Head of Science
Kinver High School and Sixth Form, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY7 6AAThis job expired on 21 May 2024
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
21 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
16 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS £30,000 - £46,525 pay award pending
Additional allowances
TLR2c £7,847
Recruitment & Retention Point negotiable for exceptional candidate
What skills and experience we're looking for
Head of Science
September 2024
MPS/UPS £30,000 - £46,525 pay award pending
(TLR2c £7,847)
Recruitment & Retention Point negotiable for exceptional candidate
We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands
Kinver High School is seeking to appoint an inspirational and ambitious Head of Science to join our ‘warm and welcoming school’ where ‘pupils behave well in lessons’ and ‘are polite and courteous’ (Ofsted Dec 21).
The ideal candidate will share our student-centered values and be an engaging and proactive teacher and leader with a passion for lifelong learning. The candidate should be an outstanding classroom practitioner with either the ability and experience to teach through to A-Level, or the desire to one day do so. You must be able to demonstrate and evidence successful outcomes in your current role. Experience of coaching and mentoring of other staff is highly desirable. You must firmly believe and be driven to ensure that every student regardless of starting point, can achieve success, enjoy school, and be engaged with wider school life, to become the best that they can be.
Science is a popular and successful subject in which students achieve well. At KS4 students follow either the Trilogy (Combined) or Triple Science pathway and at KS5 Biology, Physics and Chemistry A-Level alongside Forensics is taught within Invictus Sixth Form.There are 6 members of the department, and no particular science subject specialism is sought.As a school we routinely achieve above national outcomes at KS4 and currently have an ALPs score of a 2. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role within the schools core RAG (Raising Achievement) Team; working closely with the Headteacher, Head of Upper School and Heads of Maths and English to continue to shape and advance teaching and learning to improve outcomes and raise aspirations for all students.
We are a highly successful and increasingly popular oversubscribed 11-18 comprehensive school of just over 800 students, situated in the picturesque village location of Kinver on the western fringe of the West Midlands. The school has undergone rapid growth in recent years due to its popularity, moving form a 4-form entry in Year 7 to 6-form entry. The school operates its own designated school coach transport service, which means that our intake spans 5 local authorities and our parents and students choose to come to us, making Kinver the non-selective ‘selective’ school.
We are sure that once you visit us and meet our students, you’ll find that we are the school for you and your career journey, our CPD through school and in partnership with Invictus is exemplary.
We would strongly encourage you to get in touch and arrange a visit. We want the very best teachers for our students and look forward finding out if you are that person.
Please contact the Headteacher’s Personal Assistant, Mrs L Chamberlainlchamberlain@invictus.educationto arrange a visit or request further details.
Closing Date: Tuesday 21st May 2024, 9am
Interviews: Thursday 23rd May 2024
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
What the school offers its staff
We are located in the beautiful, rural village setting of Kinver and serve a wide area also comprising the South Staffordshire villages of Stourton, Swindon, Bobbington and Trysull. Over recent years a substantial number of children have travelled in from the southern and western parts of Stourbridge including Norton, Wollaston, Wordsley and from Cookley in Worcestershire. Kinver is also conveniently located for travel to and from Bridgnorth, Dudley and Kidderminster.
Kinver High School is widely recognised as a friendly and welcoming school community where all are valued. We aim to support and challenge all our students to work hard and have high aspirations for academic success and personal development.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Kinver High School and Sixth Form
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 724 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@invictus.education
Arranging a visit to Kinver High School and Sixth Form
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