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Sundial 2025: A Powerful Celebration of Community, Creativity, and Inclusion

Sundial 2025: A Powerful Celebration of Community, Creativity, and Inclusion

Undershaw Receives Prestigious UNICEF UK Silver Rights Respecting School Award

Undershaw Receives Prestigious UNICEF UK Silver Rights Respecting School Award

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Outside adventure

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All smiles here

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Undershaw offers a vibrant place to work where our child centric education is our primary focus. We have an inclusive culture and take pride in a friendly and open atmosphere.

 

As individuals we all have a desire to belong to a family and the Undershaw family is a place of safety, happiness, excellence and one where everyone can be accepted and strive to achieve, staff and students alike.

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Knowing that we helped him in a small way to get ready to fly, it made my heart sing..

 

Leilah Sheridan, Head of Employability and Life Skills

All candidates must complete an application form to be returned to the HR Manager.

Undershaw is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer Recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

Vacancies

Whilst we don’t have any positions open right now, we welcome expressions of interest from those keen to be part of our school community in the future or do please revisit this page to keep up to date with our job vacancies.

What they’re saying
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‘Undershaw is a shining example of best practice in skills education. Congratulations to all involved'

Sophie DeavilleSenior Education Associate, Skills Builder Partnership
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A strong focus on developing key life and employability skills in the sixth form ensures that pupils are well prepared personally, as well as academically, for the next stages of education or employment.

OFSTED ReportFeb 2022
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The Undershaw students are just so lovely and friendly. I’m impressed how hard working and mature they are.

SarahCafé Manager, Haslewey Community Centre
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It was a delight to meet your students: full of questions and curiosity. It’s clearly a lovely school.

Kate Perry, BBC Journalistand Undershaw Careers Week Speaker
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The staff at Undershaw have created a lifelong strategy for students, ensuring that they have the essential skills needed to succeed.

Sophie DeavilleSenior Education Associate, Skills Builder Partnership
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Thanks for the confidence in me.

Undershaw Alumnus
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Honestly the change in him has been amazing. We feel very fortunate to have got into Undershaw. Such a great school with fantastic staff & teachers.

Undershaw Parent
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The school has been amazing and has transformed my son in so many ways into the happy and confident 16yr old he is today.

Undershaw Parent

Eliminating the impossible

Respect

Undershaw is an inclusive community which is based on mutual respect. Everyone is valued and their uniqueness celebrated.

Read about Employability

Kindness

Undershaw is a caring and considerate school. We look after each other wholeheartedly, fostering meaningful and compassionate relationships.

Read about Therapy

Resilience

Undershaw is a safe space for all, where we can take risks. We support each other to keep going and believe in ourselves when we try new things.

Read about our Curriculum

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