Teacher of Biology (Maternity Cover)

Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8PE

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  4 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Biology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS

Teacher of Biology (Maternity Cover) job summary

Teacher of Biology

(Maternity Cover)

Location: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Contract type: Full time, fixed term (1 year), Maternity Cover

Salary: MPS/UPS

Job starts: January 2025

Closing date: Thursday 4th July 2024

We are an outstanding grammar school, for children of all genders, with outstanding provision for our young people. Our Vision is to pioneer a grammar school education which equips the visionaries of tomorrow.

This role is for a fixed term maternity cover for a teacher of Biology at KS3-5. The ability to also teach chemistry and/or physics is desirable but not essential to this role. Our science faculty is organised with a subject leader for Biology, Chemistry and Physics, with a Faculty Leader of Science. The Sciences are amongst our most popular subject choices at KS4 and 5 and the faculty has a track record of outstanding results. The teaching team is welcoming, enthusiastic about science and collaborative in its approach.

We can offer you:

an outstanding school full of students who are committed to learning.

a welcoming team committed to staff well-being and professional development.

a vibrant community in which staff and students thrive through a commitment to academic study, a passion for creative arts, a drive for sporting endeavour and a devotion to championing personal development.

We would like you to:

fully commit to our Vision, Mission and Values (see above and below)

fully commit to the safeguarding of all students and to inclusion

have high expectations of yourself, and our students.

be committed to improving the life chances of young people from diverse backgrounds.

be willing to commit to life beyond the academic curriculum.

We encourage applications from those candidates with ‘protected characteristics’ as set out in the Equalities Act 2010. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the communities in which we work.

The Trust operates rigorous ‘safer recruitment’ practices, and the successful candidates will be required to undertake a criminal record check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

For further information on the context, mission and values of SHFGS, please click on the link ‘Learn more about this school’.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

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 Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1362 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
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