Lead Practitioner in Science

Cornwallis Academy, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4HX

2 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  5 July 2024 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  5 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Lead Practitioner PayScale 6-10

Lead Practitioner in Science job summary

We are seeking to appoint a Lead Practitioner in Science and welcome applications from experienced teachers who are passionate about science and are dedicated to enabling students to make excellent progress. The successful candidate will work with the Director of Science to develop outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Science. The Lead Practitioner will also form part of a wider Teaching, Learning and Assessment team and Lead Practitioners across our Trust to support the development of Teaching and Learning across the academy and the Future Schools Trust.

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 Cornwallis Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1337 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Cornwallis Academy website (opens in new tab)
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Cornwallis Academy is a ‘Good’ school on the outskirts of Loose, Maidstone with over 1300 students on roll aged 11 to 18. Cornwallis’ aim is to provide all students with the best educational provision.



It is a fully inclusive school, enabling all students to be the best they can be by having ‘ambitions for all’. Believing all students should be given every opportunity to achieve not only academically but also personally.



In line with the Cornwallis ‘SMILE’ ethos, the aim is to motivate, inspire, excite and engage all students so that they can be successful in their learning. Placing students’ wellbeing at the heart of everything. A strong community ethos permeates, throughout the school, focusing on learning and progress as well as the whole child.

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