
Leader of KS3 Science
Tanbridge House School, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1SRThis job expired on 24 March 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
24 March 2023 at 9am
Date listed
10 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- 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: 1 FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- TMS / UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 2c (£7,368)
What skills and experience we're looking for
If you love teaching, are passionate about Science and want to be part of a brilliant team where you will receive outstanding professional development, then Tanbridge House School would like to hear from you. The successful candidate will be:
- Enthusiastic, flexible, and resilient
- Determined to “make a difference” in young people’s lives
- Ambitious for students and for themselves
- A reflective practitioner, always striving to be the ‘best they can be’
Students in Y7 and Y8 follow an ambitious two-year curriculum, where core knowledge and skills are learned and developed. At KS4, students follow the AQA Combined GCSE specification starting in the Autumn of Y9, focusing on the transferable skills required for success. In addition, a large number of students opt to study the AQA Triple Science specification.
What the school offers its staff
Tanbridge House School is an inspiring place to work, where students and staff share the same goals and strive to be exceptional every day through our core values of Care, Kindness and Achievement.We ‘teach to the top’ to ensure that students are challenged in all lessons. Staff are reflective and committed to continually developing their own practice.
In August 2022 our Science results were outstanding, 83% of our students gaining 4+, 63% at 5+ and 19% achieving 7+. Progress 8 scores have consistently been outstanding at 0.50+ or better, including August 2022 where the progress 8 score was + 0.56.
Science is taught across 12 full equipped and resourced labs, all with Smartboards, visualisers and exceptional technician support.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to a DBS enhanced certificate.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Tanbridge House School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1508 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Tanbridge House School website
- Email address
- kduneclift@ths.uk.net
- Phone number
- 01403 263628
Secondary School
Arranging a visit to Tanbridge House School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kduneclift@ths.uk.net.
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