Leader of Science
Edward Peake CofE VC School, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 0EJThis job expired on 10 January 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
10 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
5 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS plus TLR 2a (Preferably full-time - minimum considered 0.8)
Leader of Science job summary
We have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, dedicated Subject Leader for Science to join our team at Edward Peake as we transition to a Secondary School from April 2025.
This is a perfect opportunity for someone looking to take their next step into middle leadership or an experienced subject leader.
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and managing the Science department. They will be accountable to a line manager from the Senior Leadership Team. This is an important post, designed to further promote and develop learning within the school.
The successful candidate will be an effective leader and will be able:
to demonstrate outstanding classroom practice and innovation
to teach science across Key Stages 2,3 and 4
to build and embed a successful KS4 science curriculum that meets the needs of all pupils
to ensure consistency and shared good practice across the department
to manage the department’s quality assurance and moderation procedures
to lead and develop a staff team, attend and lead regular meetings and provide a major input into whole school priorities
to contribute to the School Improvement and Development Plan and promote innovation within the department
to follow and implement the school’s policies
to take responsibility for the effective management of the department’s resources, schemes of work and budgets etc.
to monitor the progress that all pupils make within computing and work with the department to ensure effective interventions are in place to maximise the progress of all pupils.
to develop additional opportunities for pupils to utilise their computing skills and knowledge both in and out of the classroom.
All teachers appointed to the school are allocated a tutor group. A candidate who can demonstrate experience and a willingness to undertake wider responsibilities would be welcomed.
We wish to attract a high calibre candidate who will be fully involved in taking the department forward in the next stage of its development, particularly with the school transitioning to secondary. This post is a very important one and will need a team player with high expectations, flair, drive, determination, energy and a strong commitment to raising standards and providing opportunities for all learners.
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.
We reserve the right to appoint before the application deadline, so early applications are encouraged.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. A DBS check will be required for this post.
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.
About Edward Peake CofE VC School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 10 to 16
- Education phase
- Middle
- School size
- 526 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 10 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Edward Peake CofE VC School website (opens in new tab)
Edward Peake is mixed middle deemed secondary institution based in Biggleswade. At Edward Peake we believe that our pupils are our greatest asset therefore we are committed to providing an outstanding education for each and every pupil. Our core purpose is to enable pupils to make exceptional progress and support pupils’ personal well-being so that they can achieve outstanding outcomes. We are a friendly and welcoming school with a distinctive Christian ethos where pupils are able to live, love and learn.
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