Head of Chemistry
Highfields School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV4 4NT5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
16 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
4 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
- Chemistry, Science
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): 32.4 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Teachers' Pay Scales
Additional allowances
TLR 1A (currently £9272)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We wish to appoint an innovative and highly motivated teacher to lead and manage the Chemistry Department. This will include responsibility for Chemistry A Level, Single Science Chemistry GCSE and Chemistry for Combined Science GCSE, Higher Tier students.
The successful candidate will be an excellent practitioner who has the passion and creativity to further develop an outstanding curriculum that will enthuse students to enjoy and achieve in Chemistry. They will have an outstanding commitment to ensuring that Science is relevant and engaging to all students.
This post is suitable for an experienced middle leader or an ambitious and talented teacher looking to take on their first Head of Department role.
For a full Job Description and Person Specification, please see Supporting Documents.
What the school offers its staff
As a department we offer:
- Experienced and supportive staff
- A creative and collaborative working environment
- Opportunity to teach from KS3 to A Level
- High proportion of students in GCSE Single Sciences and A Level
- Excellent student progress and results
- Exceptional facilities for practical/experimental lessons
- Strong budgets to support experimental classroom practice
As a school we offer:
- A vibrant and exciting comprehensive school which is culturally and ethnically diverse
- Excellent examination results
- Outstanding student progress
- Well behaved students who are eager to learn
- Supportive parents who want the best for their children
- A large Sixth Form
- Modern and stimulating teaching facilities
Commitment to safeguarding
Highfields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
All posts are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including an Enhanced DBS Check and 2 very good references.
For full details, please see our Recruitment Privacy Notice available from our Trust website: https://www.lykos.org.uk/our-trust
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About Highfields School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1735 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Highfields School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- afrost@hswv.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01902 556530
Highfields School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in the West Midlands, serving students from the age of 11-18. The secondary school, situated in Wolverhampton has approximately 1,700 students on record.
Highfields School opened in 1957 and converted to academy status in 2015.
Highfields School wants all students to have access to a broad and balanced learning curriculum where are can gain the skills, knowledge and experience to thrive and reach their full potential. The secondary school wants students to feel valued during their time learning and works to be a caring and open learning community, where individual talents are celebrated and nurtured. The school believes that students achieve best when happy and wants parents, staff and students to all work together to achieve the best possible outcome for all. Students are encouraged to get involved with a wide range of extra-curricular activities to gain in confidence, nurture talents and discover new talents and interests. These include the Duke of Edinburgh Award, sports clubs, trips and an active Student Council, where skills in leadership and teamwork are practiced. The school recently received a cultural diversity award from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
Arranging a visit to Highfields School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email afrost@hswv.co.uk.
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