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Assistant Head of Department - Science

Grace College, Gateshead, NE9 6LE

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• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  22 May 2024 at 11am

• Date listed

  20 May 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £41,927.00 - £54,637.00 Annually (Actual) MPS 3 - UPS 3 + 3 ESF (£8,113)

Assistant Head of Department - Science job summary

I am delighted that you are interested in applying for the Assistant Head of Science at Grace College. We truly believe that Grace College is a fantastic and exciting place to study as a student and work as a teacher. We are looking for a candidate who believes that Science is an inspiring and beautiful subject, to be taught with creativity, expert pedagogy and sustained rigour.

At Grace, we are proud of our Science curriculum, which is underpinned by a commitment to developing excellent substantive and disciplinary knowledge across the three disciplines. Each specialist area has identified the key scientific concepts that underpin their subject and how understanding these ideas is key to appreciating the breadth and depth of the sciences. The team is committed to ensuring students receive excellent instruction and understand the importance of science to their own lives through clearly taught substantive and disciplinary knowledge.

We want all of our students to become great scientists, inquisitive about the world in which they live and making significant contributions to their communities and beyond. As the Assistant Head of Science you will support in the leadership of a team, committed to delivering this curriculum with expertise and passion. You will support the Head of Department in providing the team with strategic and operational leadership alongside supporting teachers to improve their classroom practice with a relentless focus on ensuring that students achieve their academic personal best.

Alignment with our school-wide determination to ensure that our students receive the best possible quality of education, regardless of their barriers to learning, and grow in character is essential. All members of the department are valued and supported; strength of practice is celebrated as well as opportunities cultivated to furnish the development of the individual.

As a Christian-ethos school of character for the whole community, everyone is welcome whatever their educational background and ability, faith position, social or ethnic background. We are committed to the holistic development of young people: outstanding teaching goes hand in hand with opportunities for character development.

As Head of School, I am looking for teachers who are passionate about their subject, have expert subject knowledge and care deeply about securing the best life chances for the young people in our care. We want our College to be a place where staff come to work excited about the lessons they are going to teach and looking forward to strengthening the relationships they have with colleagues as well as students. If what you have read above excites you and aligns with your personal values, experience and ambitions, then you are probably the right person for this role and you will love working here.

Commitment to safeguarding

Grace College is committed to the safeguarding of children and all staff are expected to ensure that the College is a safe and secure environment for our students. All applicants are referred to the Safeguarding Statement which is to be found within the Policy section of the Grace College website.

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About Grace College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1231 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Grace College website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/grace-college (opens in new tab)

As an 11-19 secondary school serving nearly 1,300 students in central Gateshead, we have a clear vision for excellence in character education, the examined curriculum and in service to our community, grounded in our Christian ethos. We are part of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation, which opens exceptional opportunities for knowledge sharing and career development. We have a clear model for school improvement to provide outstanding education for all students and are relentless in the pursuit of this goal. You will be central to delivering our strategy, as you transform both the school and our students’ futures.

We are committed to realising the potential of our students and staff alike. Our hope and expectation are that each person will be deeply valued as infinitely precious, challenged to grow in character and inspired by learning together to achieve their personal best in whatever they do.

Join us and you can expect to be nurtured, supported, and encouraged at every step of your career. We put staff professional learning and development front and centre of everything we do in our partnerships with outstanding regional and national organisations. Ultimately, we are looking for the school leaders of tomorrow who will contribute here at Grace College and across the Emmanuel Schools Foundation.

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