Lead Practitioner of Science
Thomas Gainsborough School, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0NHThis job expired on 14 October 2019 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2020
Closing date
14 October 2019 at 9am
Date listed
2 October 2019
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Lead Practitioners range 1 to Lead Practitioners range 18, £41,065 to £62,426
Additional allowances
We will offer you:
• An ethos of innovation and experimentation. Education research is at the fore.
• The chance to be part of an extended team of over 70 like-minded science teachers from across Unity Partnership.
• Support to gain SSAT Lead Practitioner Accreditation and to become part of our excellent Science Lead Practitioner group.
• A wide range of opportunities through our partnership of 22 schools and associated Research School.
Lead Practitioner of Science job summary
This position is suitable for a highly capable, ambitious individual with a passion for developing teaching and learning within a Science department.
Working as part of a cross-trust team made up of seven secondary schools, you will play a key role in driving teaching and learning standards within Science. This role represents an exciting chance for career progression into a wide range of leadership roles within one school or beyond.
JOB PURPOSE
To develop and implement teaching and learning initiatives and strategies throughout the department and school which raise the teaching practice of all members of staff and therefore raise student standards and progress;
To be a model of excellent practice, maintaining a clear focus on outstanding delivery to learners, ensuring a centre of best practice and excellence;
a) To take a lead role, working closely with the senior leadership team and other leading practitioners in developing, implementing and evaluating policies and practice that lead to school improvement;
b) To undertake research into best practice in other schools;
c) To research and evaluate innovative curricular practices and draw on research outcomes and other sources of external evidence to inform own practice and that of colleagues;
d) To develop high quality teaching materials and schemes of learning;
e) To use local and national statistical data and other information, in order to provide a comparative baseline for evaluating learners progress and attainment, a means of judging the effectiveness of their teaching, a basis for improving teaching and learning;
f) To support underperforming teachers to enable them to improve their practice;
g) To lead on the induction, support and CPD of all newly qualified teachers and liaise with all relevant external organisations;
h) To support the Trust’s Initial Teacher Training
Commitment to safeguarding
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
About Thomas Gainsborough School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1576 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Thomas Gainsborough School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- callen@unitysp.co.uk
Thomas Gainsborough School invests in high quality professional development and provides a range of employee benefits. We are closely linked to the Unity Research School and lead the way in many local and national initiatives including being an EdTech Demonstrator School and being an ArtsMark platinum school. We provide excellent support care and support for our staff and students. There are Lead Practitioners to support colleagues in continually improving their practice. As a large, successful and popular school their are opportunites for colleagues to develop at every stage of their career.
In September 2015 the school moved into an award-winning new building, where subjects are taught in specialist rooms either in our Sixth Form block or alongside other History classrooms. The team is very supportive and expectations for students are high.
Thomas Gainsborough School is a consistently high performing, well resourced, and truly comprehensive school, with a firm belief in excellence for each and every student, placing students at the heart of their curriculum. You can find out more about the school at www.tgschool.net
The school continues to invest in high quality professional development and provides a range of employee benefits. This is an excellent opportunity for any teacher to develop their practice and continue their career progression.
The school is located just south of Sudbury in Suffolk and is within easy reach of Colchester, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds. There are also many delightful and affordable villages in the surrounding area, which also make travelling to London, Cambridge and Norwich a possibility.
Many of our staff work flexibly in different ways including part-time working. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours of flexible start and end times. Please talk to us at the interview stage about the flexibility you would like and we will explore what’s possible for specific roles.
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