Working at Hugh Baird College

The College is a friendly, diverse and vibrant place to work. If you join our team you will be working with enthusiastic dedicated colleagues who put students at the heart of everything they do.

About Hugh Baird College

Hugh Baird College is a large dynamic College situated in the south of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton and is at the heart of a very busy commercial and regeneration area. We have over 570 staff working for the College which caters for more than 5,000 students studying on 300 courses from basic skills to full honours degrees.

The College has an annual turnover of over £20 million and our strong financial health has allowed us to continue to invest in the College’s estates and in the quality and development of our provision. In 2018, we were inspected by Ofsted achieving a grading of “Good” placing us amongst the best College’s in the North West. The findings of the inspectors demonstrate the passion and commitment within our college to drive educational standards and opportunities for learners across the Liverpool City Region. It also provides a strong indication of our College ethos, which is based on an inclusive and respectful culture.

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Positive about mental health

We are a Mindful Employer and we have signed the ‘Charter for Employers Positive about Mental Health’.

We are committed to creating a supportive and open culture, where colleagues feel able to talk about mental health confidently, and aspire to appropriately support the mental wellbeing of all staff. Download the charter.

Located across three campuses; Balliol Road Campus, South Sefton Campus and St Winefride's Campus, our Further Educaiton provision provides a wide range of vocational subjects and A-levels.

Helping students to embrace a different way of learning away from school, our 14-16 College gives students a head-start on their career.

Our purpose built L20 Building is home to our University Centre, where students benefit from a unique environment to study for degree-level qualifications.

Our Business Development team advise, coordinate and deliver apprenticeships, training and funding options to employers across the Liverpool City Region and beyond.

Support for Lecturers and Assessors

All new Lecturers and Assessors at the College receive a comprehensive teaching and learning induction supported by the Director of Quality and Assistant Director’s (Teaching and Learning.)

This induction will ensure you understand our College approach to delivering outstanding teaching, learning and assessment and equip you with the knowledge to contribute to delivering outstanding teaching sessions. A teaching and learning induction includes:

A 4 hour development session covering ‘Teaching Fundamentals’
Creating an environment for learning (behaviour for learning)
What does ‘outstanding learning’ look like?
Planning for outstanding teaching and learning - ‘Active learning’
Assessment for learning
Improving questioning as a key strategy in assessing learning

Our latest Ofsted inspection report in March 2018 reflected all the hard work our leadership team, teaching staff, and support staff have put into Hugh Baird College, with ‘Good’ results for all our college-based courses. We’ve also been commended on the quality of our teaching, our personal development and support programmes, and the outcomes of our learners.