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Chemistry Teacher

Wallington High School for Girls, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 0PH

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• Job start date

  1 September 2019

• Closing date

  18 January 2019 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  13 December 2018

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Chemistry
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £27,569 to £38,963
• Additional allowances:

  Staff are our most valued asset and we place a high emphasis on staff well-being and professional development. In a recent survey amongst our teaching staff, 91% agreed or strongly agreed that there was an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect within the school. As part of our commitment to staff well-being and development, we offer the following to teaching staff:

  Professional Development ; • CPD programmes tailored to individual’s aspirations which are based both in school and across the wider Trust ; • An additional INSET day at the beginning of the academic year dedicated to teacher planning and preparation ; • Our “No lesson judgements” policy ensures our lesson observations are developmental and supportive ; • One INSET day a year dedicated to moderation and curriculum preparation ; • An annual cross- Trust teaching conference allowing the chance to meet and network with other staff ; • ‘Pop-up’ CPD run by staff for staff on issues of their choosing, including pastoral

  Staff Welfare ; • A Marking and Feedback policy designed from the bottom up, with regard for teacher workload, based upon a set of principles, different according to department ; • Data capture that is measured and timely - we report progress two or three times a year (depending on year group) ; • Minimal written reports ; • No requirement for teachers to submit lesson plans, even for lesson observations ; • Teaching staff are only required to do one twenty minute duty each week ; • Supportive yet challenging governance, which understands that teachers are our most valuable resource ; • End of school day at 2.50pm making it easier for staff to pick up their children from local schools ; • Work scrutiny is departmentally-based and developmental ; • We are a school that appreciates the importance of family and do our best to support staff when there are issues and requests for additional leave regarding family events and an Additional Leave policy that supports staff when they may need time off school ; • A teaching load of 43/50 1 hour periods of teaching per fortnight maximum. ; • The average size of our A level classes is 13 students and GCSE is 24 students. We also continue to run many A level classes even if their numbers are small

  Support ; • The school calendar and training is planned in advance across the whole year so people know what is happening and when ; • In-house cover supervision team ; • A highly effective and proactive support staff that play an important role in supporting teaching and learning ; • An Events, Communication and Visits team that are responsible for organising key school events and trips ; • Every full-time teacher operates from a base classroom and has an office based work station which means our large staff room can be work station free

  Benefits ; • School budgets are set making the assumption that everybody will get their incremental pay rise ; • ‘Champagne Moments’, a staff reward and recognition scheme ; • The ‘Wallington Weekend’ –the school closes for the last Friday and Monday of November ; • Free tea and coffee provided in the staff room ; • Access to our fitness suite ; • A Staff Association that responds to the welfare of the staff and organises social events ; • Use of onsite canteen offering hot meals and salad bar ; • Teaching staff can go home if they have PPA time last period of the day ; • Opportunities to participate in enrichment activities e.g. theatre visits ; • Assisted cycle purchase scheme and designated cycle parking bay ; • Opportunities for flexible working ; • Access to Workplace Options scheme, for confidential independent employment advice

  Environment ; • Pleasant working environment with very well-behaved students ; • The school has invested heavily in new buildings and in IT in every classroom ; • Eleven acres of school grounds set in Green Belt land

Chemistry Teacher job summary

To provide an outstanding learning experience for students, allowing them to fulfil their potential through the provision of excellent teaching, support and guidance.

Teaching

• To meet the requirements of a classroom teacher set out in the Teacher Standards or Post Threshold Standards (if applicable).
• To teach students according to their educational needs, including the setting and marking of work carried out by the student in school and elsewhere.
• To assess, record and report on the attendance, progress, development and attainment of students and to keep such records as are required.
• To provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students.
• To undertake a designated programme of teaching.
• To ensure a high quality learning experience for students that meets internal and external quality standards.
• To prepare and update subject materials.
• To use a variety of delivery methods that will stimulate learning appropriate to student needs and demands of the syllabus.
• To maintain discipline in accordance with the school’s behaviour policy and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework.
• To undertake assessment of students as requested by external examination bodies, departmental and school procedures.
• To mark, assess and give written/verbal and diagnostic feedback as required.
 
Operational/Strategic Planning

• To assist in the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies and teaching strategies in the department.
• To contribute to the department Improvement Plan and its implementation.
• To plan and prepare courses and lessons.
• To contribute to the whole school’s planning activities.

Curriculum Provision

• To assist the head of department to ensure that the department provides a range of teaching that complements the school’s strategic objectives.

Curriculum Development

• To assist in the process of curriculum development and change within the department.

Personal Development

• To take part in the school’s performance development programme.
• To ensure the effective / efficient deployment of classroom support.
• To work as a member of a designated team and positively contribute to effective working relations within the school.

Quality Assurance

• To contribute to the process of monitoring and evaluation of the curriculum area.
• To review methods of teaching and programmes of work within the department.
• To take part in the review of and development of activities relating to the department and pastoral functions of the school.

Management Information

• To maintain appropriate records and provide relevant, accurate and up-to-date information for registers etc..
• To complete the relevant documentation to assist in the tracking of students.
• To track student progress and use information to inform teaching and learning.

Communications

• To communicate effectively with parents as appropriate.
• To communicate effectively with persons or bodies outside the school.
• To keep up-to-date with school communications via emails, bulletins and briefings.
 
Marketing and Liaison

• To participate in open evenings and parents evenings.
• To contribute to the development of effective subject links with external agencies and partner schools.

Management of Resources

• To contribute to the process of the ordering and allocation of equipment and materials.
• To assist the head of department to identify resource needs.
• To contribute to the efficient/effective use of physical resources.
• To co-operate with other staff to ensure a sharing and effective usage of resources to the benefit of the school, department and the students.

Pastoral System

• To be a Form Tutor to an assigned group of students.
• To promote the general progress and well-being of individual students and of the Tutor Group as a whole.
• To liaise with a Pastoral leader to ensure the implementation of the schools support system.
• To register students, accompany them to assemblies, encourage their full attendance at all lessons and their participation in other aspects of school life.

Whole School

• To play a full part in the life of the school community.
• To support the vision and aims of the school.
• To support the school in meeting its’ legal requirements for worship.
• To comply with the school’s Health and Safety Policy and undertake risk assessments as appropriate.
• To undertake any other duty as specified by STPCB not mentioned in the above.
• Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and students and to provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers
• The school will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Wallington High School for Girls

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1530 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Wallington High School for Girls website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: vacancies@wallingtongirls.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wallington-high-school-for-girls-wallington (opens in new tab)

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