Faculty Lead of Science
Thomas Knyvett College, Ashford, Surrey, TW15 3DU19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,075.00 - £50,471.00 Annually (FTE) TLR1d Allowance - £16,553(FTE)
Faculty Lead of Science job summary
Thomas Knyvett College is seeking a passionate and dedicated Faculty Lead of Science to join our team. This is an opportunity to lead a dynamic department and make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people, especially those who are disadvantaged to create a nurturing, student-centered learning environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide inspirational leadership to ensure high-quality teaching and accelerated student progress.
- Lead on curriculum development and enrichment opportunities.
- Monitor and evaluate teaching practices to support continuous improvement.
- Set and monitor targets for staff and students, ensuring outstanding outcomes.
- Develop and implement intervention strategies to support student achievement.
- Promote collaborative working within the faculty, across departments, and within The Howard Partnership Trust.
The successful candidate should be self-assured, well-organized, and driven, capable of leading our accomplished FACULTY team. They will work closely with their teachers to craft an innovative curriculum and achieve positive outcomes for all students.
What We Offer:
- A supportive and forward-thinking leadership team.
- Career progression opportunities within The Howard Partnership Trust.
- Extensive CPD opportunities to enhance professional growth.
- A collaborative and inclusive working environment.
Who We’re Looking For:
- A qualified teacher with a strong subject specialism and proven leadership skills.
- Demonstrable experience in improving student outcomes.
- A team leader who can inspire and motivate staff.
- A commitment to developing innovative teaching practices and promoting a stimulating learning environment.
As a Partnership School, we are committed to professional development through our extensive CPD programme and ensure a healthy work/life balance with effective PPA allocation.
We welcome informal meetings or tours of the school. Please contact the HR team to arrange a visit.
All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.
The Howard Partnership Trust is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, disability, race, age, or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.
As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION
The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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.
About Thomas Knyvett College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 735 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Thomas Knyvett College website (opens in new tab)
Thomas Knyvett College is a welcoming, creative and community-based school where through our values of being proud, respectful, open-minded, unified and determined we set high standards which enable our students to develop into confident and responsible members of the global community. We have a real focus on collegiality and staff wellbeing.
Students at Thomas Knyvett College enjoy, and are reflective about, their learning. Teachers develop and explore the passions for their subjects. We offer a broad and rich curriculum which allows our students to thrive whatever their interests, and we also provide a wealth of enrichment opportunities beyond the curriculum. Ours is a school where students are celebrated and supported as individuals to have the very best experiences.
We are proud to ‘Bring out the Best’ in young people of all abilities and aptitudes, and therefore increase their life chances for their future success and fulfilment.
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