Lead Teacher of Science
Darton Academy, Barnsley, S75 5EF6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
8 May 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
21 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L5 to L9
What skills and experience we're looking for
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
• A good honours degree in Science (A/C)
• A teaching qualification together with qualified teacher status (QTS) (A/C)
• Knowledge of teaching, learning and assessment at KS3, KS4 & KS5 (A/I)
• A good understanding of curriculum developments in Science (A/I)
• Understanding of use of data to assess and inform teaching and learning (I)
• An excellent classroom practitioner that can model best practise (I/R)
• Teach intervention groups at KS3 and KS4 (A/I)
• Good organisational and personal management skills (A/I)
• Effective planning and teaching (A/I/R)
• Effective behaviour/classroom management (A/I/R)
Last updated: 24.05.2022
• An ability to demand high standards (A/I/R)
• Ability to lead and motivate others (A/I/R)
• Ability to work independently and be a team player (A/I/R)
• Ability to develop and support other staff to develop a variety of teaching strategies (A/I/R)
• Ability to enthuse and direct pupils and staff towards raising expectations and levels of
achievement (A/I/R)
• Ability to meet deadlines (A/I)
• Good ICT skills (A)
• Commitment to self and team development (A/I)
Desirable
• Experience of teaching A level Science (A/I)
• Experience of leading, developing and enhancing the teaching practice of other staff (A/R)
• Relevant leadership experience (A/I)
Key: C – Certificate; A – Application Form; I – Interview; R – Reference
What the school offers its staff
A staff rewards budget
• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) (opt out available)
• Access to the Delta benefits website with discounts on retailers, holidays, days out, etc.
• Access to Cycle to Work scheme, car leasing and technology scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Training and development opportunities including NPQs
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
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About Darton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1159 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Darton Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@dartonacademy.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01226232306
Darton Academy is an exciting place to learn and as soon as you enter the building you can feel a buzz of enthusiasm. There is a sense of purpose, and the academy is calm and orderly, with state-of-the-art facilities. We are a close-knit community, and we pride ourselves on knowing our pupils well and doing our utmost to ensure everyone fulfils their true potential.
We aim to ensure that our pupils can learn in a safe and supportive environment, where everyone values academic achievement and has a positive attitude to learning. As a result of our journey of continuous improvement, our pupils achieved the “best ever GCSE results” in the summer of 2022, and we continue to go from strength to strength. Our progress 8 result is 0.4 and in February 2023 Ofsted graded us Good with an outstanding personal development offer.
We strongly encourage our pupils to take part in enrichment activities so they can discover all their strengths and talents, and run over forty clubs, as well as pupil support sessions and interventions. We also regularly organise whole school events and educational visits so that our pupils have a broad experience of learning beyond the classroom.
We believe in rewarding pupils for good behaviour, attendance and achievement and run a number of celebration events throughout the year, from “Super September” to our summer “DartFest”. We place learning at the heart of everything we do and use our core values of respect, responsibility, and resilience to build a positive ethos.
Ultimately, we understand that our pupils are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged, and supported to achieve their very best. We believe this also applies to our staff. We are passionate about giving people the chance to develop and progress their careers.
Arranging a visit to Darton Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@dartonacademy.org.uk.
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