Lead Practitioner of Science
Paddington Academy, London, W9 2DR33 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time: 37.5 Hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Inner London United Learning Teachers’ pay scale
What skills and experience we're looking for
Responsibilities:
Lead on curriculum development within Science and share expertise across the department
To support with the development of the curriculum - ensuring that content is sequenced effectively, subject knowledge is deepened, and lessons are underpinned by scientific literacy, practical skills, and real-world application
To develop high-quality teaching materials that support excellent delivery
To deliver curriculum masterclasses to support with expert curriculum delivery and precision and expertise in teaching
To mentor and coach a range of teachers, including trainee teachers
To lead on specific areas with Science that needs further development and improvement
To ensure students have an excellence learning experience within Science by ensuring ‘base lessons’ are well-planned
To work with the Subject Leader to quality assure curriculum resources and lessons that have been planned by colleagues – providing feedback that leads to excellent planning and teaching
To conduct learning walks to monitor the implementation of the curriculum and identify areas of best practice and development
To keep up to date with current educational research and thinking
To contribute to subject self-evaluation through subject learning walks, lesson observations and book reviews
The ideal candidate will:
Be a role model and an excellent practitioner
Be passionate about their subject
Have a proven track record of outstanding lesson observations
Have a proven track record of outstanding results at KS4/KS5
Be committed to continually improving their Teaching and Learning
Be committed to our ethos of high expectations and no excuses
Have experience of leading a Teaching and Learning initiative in their department
Have the belief that every student can be successful
Have the desire to make a real difference to the lives of our students
What the school offers its staff
We are a high performing school and have a relentless focus on high standards in all that we do. We have a total belief that every student can be successful regardless of their starting point and we have a strong culture of excellence to achieve this. Students make exceptional progress during their time at Paddington, and we are consistently in the top 1% of schools in the country for student progress.
We ensure that our classrooms are disruption-free so our teachers can focus on the main thing – teaching and learning. We have effective behaviour systems in place which means that behaviour is well-managed and teacher time is protected. We are renowned for the positive environment and strong relationships between staff and students. We like to keep messages and systems simple and aim to reduce workload by doing so.
Paddington Academy is a mixed Academy for 1,200 students aged 11-18. The Academy was recently judged to be outstanding by OFSTED in March 2023 maintaining its outstanding judgement from 2011. Paddington has been described by the Education Minister as a ‘jewel in the crown of state education’. Our thriving and oversubscribed Academy also has a large Sixth Form with over 300 students. Students excel in our Sixth Form and achieve exceptional outcomes which enables them to achieve their next step which for the vast majority of students is university. 95% of students went to university, with 45% gaining a place at a Russell Group university in 2024.
Paddington Academy is the lead school for United Teaching national SCITT and is a designated Teaching School Hub, so you will be able to access high-quality training at every stage of your career. We are fully committed to teacher and leadership development and training.
10 reasons to choose Paddington Academy
Why work at Paddington Academy?
We are a highly successful school, rated ‘outstanding’ by OFSTED with GCSE results which consistently place us in the top 1% schools in the UK for student progress for the last ten years
Teaching and Learning is at the heart of what we do. Every decision is driven by its potential to impact on student learning.
Our approach to teaching and learning is informed by robust research, constantly reviewed and tailored to our unique context
We have a consistent and effective approach to behaviour which means teachers can focus on the main thing – teaching
We are renowned for positive relationships between staff and students and serve a community of aspirational students
We have a large and thriving sixth form of 330 with high academic standards: 91% of A Level grades were A*-C in 2024, the highest of any school in Westminster
We have been awarded a PLATINUM award for professional development. Our approach to CPD is personalised to ensure that every member of our community is provided with first class development opportunities
We are the lead teacher training school for United Learning and we are the Teaching School Hub for this area of London. Every teacher is a learner and we secure opportunities for staff to coach and mentor trainee teachers as a reciprocal learning experience
We invest in the long term career aspirations of our staff. We offer a well-established and successful pathway to educational leadership for teachers who aspire to lead in education
Staff well-being is important to us and we believe in cherishing our staff. A benefit of belonging to United Learning is access to a comprehensive rewards and benefits package
United Learning
We are part of United Learning, the largest academy trust nationally, which offers a life-changing education to children and young people across England.
Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.
As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have a rich CPD curriculum and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Paddington Academy
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1259 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Paddington Academy website
- Email address
- HR@paddington-academy.org
- Phone number
- 0207 479 3933
Paddington Academy ensures that every student is well-educated, has the opportunity to attend university, and is able to lead a happy and fulfilled life.
Paddington Academy shares the objective of bringing out 'the best in everyone', enabling each student to become a balanced, happy and articulate person with the intellectual freedom to be creative; confidence to initiate; flexibility to respond to challenge, change and adversity; compassion to serve others; spirit to enjoy life; integrity to be trustworthy; and motivation to have a lifelong love of learning.
Arranging a visit to Paddington Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@paddington-academy.org.
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