Science Technician

The Blue Coat CofE School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 3SQ

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  2 October 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 September 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 36 hrs 40 mins per week, Term Time Only.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 2, SCP 4 - 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for someone who:

• Has excellent interpersonal skills.
• Is efficient and organised, with a sound knowledge base including the safe use and storage of equipment and chemicals.
• Ideally has experience in a laboratory or similar environment.

If you are passionate about Science, enjoy working in a busy role, then we would love to hear from you.

Whilst it could be beneficial to the role, you do not need to have worked in education; it is more important that you are proactive and hands on and able to support the variety of jobs that arise in a school setting.

What the school offers its staff

Working for The Blue Coat School means that you would be part of the Cranmer Education Trust, a successful, growing Trust which prides itself on looking after its people, offering a high level of support and access to expertise. This is an excellent time to join the team, as we develop collaborative structures and systems to enhance and support our growing family of schools.

We offer:

• Opportunities for professional development in a growing Trust
• LGPS career average pension scheme including life insurance and dependent's pension
• Generous holiday entitlement and sick pay scheme, increasing with length of service
• Central Oldham location close to good transport networks

Further details about the role

Alongside Blue Coat, the Trust is made up of St Anne’s Academy in Middleton and two primary schools; East Crompton St George’s and Mayfield Primary. The Trust also incorporates a teacher training school and the East Manchester Teaching Hub, both of which support the training and development of new and existing teachers across the North West of England. We are also opening a new secondary school in Oldham in 2022 for 1,200 pupils, The Brian Clarke CE Academy. For further details please visit https://careers.cranmereducationtrust.com/.

This position will be based at The Blue Coat School, Oldham, but may from time to time require travel as necessary to collaborate with other schools which are all locally based.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Blue Coat School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. For further information please refer to: The Cranmer Education Trust’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy: Trust Policies | Cranmer Education Trust

Applying for the job

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About The Blue Coat CofE School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1680 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Blue Coat CofE School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hr@cranmeredt.org
• Phone number: 0161 624 1484
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-blue-coat-cofe-school (opens in new tab)

We are very proud of our school, which attracts students from across Greater Manchester and beyond. It first opened in 1834. Our founder, Thomas Henshaw, was a committed Anglican who left a bequest to fund a school which would provide education for the orphaned boys of the parish. From these humble beginnings, the Blue Coat School has become one of the biggest and most successful schools in the country. The school has a national reputation for high quality teaching and learning, pastoral care, consistently excellent examination results and outstanding progress. Our most recent OFSTED inspection in 2011/2 judged the school to be outstanding in every category. As a result, Blue Coat has been designated a National Teaching School which means that we work with schools nationally and locally to develop the very best educational provision. Blue Coat is grounded in tradition and history, and is evolving and forward looking. Our historic campus has been restored and developed extensively; our students enjoy picnic lunches in front of a Grade II listed building but their learning takes place in superb 21st century classrooms, laboratories and studios. Blue Coat is dedicated to serving young people, to enable them to become everything they can be and everything that they are meant to be. We are a Church of England school that welcomes members of other Christian denominations, and of other faiths. Our Anglican beliefs, values and worship are at the core of our life together in school.

Arranging a visit to The Blue Coat CofE School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@cranmeredt.org.

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