Director of Learning Science
Harris Academy Purley, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 6DTThis job expired on 9 May 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
9 May 2021 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 April 2021
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership Scale (Outer London)
Additional allowances
In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package. Please visit the Harris careers website for further information.
Director of Learning Science job summary
We are seeking an exceptional, experienced and enthusiastic qualified teacher for a senior middle leadership role as Director of Learning (Science).
Your opportunity
The successful candidate will take responsibility for a strong and successful Science Department, providing vision, leadership and direction, and be a member of the Academy's middle leadership team. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious professional to join our team of committed staff who 'share a common sense of purpose and high expectations of what students can achieve' (Ofsted).
We can offer you the opportunity to advance your career within a supportive academy environment. You will be part of a Federation established in developing practitioners and nurturing excellent future leaders, with unrivalled opportunities for progression; whatever your aspirations as a teacher, middle or senior leader, our Teaching School Alliance provides a range of bespoke courses and qualifications, including our Aspiring Leaders NPQML and NPQSL programmes to help you achieve your ambitions more quickly.
What we are looking for:
We look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming education in London, and helping create exceptional places of learning. We are looking for:
A dynamic and outstanding teacher, holding QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree
The ability to teach the Science curriculum at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5
An ambitious person with high expectations for yourself and your students
Please download the job pack for a full job description and person specification.
Being a part of the Harris Federation
We are recognised as the top performing large multi-academy trust in England for primary and secondary education. Closing the gap between young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers has always been a core mission of Harris. Holding a reputation for bringing transformative approaches to education, we hold a unrivalled track record in achieving success through rapid school improvement.
Our people are at the heart of this success. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of training programmes available at every stage of your career.
We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.
Safeguarding Notice
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
Diversity and Equality
We are committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
About Harris Academy Purley
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1097 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Harris Academy Purley website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@harrispurley.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 681 1141
Harris Academy Purley is an oversubscribed 11-19 co-educational with currently 1000 students on roll, situated the Croydon/Surrey border excellent transport to central London, Surrey and south coast. Open since September 2009, we were judged Outstanding. The moved into a £20 million state-of-the-art new building in 2012. offers specialisms Enterprise Sport using its extensive playing fields. Our sixth form provision expanding increasing numbers of taking Mathematics Further Mathematics. Student progress top 10% nationally. We are happy, hard-working highly ambitious community which staff treat one another care respect. combines traditional values discipline good-manners contemporary best practice teaching technology. Ethos: school where given opportunity encouragement achieve their personal best. By time they leave Academy, want our young people be happy educated desire drive succeed. This means: Each student gets individual attention need thrive Teachers bring learning alive class sizes kept as small possible. Students participate broad range after-school activities. All contribute life by positions responsibility. may, for example, through directing play, captaining sports team or band. Everyone works together maintain safe orderly environment. instil mutual respect between have zero tolerance bullying any form. promote high expectations set standards excellence. Staying Sixth Form encouraged so that it becomes norm, not exception. being run conjunction
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