Electronics and Physics Teacher
The Blackpool Sixth Form College, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7LR13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
28 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 January 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £24,400 to £37,706 per annum for a 0.8fte post
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you have a degree in a relevant subject? Are you a qualified teacher, or studying to be one? Are you ready to meet and exceed the goals of your students? Do you have a commitment to the safeguarding of our students?
If you have answered yes to these questions then we want to hear from you!
Blackpool Sixth is an outstanding college specialising in 16-19 education, we have an exciting opportunity for an Electronics Teacher to join our team. There are exciting times ahead for the college as we have recently become a founding member of The Coastal Collaborative Trust. This permanent position, commencing as soon as possible, is 0.8fte. The position is well suited to you if you are either looking for the first steps into teaching or if you are looking to advance an already established career in a thriving and supportive workplace.
Based in the science department you will work closely with others in the department to support your students to achieve their ambitions. We believe that all science qualifications carry equal importance, as part of the science team you can expect to teach A-level electronics, A-level physics and the electronics units of the CTEC Engineering course at level 3. We are passionate about our subject and we aspire to develop our students so they readily go forward into the world of science with the skills, enthusiasm and confidence necessary to succeed.
Our department is innovative and continuously seeks new opportunities to develop. A day as an electronics teacher could see you:
working collaboratively with others in the department on schemes of work and resources
inspiring students to develop their knowledge of electronics
being involved with local industry in developing work experience opportunities for students
providing academic support for students
contributing to the science academy to inspire our students by completing projects and tasks beyond the curriculum.
What the school offers its staff
The benefits
Our people are extremely important to us and we are therefore delighted to provide the following benefits:-
- Cycle to work scheme for contracts over 12 months
- Free use of the college gym
- Education specific learning and development
- Free car parking
- Subsidised Costa Coffee on site and a wide range of catering outlets
- An in house People & Wellbeing site with loads of self-help guidance
- Access to wellbeing and counselling services for you and your family
- Wellbeing day on Wednesday 14th February 2025 with the full day off for all
- 15 hours of gifted TOIL (pro-rata) to use for flexibility throughout the year
- Long service awards
- Family friendly policies to support our staff with parenting and caring responsibilities
Further details about the role
Equal Opportunities and Safer Recruitment Practices
We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of a protected characteristic, or is disadvantaged by any conditions or any related individual requirements. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and all diverse groups. The college provides equality of access, services and care to everyone, regardless of people’s age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression or trans status, race, religion or belief or sexual orientation.
All staff will be carefully selected using recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasise the college’s commitment to safeguarding. All posts, including volunteers, are subject to enhanced DBS clearance. All shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of any criminal record or information that will make them unsuitable to work with children. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn should any information come to light that has not been included in the self-declaration. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from regulated activity relevant to children, anyone caught doing so will be reported to the police immediately. Please note that we reserve the right to review your online presence in line with keeping children safe in education guidance.
We will also complete a search of the teacher regulation agency Teacher Services’ system to check for the award of qualified teacher status (QTS), the completion of teacher induction or probation and to ensure no sanctions or prohibition orders are in place.
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 The Blackpool Sixth Form College
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 99
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- No information available
- Age range
- 16 to 99
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- kerry.wootton@blackpoolsixth.ac.uk
School location
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