Director of Secondary Science

Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 4DT

30 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  26 January 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  18 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Pay scale L11 - L15

Director of Secondary Science job summary

Join the Initio Learning Trust as a Director of Secondary Science

Location: South West England

Do you have a passion for driving educational excellence and a commitment to transforming student outcomes? Are you ready to lead subject-specific improvement across multiple schools while working in the beautiful South West of England?

At Initio Learning Trust, we are seeking a driven and visionary Director of Secondary Science to join our growing and improving group of secondary schools and help us realise our ambitious vision for education.

This role will be based across our Trust Secondary schools - locations to include Wimborne, Broadstone and Bridport.

As a key member of our leadership team, you will work closely with a team of subject directors, led by the Director of Education (Secondary), to:

• Lead subject-specific improvement work that empowers departments to improve student progress and attainment across the trust.

• Raise standards in Science by delivering strategic curriculum leadership, high-quality CPD, and targeted support.

• Ensure a consistent and high-quality approach to teaching, learning, and assessment, while developing and aligning curricula across all secondary schools in the trust.

• Teach your subject in one of our trust schools, modelling outstanding teaching

This job is full time and offered on a permanent basis. Actual salary £63,815 - £70,293 per annum (L11 - L15).

Approximate start: 1 September 2025 (earlier start would be considered).

What we’re looking for:

We are seeking an educational leader who:

• Has a proven track record of raising standards in secondary education, particularly in Science.

• Is passionate about curriculum and teacher development, ensuring high standards of teaching, learning, and assessment.

• Demonstrates outstanding teaching practice in their subject.

• Shares our values of ambition, collaboration, and respect and is eager to contribute to our vision of educational excellence.

If you are ready to make a significant impact across multiple schools, collaborate with talented educational leaders, and be part of a Trust that values both professional growth and work-life balance, we want to hear from you!

Apply here to be a part of Initio Learning Trust and help shape the future of education in the South West.

Please refer to the attached job descriptions for more details about the role. Our candidate charter is also attached. For further information about the Trust please visit our website.

If you have any further questions, please contact Brian Boyes, Director of Education (Secondary) by emailing bboyes@initiolearning.org

Commitment to safeguarding

Initio Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

In line with current safer recruitment guidance, we may collect further information for applicants who are shortlisted for interview including criminal record and social media checks, references and verification of qualifications.

All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2023).

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Queen Elizabeth's School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1556 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Queen Elizabeth's School website (opens in new tab)
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Queen Elizabeth’s School, located in Wimborne, is a coeducational Church of England, Comprehensive Upper School within the Initio Learning Trust.

There is a strong commitment to comprehensive education and a focus on creating an environment that supports continual school improvement and the attainment of all students.

Our vision is linked to a commitment to hope for all students and which permeates all aspects of our school and is underpinned by the Trust's values of Collaboration, Ambition and Respect.

For more information please visit our school website: https://www.queenelizabeths.com/

About Initio Learning Trust

Initio Learning Trust comprises 18 schools across Dorset, with our head office based in Wimborne. Formed in February 2023 from the merger of The Minerva Learning Trust and Wimborne Academy Trust, we offer outstanding education through every stage of schooling, from nursery through to upper sixth form. We believe in enabling every person to thrive within their role, and our core values of Ambition, Collaboration and Respect underpin the pride we take in offering genuine professional development opportunities for all our staff; and in our focus on staff wellbeing.

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