Science Teacher
Mounts Bay Academy, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 3JTThis job expired on 20 February 2023
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
20 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 December 2022
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time teaching hours including inset days.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1-M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a talented, inspirational highly motivated Teacher to teach Science and work with a supportive team. In a well-resourced faculty with six fully equipped science laboratories. Mounts Bay Academy is a caring and dynamic Academy where students are placed at the centre of everything we do. We provide a broad and balanced curriculum to all students, who are set challenging academic and personal targets and given the inspiration to succeed.
The successful candidate will be able to deliver GCSE Science and be able to promote interest in the subject across all key stages in the Academy.
Is this post the right one for you?
you are someone who can think critically about pedagogy and specialist-specific approaches
you are ambitious for students as well as yourself
you value and use research to extend your own repertoire to develop and coach others
it is your practice to use a wide range of pedagogical approaches because you can see their relevant in different contexts
Specifically, we are interested in skilled practitioners who appreciate and understand the preconceptions and misconceptions students may have about a topic/area of study. Successful candidates will be able to show that they not only have a clear understanding of possible barriers to learning, but that they know how to select and use appropriate strategies to overcome these, especially for students with SEND and for those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Mounts Bay Academy embraces the use of new technologies, providing 1-1 iPad devices for each child and an iPad and MacBook for each member of staff. We would welcome applicants who are innovative in their use of IT and can develop their use as a strategy to deliver outstanding lessons.
Application forms and information packs are available via our HR Manager Malvina Jenkin Mjenkin@mountsbayacademy.org
What the school offers its staff
Mounts Bay Academy is the hub for the central team of the Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) with 1100 students aged 11-16 years. The Mounts Bay school converted to Academy status in 2011 and a year later was awarded an outstanding grade in a full Ofsted Inspection. This allowed the organisation to become a Research School, the Academy is a hub for the Challenge Partners’ network.
The Academy has also successfully made bids to improve facilities over the last 5 years and there are now new changing rooms and Science laboratories, a new sports hall, and an artificial sports pitch. In November 2017 the Academy was inspected by Ofsted to review its safeguarding arrangements and the HMI visitors noted that the Academy had a fully inclusive culture and provided excellent support for vulnerable students.
Mounts Bay Academy is an Apple Distinguished school and each student and staff member is provided with a mobile device to support learning. We believe that students should be prepared for the world in which they will live when they leave the Academy and strive daily to ensure that we update our knowledge accordingly.
This is an exciting time, with a new OFSTED framework, where we will be refocusing the leadership and developing our vision for World Class Education for Global Leaders.
We are looking for a professional with a spirit of adventure who understands that high academic standards and exciting learning can combine to change young people’s lives. I look forward to receiving your application for this important post. Mounts Bay Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect the candidate to share this commitment.
Further details about the role
Commitment to safeguarding
Mounts Bay Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check prior to employment. Details of our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found on our website www.mountsbay.org.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Mounts Bay Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1031 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Mounts Bay Academy website
- Email address
- mjenkin@mountsbayacademy.org
- Phone number
- 01736 352399
Mounts Bay Academy is located in Penzance, West Cornwall with 950 students aged 11-16 years. This is a beautiful part of the world, enjoying a varied coastline surrounding rugged hills and moorland and it is a wonderful place to live and work.
Mounts Bay school converted to Academy status in 2011 and a year later were awarded an Outstanding grade in a full Ofsted Inspection. In November 2017 the Academy was inspected by Ofsted to review its safeguarding arrangements and the HMI visitors noted that the Academy had a fully inclusive culture and provided excellent support for vulnerable students. Since then, we were awarded a good grade in 2021 under the new Ofsted Framework introduced in 2019.
I have been the proud Principal of Mounts Bay since March 2024, and I am passionate about the Academy and the path that we need to follow. Whilst enjoying an enviable reputation in the local area, there is work to do in terms of outcomes, attendance and the quality of teaching and learning. Our priorities are explicit, and my style is very open and honest – there are no hidden agendas here!
We have recently introduced a new behaviour policy which is having very positive effects and our teaching and learning policy has been stripped back to provide very clear expectations of staff and students. All strategies are supported by a comprehensive evidence-based programme of CPD, both internal, and through external bodies such the PTI, the Cornwall Research School, which we are delighted to lead.
The Academy enjoys a range of impressive physical resources including a purpose-built science area, subject specific teaching areas in the Creative Arts as well as a lively and bouncing Music block. Sports facilities are strong, including a large sports hall, a 3G pitch and extensive outside field areas, all of which have significant community use. Plans are currently being made with Cornwall Council for an on-site ARB to provide further support to learners.
Mounts Bay Academy is an Apple Distinguished school, and each student and staff member is provided with a digital device to support their learning and work. We believe that students should be prepared for the world in which they will live when they leave the Academy and strive daily to ensure that we update our knowledge accordingly.
We are a learning community that aspires to success for all without exception, convinced that everyone can learn at the highest level, when presented with learning experiences that are as engaging as they are adventurous. We believe that all young people can achieve; it is our job to nurture the very best in each person by identifying their strengths and talents and removing any barriers to learning.
Mounts Bay is a caring and dynamic community where students are placed at the centre of everything we do.
We provide a broad and balanced curriculum which is delivered by a team of skilled and dedicated staff, with the MBA way visible throughout the school, putting ‘Relationships, Respect and Responsibility’ at the centre of everything. Talent is celebrated, curiosity is nurtured, and every individual is given the chance to shine. We help to develop young people with a positive attitude to learning and life, ready to take on the challenges of our fast-changing world and to make a creative contribution to their community.
The successful candidate will be a brave, creative and visionary person, to join our staff to enable all to thrive in this ever-changing world. We are looking for a professional with a spirit of adventure who understands that high personal and academic standards and exciting learning can combine to change young people’s lives.
Mounts Bay Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect the candidate to share this commitment.
Since I joined the Academy, I have felt safe, I have been happy, I have felt challenged, and I have been genuinely welcomed into the Mounts Bay community. Is this not what all of us want from a school?
Arranging a visit to Mounts Bay Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mjenkin@mountsbayacademy.org.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Cornwall