Second Curriculum Leader over KS3 Science
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 3HEThis job expired on 24 March 2023
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
24 March 2023 at 9am
Date listed
10 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,000 - £43,685 per year (MPR/UPR)
Additional allowances
TLR 2B (£5,030)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit an outstanding and experienced teacher to provide high quality leadership of KS3 Science.
The successful candidate will have:
- To provide leadership of KS3 Science, helping to ensure excellent outcomes for all students at KS3 and preparing students for KS4
- To lead the development of the KS3 curriculum so that all students receive a rich and challenging experience of Science
- To ensure the very highest quality transition for students into Key Stage 3 Science
- A track record of teaching Science within the curriculum
- Be a qualified teacher with QTS or equivalent
- Ability to teach Science up to Key Stage 4
- Be an effective classroom practitioner with strong behaviour management and committed to ensuring all students succeed and fulfil their potential
- Demonstrate a range of innovative teaching and learning strategies
What the school offers its staff
This school is committed to delivering an outstanding education, with all students making rapid and sustained progress during their time at school. The SLT see the role of a school not just in terms of academic achievement, but preparing the young people of St Cuthbert’s for life in the modern world, empowered by our dedicated staff to become caring citizens and resilient learners who achieve excellence. St Cuthbert’s is a voluntary-aided, 11-16, co-educational comprehensive Catholic high school in the St. Helens Authority in the north west of England. There are 915 students on roll of whom 45% are baptised Catholic, with 33% from other Christian denominations, and 22% from other faith or religious traditions.
We are a school with an outstanding Catholic Christian ethos. We are a school with students who flourish because of the attentiveness to their needs and the pervading sense of justice instilled by staff. We are a school with students who are confident to take full responsibility for themselves and their actions and are quick to praise and celebrate the achievements of others. We are a school that works together as a Christian family to live the message of the Good News of Jesus Christ to love God and our neighbour. For the sixth year in a row, we are an oversubscribed school for 2023-24.
Further details about the role
St Cuthbert’s is a Catholic community, which guides each of its students to develop their own unique gifts and talents, whatever they may be. By providing a broad range of learning experiences and a supportive and nurturing environment, our students enter the world as confident, rounded individuals, with high expectations of themselves and the self-belief, skills and attributes to achieve their true potential. Everyone in school is here for a purpose, to learn each day, and to widen their knowledge, experience and imaginative understanding.
At both KS 3 and 4, the broad learning opportunities within the curriculum enable students to enjoy, achieve and grow in their learning. Students follow a curriculum that is appropriate to their needs, provides challenge and enables them to achieve.
There is a positive atmosphere for learning in lessons at St Cuthbert’s, as teachers and curriculum leaders are constantly finding innovative and engaging learning experiences for students.
This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure Certificate.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Interview date: Thursday, 30th March 2023
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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About St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 910 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hello@stcuthberts.com
- Phone number
- 01744 678123
St Cuthbert’s is a voluntary-aided, 11-16, co-educational comprehensive Catholic high school in the St. Helens Authority in the north west of England. There are 914 pupils on roll of whom 45% are baptised Catholic, with 33% from other Christian denominations, and 22% from other faith or religious traditions.
Arranging a visit to St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hello@stcuthberts.com.
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