Science Teacher with opportunity of TLR

We don’t need to ask if you have a genuine interest in Science or a desire to make a difference to the lives of young minds. We are just excited for you to bring your passion both for science and for relaying your knowledge to young people, instilling in them the same excitement for the subject. This is an excellent opportunity to put your teaching skills into practice by bringing science to life for a new generation.

Science is a vast subject covering lots of different concepts and theories which can be hard for many pupils to learn and understand. It is important in many aspects of life and work and all of us strive to give pupils a good grounding in the subject, including the ability to question, the skills to conduct experiments and the understanding to evaluate results. Teaching Science needs a hands-on approach, with practical experiments and demonstrations, bringing science to life in the classroom. Working with pupils who will have their own ideas and attitudes can make the role challenging, but also provides a sense of achievement as their scientific knowledge and ability grow.

Teaching & Learning Responsibility Opportunity

For the right candidate, there is the opportunity of a TLR. This would to work alongside our already established subject leaders, leading on areas of teaching & learning, curriculum and assessment, progress and data.

There is also potential for teaching KS5 for candidates with proven experience of teaching A Level.

Applications welcome from both experienced and ECT colleagues starting your teaching journey

Our science teams are dynamic, friendly, dedicated and share a passion for making science accessible and enjoyable for all learners, including exploring real-world applications and opportunities to attend extra-curricular trips such as the CERN. Our secondary phase is now aligned to provide a mirrored curriculum across KS3 and GCSE at both of our secondary school sites. Our KS3 schemes of learning and assessment deliver an exciting and varied curriculum to pupils. We are looking to recruit a confident, self-motivated teacher of science who is a good communicator, a clear team player and who is committed to making science engaging and enjoyable.

We are looking for individuals:

• Who understand how children develop, think and learn
• have a passion and determination for every child achieving positive progress beyond what they might have thought possible
• Who have a commitment to breaking down barriers to learning, are sensitive to students’ needs and who are committed to nurturing a child’s happiness and enjoyment of school and life
• Who have a strong commitment to safeguarding
• Are enthusiastic with a good sense of humour and able to develop positive relationships with pupils, parents and like-minded colleagues

What we can offer you:

• Potential for career progression
• Opportunity to work across both secondary sites (Bay House & Brune Park)
• Friendly and sociable colleagues
• A vibrant community where there are opportunities to strive to make a real difference to the lives of young people
• The opportunity to join dedicated teams who deliver excellent support to our pupils to ensure positive outcomes in the classroom and wider community
• Commitment to everyone in the organisation having a passion for learning. This results in the building of young people’s self-confidence, self-belief and self-esteem
• a firm commitment to on-going professional development and your well-being
• The opportunity to establish extra-curricular activities
• Friendly and enthusiastic learners who are rightly proud of their schools
• Membership of one of the UK’s largest public sector pension schemes
• Free access to a school gym and swimming pool
• A Chromebook or Laptop for use in school and at home