a state-of-the-art building, providing access to the latest resources to facilitate learning.

As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing support, including access to employee counselling. Located at the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.

Have you got the desire to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to recruitment@theoaktrust.org.uk or please phone The Oak Trust Recruitment Team on . Please apply via this portal, Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. Please note that due to safer recruitment requirements, we cannot accept CVs.

Closing date: noon Monday 27th April 2026

North Chadderton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks. The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with 'Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025' (para 221).

As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing support, including access to employee counselling. Located at the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.