Head of Science
Chenderit School, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2QRThis job expired on 16 February 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
16 February 2024 at 9am
Date listed
25 January 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
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
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What skills and experience we're looking for
The Governors are looking for an outstanding practitioner with a proven track record of high student achievement and excellent leadership skills to lead a committed science team in the next stage of development. As our new Head of Science you will have the skills and ambition to make a significant impact on the quality of teaching and learning within the department and you will achieve this by being a team player, with strong interpersonal skills allied to high expectations and ambition.
The successful candidate will be:
- Committed to securing positive outcomes for all students.
- Able to ensure that science results remain strong and are in line with or better than the other core subjects.
- Well qualified and highly motivated.
- Leading a fully staffed, hard-working department to the next stage of its development.
- Able to demonstrate high professional standards and have a proven track record of success at key stages 3 and 4 and in post 16 learning.
What the school offers its staff
We offer you:
- A supportive, close-knit, ambitious school with excellent facilities.
- An environment where students have excellent attitudes to learning.
- Students who, through wide and diverse academic, pastoral and extra-curricular opportunities, grow as individuals and contribute enthusiastically to the school community.
- A comprehensive and personalised professional development programme to support your individual career goals.
Following our graded inspection under Section 5 of the Education Act 2005 on 27 and 28 September 2022, we were delighted and proud to have been judged good overall and outstanding for our sixth form. Ofsted states: “Leaders have high expectations for every pupil’s behaviour and attainment. Pupils and students are polite and helpful”.
Chenderit is an oversubscribed and very successful school located a few miles from Banbury and with easy access to the M40.
Early
applications are encouraged as we will review applications as we receive them:
applicants may be contacted before the closing date
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school operates a rigorous recruitment process to ensure candidates’ suitability to work with children. All posts in school are subject to disclosure of criminal records. An online search will be completed for shortlisted candidates.
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About Chenderit School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1076 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Chenderit School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jdavies@chenderit.net
- Phone number
- 01295 711567
Following our graded inspection under Section 5 of the Education Act 2005 on 27 and 28 September 2022, we were delighted and proud to have been judged good overall and outstanding for our sixth form. Ofsted states: “Leaders have high expectations for every pupil’s behaviour and attainment. Pupils and students are polite and helpful”.
Chenderit is an oversubscribed and very successful school located a few miles from Banbury and with easy access to the M40
Arranging a visit to Chenderit School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jdavies@chenderit.net.
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