Teacher of Science

Job Details

• Job role: Teacher
• Suitable for early career teachers
• Key stage: KS3, KS4
• Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics
• Working pattern: Full time (40 hours/week, Monday to Friday)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

To deliver outstanding teaching and learning of science and therefore help pupils achieve excellent academic results and be a role-model/impact the academy more widely. To design an engaging and challenging curriculum that inspires children to appreciate the subject and its application.

The successful candidate will:

• Excellent classroom teacher with the ability to reflect on lessons and continually improve their own practice
• Effective and systematic behaviour management, with clear boundaries, sanctions, praise and rewards
• Thinks strategically about classroom practice and tailoring lessons to pupils needs
• Understands and interprets complex pupil data to drive lesson planning and pupil attainment

Key responsibilities

• To plan, resource and deliver lessons and sequences of lessons to the highest standard that ensure real learning takes place and pupils make superior progress
• To provide a nurturing classroom and academy environment that helps pupils to develop as learners
• To help to maintain/establish discipline across the whole academy
• To contribute to the effective working of the academy.

Outcomes and Activities - Teaching and Learning

• Enrich the curriculum with trips and visits to enhance the learning experience of all pupils
• With direction from the Subject Leader and within the context of the academy’s curriculum and schemes of work, plan and prepare effective teaching modules and lessons
• Teach engaging and effective lessons that motivate, inspire and improve pupil attainment
• Use regular assessments to set targets for pupils, monitor pupil progress and respond accordingly to the results of such monitoring
• To produce/contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual and groups of pupils
• Develop plans and processes for the classroom with measurable results and evaluate those results to make improvements in pupil achievement
• Ensure that all pupils achieve at least at chronological age level or, if well below level, make significant and continuing progress towards achieving at chronological age level
• Maintain regular and productive communication with pupils, parents and carers, to report on progress, sanctions and rewards and all other communications
• Provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils
• Direct and supervise support staff assigned to lessons and when required participate in related recruitment and selection activities
• Implement and adhere to the academy’s behaviour management policy, ensuring the health and well-being of pupils is maintained at all times
• Participate in preparing pupils for external examinations
• Ensure that all teaching is conducted in a safe environment with due consideration being given to health and safety requirements and risk assessments being conducted as necessary.

What the school offers its staff

• Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning, soup for lunch and lunch for those on duty. We have parking available, a gym on site and a well-equipped staff room including a pool table
• Our systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are research led and based on the needs of our local context. For instance, at present we do not use traditional book marking across the school
• On Fridays, children and staff finish at 1.40pm.
• Staff voice is important to us; we like to listen to our staff. We are always seeking feedback and input from our staff

Our Diversity and Inclusion statement

At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective.

Find out more about us by visiting www.arkboulton.org.

How to Apply

Please submit your application online by visiting https://arkboulton.org/jobs/vacancies.

Further information about the job: The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored. If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

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• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 870 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
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Each day is unique for our team, as they collectively support the activities within and outside the school. Our consortium of creative and resourceful team members ensure we go above and beyond in order to constantly improve our service to the community we serve. Our strapline ‘growing together, reaching higher' applies as much to our staff as our students. We recognise that the health and wellbeing of our staff will affect that of our students. For this reason, we have invested in developing our wellbeing room and other initiatives to care for our whole school community.

Our staff are a valuable and integral part of our community and are given the room to grow and develop in an encouraging, challenging and rewarding environment. They are role-models and ambassadors for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] on a professional and public level. They reflect the virtues we promote which include courage, self-discipline, commitment, and honesty.

By becoming a member of our school family, you will embrace multiple opportunities for personal and professional development, not just within the school, but from the internationally renowned [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] family of schools we are a part of. Through [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], our staff can share best practice and receive training from some of the most talented individuals in the country.

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