Head of Science
The Eastwood Academy, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 5UUThis job expired on 13 January 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
13 January 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
18 December 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
- Main Pay Scale - UPS (depending on experience)
Additional allowances
TLR 1.1 £11,956
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and Training
- A graduate, with QTS;
- Degree in Science or related subject.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development in education leadership.
Knowledge and Understanding Relevant to the Job
• Excellent knowledge of the Science National Curriculum.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Ability to analyse data and use it to inform teaching and learning.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• A passion for Science and improving pupils’ outcomes.
• Good up to date understanding of safeguarding and child protection issues and procedures.
• To have the personal skills and desire to help teaching colleagues who may be experiencing difficulties.
• To have an understanding of how the school’s community supports teaching and learning and raises achievement in the school.
• Experience of coaching, mentoring and induction of staff in relation to teaching practice.
• An excellent teacher with enthusiasm and a commitment to education and developing others.
• Able to develop good personal relationships with pupils and adults.
• Able to handle people in difficult situations and challenge poor performance.
What the school offers its staff
The Academy offers:
- High quality internal CPD to all staff members which largely reflects the priorties of the School Development Plan.
- High quality, nationally accredited CPD e.g. MSc, NPQH, NPQSL, NPQML, CSBM, OTP and ITP.
- Opportunities for internal secondments and promotions.
Commitment to safeguarding
Shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search to help identify information that is publicly available online which the Academy might want to explore with the candidate at interview. Further, we are fully committed to safeguarding and the successful candidate will be expected to undertake the appropriate pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS and Barred List check.
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About The Eastwood Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1147 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Eastwood Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- teve@eastwood.southend.sch.uk
EPAT is a cross-phase ‘Starter Trust’, providing high quality educational provision, standards and outcomes in local schools. It was formed on 1st February 2017, through a collaborative partnership between The Eastwood Academy (a secondary converter academy) and Bournemouth Park Primary School (a maintained primary school).
The Eastwood Academy's ethos - ‘Believe, Succeed, Together’- is an uncompromising belief that all pupils can and will succeed in a learning environment which supports and values everyone and their achievements.
Locally, the Eastwood Academy is the highest performing non-selective school and regularly outperforms the selective schools. Nationally, in terms of pupil progress, the Academy has been in the top 10% of schools over the last 3 years.
The Eastwood Academy was subject to a section 5 Ofsted inspection in December 2018 and achieved an ‘outstanding’ judgement in all categories.
Bournemouth Park Academy is a rapidly improving non-selective primary school in Southend. In 2016, it was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted and was ranked in the top 100 most improved primary schools in the country.
Arranging a visit to The Eastwood Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email teve@eastwood.southend.sch.uk.
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