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Part-Time Science Teacher 0.6

Abbey College, Ramsey, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, PE26 1DG

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• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  17 October 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS

Part-Time Science Teacher 0.6 job summary

Abbey College

Details for applicants

Who are we?

The Science Department is a successful, forward thinking and friendly team, comprising of nine well qualified specialist practitioners and two highly skilled and supportive technicians. As a department, we are passionate about embedding Science Capital and Careers into the curriculum. Our teaching staff consistently resource wider reading opportunities to share with students, to ensure that Science is a subject with context and relevance. Our students follow the three-year AQA course at GCSE and our KS5 students study A-levels in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, as well as Level 3 BTEC in Applied Science.

Would you like to visit us?

Informal visits are welcomed. We are not as far away as you think and driving through the countryside each morning is a very pleasant way to start you day! You’ll find us just 20-25 minutes from Peterborough and Huntingdon, and commutable from Cambridge too. Why not come and visit us so we can show you more of our school?

What do I do if I want to know more before applying?

You are very welcome to come and visit our wonderful school, please just let us know and we will arrange a tour of the department and wider school. More information is available on our website. However, if you have any further questions, please contact Tanya Batchford Tbatchford@abbey.college

We look forward to meeting you and receiving your application.www.abbeycollege.cambs.sch.uk

Job description

Abbey College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

The responsibilities of the post will be in accordance with the Teacher’s standards, latest School teachers’ pay and conditions, school’s policies and under the direction of the Headteacher.

Job role and purpose

In addition to the requirements of a class teacher and any other agreed responsibilities: To work with the Science Leader

Teacher Expectations:

• Good or outstanding classroom skills
• Ability to create effective lesson plans
• Ability to use assessment to inform planning for good teaching and learning
• Experience or desire to be involved in a curriculum initiative
• Ability to differentiate materials to meet the needs of learners
• Experience or desire to raise standards of achievements
• Willingness to continue to develop own expertise
• Ability to build good relationships with students and colleagues
• Be well organized and able to obtain accurate records
• Ability to use ICT effectively to engage students
• Humble, Intuitive and Passionate

Person Specification

Skills and abilities:

• Able to manage people effectively, set high standards, to administer efficiently, to work collaboratively and to give leadership to colleagues
• Confident use of ICT with the ability to use it to enhance pupil learning in the classroom
• Able to use assessment for learning and assessment data to raise standards of achievement in groups of learners
• Able to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people, including pupils, parents and colleagues
• Ability to be a committed and effective Form Tutor

Personal qualities:

• Enthusiastic and committed to the teaching of Science
• Creative in problem solving together with a willingness to take on new approaches and ideas
• A positive attitude towards continuing professional development and their own learning with ambition for further development and promotion
• A positive, “can do” approach to cope with the challenges ahead
• Reliability and integrity
• Professionally ambitious
• Willingness to provide extra-curricular activities that extend pupils’ experience and to contribute to the wider life of the School
• Committed to the welfare and safeguarding of young people
• Humble, Intuitive and Passionate

Wellbeing

• Ensure all pupils have equal access to learning using appropriate strategies and resources, where necessary.
• Liaise with pastoral staff members to ensure the wellbeing of pupils and their full participation in school life.
• Raise any concerns regarding pupils’ behaviour with the relevant Raising Standards Lead.
• Implement any specific arrangements for individual pupils, ensuring that relevant staff members are aware of the measures in place.
• Provide individual pastoral support to pupils, where necessary.
• Continuously motivate and challenge pupils, whilst promoting and reinforcing self-esteem.

Safeguarding

• To have the ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
• Appreciate the significance of safeguarding and interprets this accurately for all individual children and young people whatever their life circumstances.
• To have a good understanding of the safeguarding agenda and can demonstrate an ability to contribute towards a safe environment.
• The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice and information in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

Variation Clause

• This job description will be reviewed and updated periodically in order to ensure that it relates to the job performed or to incorporate any proposed changes. This procedure will be conducted by the Headteacher or line manager in consultation with the post-holder. In these circumstances it will be the aim to reach agreement on reasonable changes but if agreement is not possible management reserves the right to make changes to the job description following consultation.

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.

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About Abbey College, Ramsey

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1029 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Abbey College, Ramsey website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/abbey-college-ramsey-ramsey (opens in new tab)

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