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Head of Physics
Mossbourne Community Academy, London, E5 8JY19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
31 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
11 March 2025
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
Subject
- Physics
Working pattern
- Full time: 40 hours per week, Full Time, 52.143 weeks per annum
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Teachers main pay scale + Mossbourne main pay scale allowance £1600 + TLR / UPS + TLR
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an outstanding practitioner to lead our high performing physics team.
The successful applicant will be responsible for overseeing the physics curriculum and teaching and learning of physics from Years 7 to 13. They will ensure our A-level physics students achieve their aims of studying physics, chemical engineering or natural sciences at Oxford, Cambridge and other top universities.
This role requires excellent subject knowledge and a passion for physics education. They will be highly organised and willing to go the ‘extra mile’.
They will be an aspiring middle leader and ready to lead where required. They will embody the high standards that we expect from all of our staff and will be instrumental in ensuring that outstanding teaching and learning is maintained in physics.
The Science Learning Area includes departments for key stage three science, biology, chemistry, and physics. Working in a high performing team with brilliant students makes Mossbourne an extremely rewarding place to teach. The learning area hosts a vibrant and diverse staff body, all of whom are passionate about the study of science and want to foster a love of science in future generations. We are extremely proud of the high numbers of students who opt to study a science subject post-16 with demand for a minimum of two classes in biology, chemistry, and physics in both Years 12 and 13.
The Learning Area is also the home to the NHS Cadets and the sixth form Medical Bursary Programme. The Medical Bursary Programme is a unique offer which supports students to access degrees in medicine and veterinary science and/or careers in the wider field of medicine. The programme equips students with the skills and experience required for success in a competitive field. A significant number of our alumni have embarked upon a career in medicine.
We focus on high quality professional development to support exceptional outcomes for our students and place learning at the heart of all we do for students and staff, alike.
In 2024, our students achieved outstanding results and alumni went on to study a range of top degrees at Russell Group universities, including chemistry, engineering, medicine and natural sciences.
The Learning Area is very well resourced and comprises:
- Nine laboratories - each with an interactive whiteboard and visualiser.
- Two excellently equipped prep rooms with experienced technicians for each subject.
- A computer room with 32 PCs.
- Two staff offices.
What the school offers its staff
Federation staff are rewarded through access to a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:
Benenden health membership, to support health and wellbeing, fully paid by the Federation
Discounted gym membership with the ability to spread membership costs
Free staff fitness classes
Cycle to work and season ticket loan schemes
Free lunches (T&Cs apply)
Discounts at local restaurants
Saturday pay programme
Special leave scheme
First rate professional development and career opportunities
Staff appreciation awards and events
The Mossbourne Allowance (Ts & Cs apply)
Commitment to safeguarding
Mossbourne Federation reserves the right to modify job descriptions to ensure the needs of the Federation & students are met. Mossbourne Federation provides equal employment opportunities to all employment applicants and employees without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or status. The document is not a comprehensive list; it simply outlines expectations of the role. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. The post holder must be committed to safeguarding the welfare of children.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Mossbourne Community Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1432 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Mossbourne Community Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@mossbourne.org
The Mossbourne Federation’s flagship academy, Mossbourne Community Academy (MCA) is built on high expectations and doing right by the pupils in our care. We are driven to ensure that MCA pupils have future choice and opportunities, succeed in their chosen career pathway and make positive contributions to society. MCA has not only changed the face of education in Hackney, but has also raised the bar in educational expectations to the highest level; we achieve recognition, nationally, and annually, for setting a new benchmark for non-selective comprehensive education. All pupils, regardless of race, gender, background or ability, are encouraged to achieve their true potential and the behaviour of our pupils is exemplary. With outstanding GCSE and A-level results, year on year, Mossbourne Community Academy is placed within the top 1% of schools in the country. We are tremendously proud that our most recent Ofsted Inspection, dated November 2021, judged the academy as ‘outstanding’ and starts with the sentence ‘Mossbourne Community Academy changes pupil’s lives for the better’, because that is what we do, year on year. In 2023, Mossbourne Community Academy was named the top comprehensive school in London in The Sunday Times ‘Good Schools Guide’, the 5th most oversubscribed school in England and the most oversubscribed school in London. Such recognition is testament to the pride, hard work and dedication of our staff body, pupils and parents.
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