Faculty Leader of Science
The Chase, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3NZThis job expired on 4 October 2024
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
4 October 2024 at 10:54am
Date listed
1 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time 32.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to UPS3 £30,000 - £46,525 per annum (pay award pending)
Additional allowances
TLR1C £9,272 pa
What skills and experience we're looking for
We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, dynamic and highly skilled teacher to join our school to lead the Science Faculty.
You shall be joining a very successful and supportive department. All three Sciences continue to be popular choices at KS5. A background in Chemistry or Physics would be an advantage.
You will have an excellent knowledge of the curriculum and curriculum design to ensure that core powerful knowledge is embedded and developed across all Key Stages. You will be able to lead by example to promote high quality classroom practice and you will have the interpersonal skills to influence and develop colleagues within the faculty to deliver high quality teaching for every student.
The successful applicant will:
- Enhance teaching and learning within Science
- Lead and inspire a love of learning all three sciences
- Lead the planning and development of the Science curriculum
- Maximise progress and achievement through rigorous monitoring, intervention and review
- Be an example of best practice across all Key Stages
- Have energy, adaptability, resilience and the determination to make change and see things through
- Make a full contribution to the wider life of the school.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we can offer:
- A well-qualified and experienced team of specialists
- A modern and well-resourced faculty
- Support and development for your leadership skills and career progression
The opportunity to work with an ambitious and highly supportive environment
- An inclusive and collaborative Senior Leadership Team.
Closing date: 15th October 2024 at 5.00 pm
Interviews will be held week commencing 21st October 2024
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Chase is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and therefore the successful application for any position will be required to undertake a criminal records check DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) with ID and reference checks. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
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About The Chase
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1407 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Chase website
- Email address
- recruitment@chase.worcs.sch.uk
The Chase strives to be a school of excellence in every way, and this is naturally made clear in our mission statement:
This school seeks to encourage and reward excellence of every kind, to enable all students to achieve their full potential to become successfully independent, and to stress the importance of caring interdependence.
In pursuit of our mission statement, we strive to instil the following characteristics of effective life-long learning in all students:
• Aspiration
• Respect
• Resilience
• Adaptability
The Chase strives to be more than a school; it is a family, it is a community. Like all good families, The Chase wants our children to be happy and successful in their lives. We want our children to be happy and successful today. We want our children to be excited about the prospect of coming to school, each and every day. To that end, we provide pastoral care second to none; a quality of teaching that inspires young minds and a vast extra-curricular programme that will identify and develop the individual talents of each child. This is a caring, family school, which is insistent on good behaviour, caring interdependence, and strong partnerships between home and school, so all students feel happy, safe and secure as they pursue their studies.
Arranging a visit to The Chase
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@chase.worcs.sch.uk.
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