Head of Physics
Wimbledon College, London, SW19 4NSThis job expired on 7 February 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
7 February 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Physics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Wimbledon College Payscale/UPS [Inner London]
Additional allowances
TLR2e (£4,789)
Head of Physics job summary
The school is seeking to employ a well-qualified, enthusiastic and motivational teacher to lead the teaching of Physics within the College. The successful candidate will have the capacity to bring innovative ideas to the classroom and show a strong record of raising student attainment through their teaching.
Physics has a consistent record of outstanding results with both Attainment and Progress significantly above the national average. Progression into Sixth Form is consistently high, with large numbers of pupils choosing to study Biology, Chemistry and Physics at A Level.
WHY CHOOSE US
Wimbledon College has a strong tradition of success in Science and offers a broad range of opportunities to study Science both in timetabled lessons and an extensive extra curriculum programme of events, visits and clubs. The school is accommodated in striking Grade II listed buildings on Edge Hill, above the parish church of the Sacred Heart, on a spacious green site in a conservation area. It is a great place to work with a supportive, committed staff who share the school’s high expectations. All teachers are specialists in their subjects and there is a well-established CPD programme which encourages staff to work collaboratively on self-identified areas of research and pedagogy. We also have a comprehensive Early Career Teacher support system where you will receive an individual mentor, reduced timetable and opportunities to embed your learning. Our aim is to empower staff to ascertain their own professional needs, both within and around their role, and to provide whatever support they require to flourish.
WHAT WE OFFER:
A warm friendly community where all are respected and valued
A well resourced department with three specialist technicians.
Staff laptops and individual docking work stations.
Classrooms with interactive touch screen smart boards.
Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and development through mentorship and coaching.
Free access to employee assistance programme.
Situated minutes from Wimbledon Common and Village, with exceptional facilities on site for staff including swimming pool and gym.
Onsite refectory serving staff all day
Great transport links with Bus, Train, Tube and Tram stops nearby.
A cycle scheme
Fantastic facilities to resource your ability to teach your students without limitations.
THE RIGHT CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
suitable qualifications to lead a department.
ability to teach across Physics at GCSE and A Level
ability to demonstrate enthusiasm, leadership and innovation in teaching, leading to the raising of standards within your department and the whole school
the drive to motivate both pupils and staff to achieve their full potential
experience of successful collaboration, mentoring and modelling good practice
understanding of the importance of using pupil data to make effective interventions and raise levels of achievement
administration and communication skills that are efficient and positive
Commitment to safeguarding
At Wimbledon College we recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils.
We make every effort to provide an environment in which children and adults feel safe, secure, valued and respected, and feel confident to talk if they are worried, believing they will be effectively listened to.
We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. Child protection forms part of the school’s safeguarding policy.
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About Wimbledon College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1246 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Wimbledon College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@wimbledoncollege.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 879 9323
Wimbledon College is a popular and oversubscribed school which prides itself on its exam results at both GCSE and A level with results significantly above national averages. As a Jesuit school, our ethos can be summed up by St Ignatius Loyola’s vision for Jesuit schools as being “for improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good.” Central to St Ignatius’ vision and to the College is the education of the whole person, providing each pupil with the opportunity to strive for excellence in all that they do.
The school is accommodated in striking Grade II listed buildings on Edge Hill, above the parish church of the Sacred Heart, on a spacious green site in a conservation area. Private and public funds have facilitated a substantial development of the facilities of the College over the last fifteen years.
The College currently has close to 1300 boys on roll including 270 in the Sixth Form. It is a great place to work with a supportive, committed staff who share the school’s high expectations. All teachers are specialists in their subjects and there is a well-established CPD programme which encourages staff to work collaboratively on self-identified areas of research and pedagogy.
Wimbledon College has a strong system of pastoral care and discipline. All teachers are form tutors and work with Heads of Line in ensuring every boy is supported, cared for and challenged to progress academically and become involved in the wider life of the school. The school’s intake is truly comprehensive academically, socially and economically and ethnically. It draws from across southwest London and from Surrey and north of the Thames also. Last year saw boys join the College from over 40 different schools. Places in Y7 are regularly oversubscribed threefold.
We encourage all of our boys to be involved in extra-curricular clubs and activities and we offer over 80 different such opportunities to the boys. The school has a strong tradition of drama and music as well as a very extensive sports programme in the school, financially supported by parents’ donations to the School Fund.
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