Post: Assistant Subject Leader of Science
Contract: Full time
Salary: Competitive salary (above Inner London) + TLR
Required: Negotiable
Do you want to be part of a team that transform the lives of young people?
Tenacious in approach, our team are committed to transforming the lives of students and do so through unwavering belief, positivity, creativity, hard work and collaboration. Many of us are TeachFirst Ambassadors but regardless of how we came into the profession we are all determined to leave a lasting legacy.
Your role:
As Assistant Subject Leader of Science, you will deliver an outstanding curriculum to ensure all pupils make excellent progress in Science and work within our Middle Leadership Team in setting the future direction and vision of the Secondary school.
Whether you are a current middle leader looking for a new challenge, or an outstanding classroom teacher seeking your first Middle Leadership role, you will play a key part in the School’s development. As we are growing every year (840 pupils at full capacity in Secondary, including Sixth Form), there will be lots of opportunities for promotion and development. You could play a part in leading and shaping the vision and future of our school for many years to come.
Science at Goresbrook is highly valued the pupils. We’ve created a culture where high levels of challenge have built an authentic passion for the subject. As a department, we pride ourselves on detailed curriculum planning which uses the principles of interleaving and spacing, knowledge depth and scientific thinking. We take risks and trial innovative approaches to teaching difficult concepts at an early stage e.g. Rutherford’s scattering experiment when learning about the periodic table. Not only have pupils risen to the challenge, they have successfully demonstrated outstanding progress with some performing at GCSE standard in year 7 and/or year 8. Come and join a team where we challenge the status quo, where we focus on depth not breath, students not bureaucracy and work in state of the art science laboratories!
What we offer:
•Clear purpose. We are all here to make a real difference to students lives
•Lots of opportunities to observe others and receive feedback. We have an open door policy and place Teaching and Learning at the centre of what we do. We never grade lessons and all feedback is developmental
•An environment in which student behaviour is exemplary. Teachers can teach and students can learn
•Curriculums that are designed in order for pupils to achieve mastery of both content and skills. We have a strong focus on core knowledge and use cutting-edge insights from cognitive science and educational research to ensure that content is retained over time
•Joint planning time on Wednesday afternoons for core subjects
•Year groups of 120 students. We are a small school and pride ourselves on knowing our students
•Very minimum of two hours curriculum time for each subject area allowing teachers to know students next steps
•Weekly in-school CPD, including a tailored NQT programme
•External CPD programmes, including NPQML and NPQSL
•Opportunities for promotion and development
If you align with our vision, values, and are committed to ensuring that ‘disadvantaged’ does not dictate educational outcomes, then you will greatly enjoy working at Goresbrook.
Whether you are an outstanding experienced teacher looking for a new challenge, or trainee teacher seeking your first role, you will play a key part in the School’s development. You could play a part in leading and shaping the vision and future of our school for many years to come.
If you align with our vision, values, and are committed to ensuring that ‘disadvantaged’ does not dictate educational outcomes, then you will greatly enjoy working at Goresbrook.
You are very welcome to visit us, even if you don’t end up applying for the post. We are 20 minutes on the tube from Mile End, and just 15 minutes’ drive from East London.
If you would like an informal discussion with the Principal to find out more about the role and school before applying, please contact Hetal Patel, Executive Assistant to the Principal who will be able to arrange a meeting ( Hetal.Patel@goresbrookschool.org.uk ) or alternatively you can email any questions or queries to HR ( hr@goresbrookschool.org.uk ).
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.