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Head of Biology

The Bridge Academy, London, E2 8BA

This job expired on 27 January 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  20 April 2020

• Closing date

  27 January 2020 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 January 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Biology
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £30,178 to £49,079
• Additional allowances:

  The TLR for this position is 2b.

  Please refer to the Information Pack on our website for a list of our employee benefits.

Head of Biology job summary

The primary objective of this role is to lead teaching and learning of Biology up to KS5, and to ensure excellent outcomes for students.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Provide expertise subject knowledge for all key stages in Biology.

2. Produce and monitor high quality resources/assessment and support other members of the department who are producing resources for Biology.

3. Monitor and support the quality of teaching and learning for Biology, including lesson drop in(s), data analysis and liaison with others.

4. Keep records of Practical Assessment Groups (PAGS), and ensure all trackers are up to date and accurate.

5. Support members of the department regarding the curriculum and lead Ofqual (The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation) meetings regarding Biology.

6. Organise mandatory field trips for Biology.

7. Play a key role in the organisation of Science week.

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 Bridge Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1115 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Bridge Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: Priscilla.Agyare@bridgeacademy.hackney.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-bridge-academy-london (opens in new tab)

We are an Academy on a mission: to ensure that every student can succeed at a good university or equivalent, thrive in their chosen field and live a great life.

Our core values of Hard Work, Integrity and Kindness underpin everything that we do, and from the moment our students arrive at The Bridge Academy we ask them to live these values 100% of the time.

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