Head of Physics

Longsands Academy, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1LQ

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  18 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Physics
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,957.00 - £50,062.00 Annually (Actual) TLR2

Head of Physics job summary

Join Our Team as Head of Physics at Longsands Academy!

Are you an exceptional Physics leader with a passion for inspiring young minds? Longsands Academy is on a mission, and we are seeking a full-time Head of Physics to join our successful and thriving subject team.

About the Role: As Head of Physics, you will be tasked with leading and developing the department, enhancing the role and contribution of Physics at the academy. You will join a team of experienced, reflective, and enthusiastic subject specialists, maintaining high standards of behaviour and discipline. Your role will be pivotal in raising student attainment and achievement within the department, monitoring and supporting student progress, and fostering staff development to meet these aims, ensuring all our young people experience a well-taught and ambitious curriculum.

What We Offer:

• A knowledge-rich curriculum built on ‘powerful knowledge’ and a traditional T&L approach centered around Rosenshine and TLAC.
• Collaborative planning with centralized, shared units of work and resources.
• Excellent support from the Astrea Trust Central team.
• A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies.
• Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm/strict’ behaviour system.
• Highly visible and supportive senior leaders who have your back.
• Centralized detentions, including homework detentions.
• No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ instructional coaching to help you continuously develop.
• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development, and promotion opportunities across the Astrea Cambridgeshire region.
• Opportunity to complete NPQs.

What We Are Looking For:

• A highly effective and inspiring teacher who can motivate and encourage colleagues to share the vision.
• Someone aligned with our values and mission. If you fit our culture, you will love working here.
• Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, regardless of their starting point, background, or needs, and does not make excuses for what children can achieve.

Benefits:

• Pension Scheme: Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Employee Support: Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Professional Development: Continued professional development and training opportunities.
• Convenience: Free on-site parking.
• Health Support: Access to AXA’s 24/7 health support line for medical advice.
• Cycle to Work Scheme: Salary sacrifice deduction for bicycles and cycling accessories.
• Discounts and Savings: Access to the Blue Light Card and Costco membership.
• Enhanced Family Leave: Paid leave to support our people when they need it the most.
• Optical Care: Financial contribution to optical care for habitual DSE users.
• Life Assurance: Peace of mind for our people and their families.
• Discounted Gym Membership: Available at The Gym Group with 245 locations nationwide.

Why Join Us? Astrea Academy Trust is committed to providing an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all our scholars. We believe in teaching powerful knowledge and creating a scholarly culture that is warm, strict, disciplined, and joyful. Our values-driven approach ensures impeccable behaviour, allowing teachers to focus on teaching and pupils to focus on learning.

Interested in Applying? If you’re looking for a new challenge, have a passion for education, or maybe all of the above, take a look at the Applicant Brief to find out more about the role and how to apply. We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our Academy to fully appreciate our excellent learning environment.

Closing Date: The closing date for applications is Sunday, 18 May 2025. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity! The academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window.

Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI: Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Flexible Interview Dates: Please note that interview dates are flexible to accommodate your schedule.

Ready to Make a Difference? If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment.

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About Longsands Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1653 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Longsands Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/longsands-academy

Longsands Academy, part of Astrea Academy Trust, is a successful, fully-inclusive secondary school at the heart of its community. We pride ourselves on providing an engaging and supportive environment in which our students feel empowered to reach and embrace their full potential with confidence. Our staff are committed to nurturing the abilities of every child with a curriculum which promotes academic excellence and is delivered by subject specialists. The opportunities we provide allow all students to showcase their talents, whether through the traditional school day or as a result of the wealth of extra-curricular activities on offer. Furthermore, in order to develop the important qualities of independent learning and resilience, our students are encouraged to take responsibility for their learning both in and out of lessons. We are extremely proud of the achievements of our students that are a result of the high expectations, students’ hard work and commitment and the supportive relationships that exist between staff, students and their parents/carers.

The pursuit of academic excellence is at the heart of the Academy. Through high expectations of behaviour, a commitment to great standards of teaching delivering a knowledge-rich curriculum, and positive working relationships with all members of the academy community, all students, regardless of their background or personal circumstances, are encouraged to achieve their academic aspirations. We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge that takes students beyond their everyday experiences. We believe in a traditional, subject-based approach to teaching in order to create a scholarly culture that is disciplined and joyful. We want to ensure that we open doors for every students’ future and develop in them a life-long love of learning.

We are committed to developing our staff to be the very best that they can be by striving to ensure that all of our colleagues can access high-quality Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Our CPD programme is both department-based and in collaboration with academies within the Astrea family and external partners. Wide-ranging opportunities for professional development are available for staff at all stages of their career, including ECTs, experienced classroom teachers, middle and senior leaders and support staff.

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