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Science Teacher

Thornden School, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 2DW

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• Job start date

  1 January 2020

• Closing date

  18 October 2019 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 October 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,373 to £40,490

Science Teacher job summary

Required for January 2020

Full time/Permanent

We welcome applications from both NQTs and more experienced teachers of KS3 & KS4.

Interviews will take place in the week of 21-25 October 2019

Thornden is an oversubscribed, outstanding school serving the Chandler’s Ford and surrounding area with over 1400 students on roll.

We have an ambitious ethos based on high expectations for all, students are proud of their academic and wider achievements. The belief in their own success and ability to succeed continues beyond our school with a high percentage of Thornden students excelling at local colleges and then at further and higher education.

In the provisional results for 2019, 90% of our students achieved 5 or more 9-4 grades including English and Maths and 54% achieved the English Baccalaureate. Our value added performance is high and we were graded outstanding in every category in our last Ofsted Inspection.

At Thornden, Science is a very successful department that is built on collaboration and teamwork. The department’s results are consistently high and in 2019 based on provisional results 88% of students entered achieved 9-4 Combined Science, 99% achieved 9-4 in Chemistry, Biology and Physics. 50% of students achieved at least one grade 7 in science. Teaching within the department benefits from a strong team of specialist teachers. Each lab is well resourced; we have an excellent team of technicians and a well-equipped prep room.

Commitment to safeguarding

The HISP Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks. We are also committed to providing equality of opportunity at all stages of the recruitment and selection process and ensuring that candidates are treated fairly and lawfully throughout the process.

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About Thornden School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1466 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Thornden School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: info@thornden.hants.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thornden-school-eastleigh (opens in new tab)

Thornden School is part of the HISP Multi Academy Trust, which was formed in January 2020. As a MAT, we aim to ensure that our schools have strong and talented leadership and staff, who in turn will ensure that the young people who are in each of the MAT schools have access to excellent education, support and wider opportunities.

Thornden is an oversubscribed, outstanding school serving Chandler’s Ford and the surrounding area with just over 1470 students on roll. We have an ambitious ethos based on high expectations for all. Our students are proud of their academic and wider achievements, having a belief in their own success and ability to succeed which continues beyond our school with a high percentage of Thornden students excelling at local colleges and then at further and higher education.

In the results for 2019, 90% of our students achieved 5 or more 9-4 grades including English and Maths and 54% achieved the English Baccalaureate. Our value added performance was 0.65 in 2019 which puts the school at the top of the league tables for Hampshire. We had anticipated even better performance and outcomes for 2020.

Thornden is a busy and dynamic school with a strong focus on developing the whole child. We have a vibrant performing arts department that encourages students to embrace a rich cultural education beyond the more traditional subjects. Alongside our formal curriculum provision, we offer a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities including sporting clubs and teams, author visits, Duke of Edinburgh Award and trips within the UK and abroad. We firmly believe that by engaging students and encouraging enjoyment we inspire them to learn and achieve therefore helping them to develop into fully contributing and happy members of our community. Thornden also leads a large successful Teaching School alliance with an outstanding School Centred Initial Teacher Training programme and we are a Research School.

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