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  • Start date details

    January 2025

  • Closing date

    4 October 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    25 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Subject

Science

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£38,465.00 - £54,066.00 Annually (Actual) MPS - UPS + 2 ESF points

Science Curriculum Lead job summary

Grace College are looking to recruit a Science Curriculum Lead who will enthuse pupils to learn with a combination of great subject knowledge, energy and dedication.

We have high expectations for our students as they grow and develop and all our staff provide important role models to them in terms of positive attitude, work ethic and diligence.

Applications from ECT's are welcome.

The successful candidate will be able to work within a team of subject specialists led by the Head of Science, supported by specialist curriculum leads. We expect all applicants to be well qualified, self-motivating, adaptable and imaginative and keen to join a team that is committed to achieving academic excellence in their teaching of Science to students of a wide ability range between the ages of 11 and 18. Your motivation as a teacher will be the positive care and development of young lives and you will view children as individuals, gifted with unique abilities and potential regardless of background, ability or behaviour. A high level of commitment to achieving academic excellence compounded by proficient subject pedagogy and high standards of delivery is a prerequisite for this post. You will have the highest expectations of students, refusing to believe that socio-economic deprivation or special educational needs should act as a barrier to success, and possessing a natural authority in the classroom. You will aspire to be an outstanding teacher, combining a mastery of your subject with strong relationships with young people, and having a confident grasp of the craft of the classroom.

Further information is available in the job description and person specification.

Join us and in addition to working with committed and helpful colleagues, the Trust can offer access to the following benefits:

  • Defined benefit pension scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Daily lunch allowance
  • Free parking
  • Access to our exclusive Benefits Hub
  • Employee centred and family friendly policies and practices that support you in and beyond the workplace
  • Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave and paternity leave (dependent on length of service)
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)

Grace College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Where the post is engaged in regulated activity, and/or an opportunity for contact with children the position will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, and in accordance with statutory guidance, we may carry out an online search (for publicly available material) to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened which we may want to explore with shortlisted applicants at interview.

Commitment to safeguarding

Grace College is committed to the safeguarding of children and all staff are expected to ensure that the College is a safe and secure environment for our students. All applicants are referred to the Safeguarding Statement which is to be found within the Policy section of the Grace College website.

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About Grace College

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1190 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

As an 11-19 secondary school serving nearly 1,300 students in central Gateshead, we have a clear vision for excellence in character education, the examined curriculum and in service to our community, grounded in our Christian ethos. We are part of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation, which opens exceptional opportunities for knowledge sharing and career development. We have a clear model for school improvement to provide outstanding education for all students and are relentless in the pursuit of this goal. You will be central to delivering our strategy, as you transform both the school and our students’ futures.

We are committed to realising the potential of our students and staff alike. Our hope and expectation are that each person will be deeply valued as infinitely precious, challenged to grow in character and inspired by learning together to achieve their personal best in whatever they do.

Join us and you can expect to be nurtured, supported, and encouraged at every step of your career. We put staff professional learning and development front and centre of everything we do in our partnerships with outstanding regional and national organisations. Ultimately, we are looking for the school leaders of tomorrow who will contribute here at Grace College and across the Emmanuel Schools Foundation.

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