Teacher of Biology
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BPThis job expired on 25 April 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Biology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
There are Pastoral TLR positions available for experienced candidates.
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Biology Department at Westcliff High School for Boys (WHSB) has been a high performing Department for many years. We have had consistently outstanding results in GCSE and Advanced Level Biology. The Department has grown considerably over recent years and currently runs seven groups at Advanced Level. There are 75 students currently studying Biology in the Lower Sixth and 51 studying in the Upper Sixth. At GCSE, 177 pupils sit the AQA GCSE course.
The Biology Department also plays an important role in the extra-curricular life of the School. The Department offers a variety of additional clubs which pupils can attend, aimed at supporting and extending them. We have a particularly effective mentoring scheme, in which Sixth Form students mentor those lower down the School. Pupils in Year 11 and the Upper Sixth will also sit the respective Biology Challenge and Biology Olympiad organised by the UKBC, and students often progress to the follow-on rounds at all levels. Further to this, we offer our students the opportunity to visit King’s College London to experience a brain dissection, as well as the Biology Live series of lectures in London and guest lectures at the School.
What the school offers its staff
The Biology Department occupies four laboratories within the Science building. The Science building has undergone a considerable refurbishment and now offers the most up-to-date facilities and an attractive teaching environment. On a practical level, the Biology Department is well stocked with colorimeters, spirometers, peak flow meters, oximeters, blood pressure monitors and a PCR machine with associated electrophoresis units. We also have an array of biological models and microscope slides.
Further information about the job
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.
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About Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1292 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Westcliff High School for Boys Academy website
- Email address
- vacancies@whsb.essex.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01702475443
Westcliff High School for Boys is an Outstanding Academy Grammar School located in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
At WHSB we continue to hold dear our values and traditions whilst fostering academic excellence and a dynamism which allow us to provide a twenty-first century world class education.
Our record of outstanding success is reflected in our outstanding A Level and GCSE results and we are committed to providing the highest standards in all aspects of our provision for pupils.
We currently have around 870 boys on roll in Years 7 to 11, and 330 students in our mixed Sixth Form.
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