The Two Counties Trust
Nottinghamshire
£68,564 - £75,785 per year
Salary:
L12-L16 (£68,564-£75,785 per annum)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2026
Apply by:
24 September 2025
Job overview
Grade and Salary: L12 – L16 (£68,564 – £75,785 per annum)
Working pattern: 1 FTE
Contract term: Permanent
The Two Counties Trust:
This is an exciting time to be joining our Multi Academy Trust. We operate from a Head Office in Ashfield with 10 schools in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire along the M1 corridor. We have experienced a period of rapid growth over the last few years and as part of our ongoing development plans, we are now ready to appoint to this new role.
The successful candidate will be welcomed into a team of collaborative, forward thinking Trust Senior Leaders who are all experts in their field. This is a school-based role for part of the week, teaching in your specialist field of Science. For the remainder of the week this is a Trust based leadership role with a focus on developing best practice and leading on improving Science teaching in collaboration with a team of professionals across our schools. This post holder exemplifies a model of excellent practice, maintaining a clear focus on outstanding delivery to learners and facilitating best practice.
The post holder will take a lead role, working closely with subject / senior leaders across Trust schools and other leading practitioners, in developing, implementing and evaluating policies and practices that lead to improvements in Science teaching across the Trust.
We are looking for an experienced senior leader of Science with a proven track record who is ready for the next step in their career. You will need to possess the ability to confidently lead positive change within our Science faculties, taking pride in high standards and personal practice. This role will be based at Wilsthorpe School.
I hope that you find the information in this candidate pack of interest. If you would like an informal discussion about this role with our Curriculum Director, please contact our HR team via hr-
Recruitment event
Heritage High School, one of the 10 schools within our Trust, are holding a recruitment event on Wednesday 17 September 17:00-18:00. This event will be held at the main school site. This event is a great opportunity to take a closer look at the schools facilities, learn more about The Two Counties Trust, meet staff and gain a greater insight into the roles we have to offer.
To register your attendance please complete the Microsoft form below:
If you have any questions, please contact
Applications must arrive by: Midday on Wednesday 24 September 2025
Interviews will be held on: Thursday 09 October 2025
Why join us?
There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.
We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well-motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees.
We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.
We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.
We offer:
* Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.
* We do not operate appraisal or appraisal related pay progression. All employees participate in our Professional Learning Scheme which supports colleagues to develop their expertise and benefit from valuable professional learning
* An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts.
* Entry to a career average pension scheme.
* Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.
* A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals.
* Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.
* We take the wellbeing and health of employees seriously. We have a range of support mechanisms and benefits available to employees and the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children's barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.
In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates and a social media check will be required as a condition of employment.
We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
Attached documents
Central Candidate Pack Sept
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Employee Benefits Guide
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Recruiter contact:
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About The Two Counties Trust
The Two Counties Trust
Ashfield School, Sutton Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG17 8HP
United Kingdom
Welcome to The Two Counties Trust
There are many reasons to choose our Trust as a great place to start or develop your career. We recognise the importance of happy, rewarded, and motivated employees and as such we have developed our HR and Professional Learning strategies to invest in people.
We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within the central team, externally, and across the Trust, offering extensive professional learning for all employees.
We have removed appraisal and appraisal related progression, recognising the limitations and changed the focus from proving to improving through professional growth which is focused on individual ambitions, enabling everyone to get a little bit better all the time.
We are committed to your welfare as an employee and alongside our own wellbeing and workload management arrangements we have signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter. If you need additional support on a range of matters, an Employee Assistance Programme is available to you from day one of employment.
We offer highly competitive pay, including some points above national rate, an array of employee benefits including extensive high street retail discounts, gym membership and discounted healthcare.
There are an array of centralised systems which are designed to save you time and avoid duplication of effort, these are based on the work of experts across the Trust, meaning that your time can be focused where you need it to be.
We hope you will join us in a great environment where you can work with a team of dedicated and like-minded professionals.
The Two Counties Trust
With secondary schools across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, we are an ambitious Trust with a strong reputation. We have ten secondary schools, over 12,000 students and 1,600 employees.
We exist to provide our students with opportunities and experiences to enhance their life choices, making a positive contribution to the world we share. Collectively we serve our communities by educating and preparing our students for the next steps in their lives.
Leaders across the Trust are fully committed to striving for excellence in all that we do. We understand that families trust us each day with their most prized possession i.e. their child, and we all are here to serve the students in our care.
Our values are:
Ambition: We maximise our potential through striving for excellence.
Teamwork: We give 100% effort, displaying kindness and humility for the benefit of all.
Honesty: We are respectfully open about our successes and areas for growth.
To find out more about us, please go to
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We look forward to welcoming you to our Trust in the near future.
To find out more about the benefits of working for The Two Counties Trust and our ambitious strategic plan, follow the links below:
Employee Benefits Guide
Strategic Plan
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please note that it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure with a children's barred list check, receipt of references and successful completion of vetting procedures.
In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates to identify incidents or issues that may have happened, and which are publicly available online, which we may need to explore with shortlisted candidates.
The Trust's policies on Safeguarding and the employment of ex-offenders can be located at:
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We are a Disability Confident Employer and as such we are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. Candidates with a disability who meet the minimum job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
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