Assistant Leader of Science
Boston Spa Academy, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6RWThis job expired on 27 March 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
27 March 2023 at 9am
Date listed
13 March 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPR/UPR
Additional allowances
+ TLR 2B
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Good honours degree in relevant subject
- Qualified Teacher Status (or currently an ITT / GTP trainee)
- Very good classroom practitioner
- Detailed knowledge of current developments in education including the use of the Pupil Premium
- Knowledge and experience of intervention strategies
- Ability to put vision into practice
- Ability to devise new resources for learning
Either:
- Successful placement(s), teaching at KS3 & KS4 (applicants currently in training)
or:
- Successful record of teaching including very good exam results at one or more of KS4 & KS5 (applicants who already have gained QTS)
What the school offers its staff
At Boston Spa Academy, we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and inspirational Teacher of Business and Economics who will join a thriving and highly successful curriculum area, which has made a major contribution to the strong examination results achieved throughout the academy.
This role represents an incredibly exciting opportunity for any candidate who is eager to be a part of an organisation that seeks to prioritise students’ holistic development through our vision of ‘shaping character; cultivating ambition’, whilst ensuring that we secure the very highest educational standard for every student. Our students receive exceptional pastoral care, support and guidance and we would expect any successful candidate to be of a mind-set where they believe anything is possible. Likewise, our professional body also benefits from outstanding CPD and support which is personalised to your particular needs and experience.
The department currently consists of 2 full-time colleagues and offers a rich curriculum to all students and, as a result, an impressive number of students choose to continue their studies into GCSE and A Level. This is an exciting opportunity to join a committed and driven group of colleagues within the Business and Economics department, and to join an academy which values the students and staff within its community.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Boston Spa Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1429 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Boston Spa Academy website
- Email address
- susie.dubber@bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk
Working in partnership with The GORSE Academies Trust, Boston Spa Academy is a vibrant and successful and school, achieving excellent results and judged to be a Good School in the OFSTED inspection of April 2015.
Located between York, Leeds and Harrogate, Boston Spa Academy is committed to the development of the whole student, the physical, aesthetic, emotional, moral, spiritual as well as the intellectual.
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