Subject Leader Science
Beccles High School, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7BQThis job expired on 12 May 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS Minimum - UPS Maximum
Additional allowances
TLR 2.3
What skills and experience we're looking for
The professional competencies expected of the Subject Leader of Science are:
- Be an excellent teacher with evidence of impact on pupil outcomes with a proven track record of total commitment to helping every pupil achieve their very best and make progress;
- Have excellent understanding of what constitutes excellence in teaching and learning and be able to model it to others;
- Have a keen understanding of data and be able to analyse patterns in performance over time;
- Be a positive role model for pupils and staff on a day-to-day basis;
- Collaborate effectively with staff, parents/carers and students;
- The ability to communicate clearly and tactfully using appropriate methods and an awareness of the impact of your own communication on others;
- Able to maintain positive relationships with all and able to work as an effective and flexible part of a team; willing to change methods of work and routines to benefit the team;
- Be flexible and resilient in managing and executing their daily responsibilities;
- Able to demonstrate strong planning and organisational skills;
- Willingness to accept responsibility for your own actions;
- The ability to prioritise effectively, meet deadlines and accept challenges.
The qualifications and experience required of the Subject Leader of Science are:
- Have a qualified teacher status
What the school offers its staff
Good Local Government Pension Scheme
Health Hero Employee Assistance Programme
Pluxee High Street Benefits package as well as ability to sign up for Teacher Discounts and Blue Light Card
Free Onsite Parking
Further details about the role
JOB SPECIFICATION
General Responsibilities
The Subject Leader of Science is responsible for delivering science lessons to classes ranging from Y7 to Y11.
Specific Responsibilities
A non-exhaustive list of specific responsibilities for the role is below and you will be required to undertake other duties and responsibilities as may reasonably be required.
Department Leadership
- Provide high quality leadership, support and challenge to the Science department in order to achieve high quality teaching and learning;
- Lead on the planning, delivery and assessment of a high-quality Science curriculum across the school;
- Liaise and collaborate with senior colleagues and other curriculum leaders to support with the strategic development of good practice across the school;
- Provide high quality leadership to create an effective team and drive improvement;
- Oversee, monitor and quality assure the assessment, evaluation and mentoring of student progress in Science;
- Ensure that there are strong procedures for the recording, monitoring analysing and reacting to a range of data to enable the department to track student overall attainment and achievement on a regular basis,
- Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of intervention to tackle student underachievement
- Provide effective performance management and professional development of all members of the Science team.
- Work in close partnership with the SENDCo to provide high quality support for SEN students in order to secure excellent achievement and progress in Science;
- Manage the Science department’s capitation and ensure the effective management and deployment of learning resources within the department to improve student achievement and progress;
- Be responsible for the consistent implementation and evaluation of behaviour management in the Science department;
Teaching
- Identify clear teaching objectives, content, and lesson structures, and plan sequences of lessons appropriate to the subject content and the pupils being taught.
- Implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for the specified subject area, building on pupils’ prior knowledge.
- Deliver lessons appropriate to pupils’ different abilities and educational needs, ensuring that they are all able to progress to their potential.
- Provide and contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils.
- Monitor pupils’ class and homework regularly, providing constructive feedback.
- Use assessments of pupils’ progress to inform future teaching.
- Prepare informative and constructive written reports for parents which identify how each pupil is performing, and how they can improve within the classroom.
- Share and support the school’s duty to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.
- Identify pupils who have additional educational needs and adapt lesson planning to cater for these needs.
Managing pupils
- Adhere to the processes outlined in the school’s Behaviour Policy, ensuring that any poor levels of behaviour are dealt with appropriately.
- Through effective teaching, ensure that pupils are challenged and that best use is made of teaching time to promote good levels of behaviour.
- Employ a range of teaching methods to keep pupils engaged, e.g. through effective questioning, clear presentation and use of resources.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Beccles High School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 288 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Beccles High School website
- Email address
- HR@setrust.co.uk
At Beccles, we believe that each and every student deserves to go to an excellent school. Our focus is on delivering high-quality, engaging lessons and providing students with the care and guidance that allows them to succeed. Our students tell us that they value the way lessons are delivered and the strong relationships that exist in school between students and staff. This is only possible because of our small size and our belief and confidence in every student as an individual.
We offer a traditional curriculum that enables our students to flourish academically, and which lays the foundations for their successful progression into post-16 learning. We are preparing our young people to be thoughtful, innovative, capable, responsible global citizens of the future; they will leave us with excellent qualifications and having outperformed their counterparts nationally.
Our vision is shared by all staff, and together we are responsible for upholding and promoting the values within it. Staff are supported at all levels by middle and senior leaders in their teaching, behaviour management, career development and wellbeing.
Arranging a visit to Beccles High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@setrust.co.uk.
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