Albany Academy
Lancashire
Salary:
MPS / UPS + TLR 1a
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2026
Apply by:
15 September 2025
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and energetic teacher leader to join our 'world class school'. Albany Academy is a highly successful and popular 11-16 school situated in Chorley, Lancashire. With 740 pupils currently on roll, the school provides an excellent education within a nurturing and caring environment where every student is well known by every member of staff.
The governors are looking to appoint an experienced and successful teacher to lead our Technologies Faculty. The successful candidate will be a successful teacher in one of the following subjects:
* Computer Science
* Design Technology
* Graphics
* Food & Nutrition
* Textiles
They will lead a team of experts and will help develop colleagues, the curriculum and the quality of teaching.
The successful candidate will join the school at an exciting time:
* We are a Living Wage Employer.
* The school is part of Albany Learning Trust, a tight-knit academy trust and has links across the region, nationally and internationally with other schools, trusts and education organisations.
* We offer award winning professional development.
* We have 10 inset days per year.
* We offer enhanced PPA with average class sizes of 19 in practical subjects.
The successful candidate will:
* Be an excellent classroom teacher.
* Be committed to continual professional development.
* Have a strong commitment to helping pupils of all performance standards to succeed.
* Be innovative and inspirational to both pupils and colleagues.
Application documents are available to download in the vacancies section of the school website:
Please send your application to:
Closing date: midday on Monday, 15th September 2025,
Interview date: w/c Monday, 22nd September 2025.
About Albany Academy
Albany Academy
Bolton Road, Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 3AY
United Kingdom
Albany Academy is a secondary academy located in the market town of Chorley, Lancashire. First opened in 1959, the school has previously been known as Albany Science School, adopting its current name in 2012 following its conversion to academy status. The school is co-educational, with around 698 pupils on roll aged 11-16, making it smaller than the average secondary school. Co-educational, Albany Academy covers an economically diverse catchment area, a fact reflected in the school's student intake. The school is a leading part of the Albany Learning Trust, formed in 2012.
Headteacher
Mr Peter Mayland
Values and Vision
Albany Academy works closely with supporting partners in the Albany Learning Trust to ensure a high quality of teaching for its pupils. This is delivered via a diverse curriculum, encompassing high-quality core subjects. The school works hard to deliver a large number of academic and vocational options for pupils in Key Stage 4, as well as proper support and guidance in terms of their options upon leaving the school, be it for further education or employment.
Ofsted
"Within lessons, students at all levels work with enthusiasm and are obviously keen to learn. The positive relationships between staff and students leads to high levels of commitment and a desire to do well. A feature of many lessons is the way in which students work and learn from each other, such as adopting leadership roles in physical education. In these lessons, students have extremely mature attitudes and value the opinion of other students."
The full report into Albany Academy can be found here.
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