Teacher of Physics
Boston Spa Academy, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6RW11 days remaining to apply
Closing date
8 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Physics, Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
Additional allowances
Golden Hello 7.5%
What skills and experience we're looking for
Boston Spa Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Teacher of Physics. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy in ensuring that children can achieve their full educational potential in Science, with a particular focus on our Physics provision. It is an attractive opportunity for any candidate wishing to support our teaching of Physics as a Separate Science at GCSE, and also Physics A Level, at an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ provision.
The ideal applicant will have:
A good honours degree related to Physics and qualified teacher status (or currently an ITT/GTP trainee) .
Detailed knowledge of current developments in education including the use of the Pupil Premium.
A passion for education and making a difference.
What the school offers its staff
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership to a local government pension scheme.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
Further details about the role
About us:
At Boston Spa Academy, our central focus is to empower our students to develop their character to help them to grow into confident, kind and well-mannered young adults. Our school cultivates an environment that allows our students to explore what excites them and fulfil their ambitions, both inside and outside the classroom. In doing so, it equips students to secure the ‘Gift of Choice’ and impact positively on the wider society.
Our community is built on kindness, respect, hard work and aspiration and our enabler to achieving this are the academy core values – Participation, Purpose, Positivity, Professionalism and Principled. Developed in partnership with our students, staff body, parents/carers and governors, we are proud that the core values permeate through our academy, in all aspects of our work and day-to-day life. Through our core values, our vision is that Boston Spa Academy will positively impact the lives of those that attend our academy, now and long after they leave us.
Students at Boston Spa Academy achieve exceptionally well at both GCSE and A Level. With a GCSE Progress 8 score which has been ‘Well Above Average’ for the past 3 academic years, students make excellent progress within their academic studies and progress to the Post-16 destination of their choice. The majority of our students choose to remain at our own sixth form provision, Elliott Hudson College Boston Spa. We are a popular and growing sixth form with a culture of academic success based on our vision of ‘Character; Ambition; Excellence’.
The Science department at Boston Spa Academy consists of 11 teachers, led by our Director of Science and 2 Assistant Leaders of Science. The department has established a culture of excellence, with evidence of excellent GCSE and A Level outcomes in recent years, particularly in Physics. With an increased number of students opting to study Separate Science at GCSE and specialise within Physics at A Level, we are seeking a candidate who has a passion for Physics and an ability to teach the subject at KS4 and KS5, as well as teaching across Biology, Chemistry and Physics at KS3 and KS4.
At Boston Spa Academy, we are proud that, in our recent Ofsted inspection graded “Outstanding”, it was commented that ‘staff feel valued and are proud to be members of the school’. The report also recognises that ‘leaders are highly supportive’ and ‘proactively seek to manage workload and support the well-being of staff’. As well as feeling part of a community with a common purpose, our professional body also benefits from outstanding CPD and support which is personalised to your particular needs and experience.
GORSE have established a long-standing culture of excellence where ‘high challenge, high support’ is commonplace. Our trust is made up of 15 establishments. In addition to this, we also operate GORSE SCITT and Leeds Teaching School Hub, important establishments in their own right. Ensuring that each element of the trust, including the central team, performs at its best to ensure all children, especially those whose who are disadvantaged, have the opportunity to secure the Gift of Choice, is the central mission of GORSE
If you would like to know more about our academy, please visit our website at bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk
How to Apply:
If you’re as excited about this opportunity as we are, a Job Description/Person Specification and application form is available to download from The GORSE Academies Trust website (www.tgat.org.uk/jobs), by email to Susie.Dubber@bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk or by telephone on 01937 846636.
Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Boston Spa Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1429 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Boston Spa Academy website
- Email address
- susie.dubber@bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk
Working in partnership with The GORSE Academies Trust, Boston Spa Academy is a vibrant and successful and school, achieving excellent results and judged to be a Good School in the OFSTED inspection of April 2015.
Located between York, Leeds and Harrogate, Boston Spa Academy is committed to the development of the whole student, the physical, aesthetic, emotional, moral, spiritual as well as the intellectual.
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