Interview date: W/C Monday 10 February 2025
We are seeking to appoint an inspirational and energetic Teacher of Chemistry who is committed to ensuring every student achieves success.
We are proud to be truly comprehensive and fully inclusive. Our vision is to create a ‘high challenge, low threat’ culture where everyone belongs and can achieve success through “The pursuit of excellence for every student, every day”.
Our large Science team consists of 24 members of teaching staff and 5 technical support staff. The curriculum area is well-equipped with 14 laboratories. We offer A Levels in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Psychology and a variety of examination packages at GCSE, including Triple Science and Combined Science.
The successful candidate will:
* Be an excellent teacher across all Science disciplines at KS3 and a subject specialist at KS4 and KS5.
* Have a real passion for education and a deep-felt desire to make a difference for young people.
* Be committed to a culture of high challenge, low threat and the belief that every student can succeed.
* Demonstrate commitment to developing their professional learning.
* Relish working as part of a large, supportive team committed to excellence.
* Have the resolve and tenacity to make a real difference to the performance of students.
If you would like to join a forward-thinking, research driven school committed to the pursuit of excellence, and have the skills and tenacity to really make a difference for young people, we would welcome your application.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to respect this commitment. Consideration of a person’s suitability to work alongside children is part of the selection process.
If invited for an interview, you will be:
* asked to complete a self-declaration form answering questions in relation to any criminal record or other information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.
* subject to an online search. This is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which we may wish to explore at interview.
If successful, you will be subject to:
* completion of an enhanced disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
* pre-employment checks which will include references, Health, Right to Work in UK, DBS and a declaration that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same
* household is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.
Current or previous employers will be contacted, and the information requested will include:
* disciplinary offences relating to children, including any for which the penalty is ‘time expired’.
* whether the applicant has been the subject of any child protection concerns.