Science Technician
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Start date details
TBC
Closing date
3 June 2024 at 9am
Date listed
14 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Part time: Hours 8.30 AM – 3.30 PM
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £17,383 - £17,969
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a passionate, energetic and ambitious Science Technician to join our team. Since the educational restructure in the local area in 2022, we have welcomed over 300 new students and over 40 staff into our community and are now a secondary school of nearly 800 learners across Years 7-13.
As we now continue to increase the number of students at Wadham School we are seeking more colleagues to become part of our journey to help grow capacity in delivering exceptional teaching and learning and pastoral care.
We are looking for an outstanding individual who will relish the opportunity to:
- Work closely with our dedicated, friendly team of 6 Science teachers and an experienced Science Technician
- Be passionate about Science and the opportunities it presents to students to engage with learning
- Work to ensure positive outcomes for students and to provide a healthy and nurturing environment for teaching and learning of Science
You are likely to be someone who:
- Can demonstrate a background in a Science field
- Would like to be involved with the students’ learning in the classroom
- Enjoys being part of a team and wants to help develop Science education within the Science team
- Enjoys working with young people and engages with the development on new curriculum ideas
What the school offers its staff
Wadham School can offer you:
- The chance to be a part of an exciting educational journey alongside highly regarding professionals
- The opportunity to work with exceptional colleagues and wonderful young people and their families
- Strong and supportive leadership, who place value on learning beyond the classroom
- The opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful areas of Southern England
- Fulfilment, in knowing that you matter, and the work you do makes a positive difference to the lives you touch
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.
About Wadham School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 805 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Wadham School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- LMahoney@wadhamschool.co.uk
Are you looking to work in a Good school (Ofsted, June 2019) with a community working together for the best possible outcomes for young people?
Wadham School is friendly, vibrant and forward looking. It is an exciting time at Wadham School. We strive to be a school which uses an evidence based approach to teaching and an ethos and drive for the school to be much more than just learning in lessons. A varied programme of extra-curricular activities and house competitions provides an exciting opportunity for staff to be involved in the wider school community. At our core is an aim, through everything that we do, to develop a sense of hope, a hope which will encourage and support students in becoming the best that they can be.
The school serves a beautiful area of South Somerset with excellent links to the wider South West, Bristol and Bath and direct train links to London from Crewkerne itself and Taunton.
If the above gives you a picture of a community that you would be excited to be part of then the students and staff at Wadham School invite your application and would love to meet you.
Arranging a visit to Wadham School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email LMahoney@wadhamschool.co.uk.
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