Teacher of Science
Thomas Gainsborough School, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0NHThis job expired on 27 January 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2020
Closing date
27 January 2020 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 January 2020
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
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Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,373 to £40,490 per year (full-time equivalent)
Additional allowances
The school continues to invest in high quality professional development and provides a range of employee benefits.
Teacher of Science job summary
As a popular and successful school, we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and hardworking teacher of science.
The post will involve the teaching of science to age ranges personalised to the strengths of the individual teacher. Therefore, we are looking to employ a highly qualified teacher with a record of delivering high quality lessons with excellent student outcomes.
In September 2015 the school moved into an award-winning new building, where Science is taught in specialist rooms across two floors. The team is very supportive and expectations for students are high.
Thomas Gainsborough School is a consistently high performing, well resourced, and truly comprehensive school, with a firm belief in excellence for each and every student, placing students at the heart of their curriculum.
This is an excellent opportunity for any teacher to develop their practice and continue their career progression.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY
• To plan, develop and deliver high quality lessons and courses within the broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated subject curriculum using a variety of approaches, to continually enhance teaching and learning.
• To monitor student progress, keeping student records that include assessment outcomes and targets set at regular intervals in line with school policy, to enable all students to achieve their full potential.
• Contribute to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare and personal care of children and young people.
GENERAL TEACHING DUTIES
Teaching and Learning
1. Manage student learning through effective teaching in accordance with the department’s schemes of work and policies.
2. Ensure continuity, progression and cohesiveness in all teaching.
3. Use a variety of methods and approaches to match curricular objectives and the range of student needs, and ensure equal opportunity for all pupils.
4. Set homework regularly, to consolidate and extend learning and encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning.
5. Work with Learning Support Staff (including prior discussion and joint planning) in order to benefit from their specialist knowledge and to maximise their effectiveness within lessons.
6. Support individual learning, including students on the subject gifted and talented register, by planning work with appropriate challenge and monitoring and reviewing student outcomes regularly.
7. Work within the Assessment for Learning Strategy, using clear and precise learning objectives and defining criteria for success for each lesson.
8. Work effectively as a member of the Department team to improve the quality of teaching and learning, by contributing to the Department Improvement Plan and implementing and monitoring change.
9. Implement new initiatives, school, local or national, by adapting classroom procedures accordingly, monitoring progress and reflecting on pedagogical outcomes.
10. Set high expectations for all pupils, to deepen their knowledge and understanding and to maximise their achievement.
11. Ensure that the learning environment supports high quality outcomes.
12. Manage behaviour in line with the school expectations for learning policy.
Monitoring, Assessment, Recording, Reporting, and Accountability
1. Be immediately responsible for the processes of identification, assessment, recording and reporting for the students in their charge.
2. Track student progress, monitoring achievement against targets set, and take appropriate action on student outcomes.
3. Assess students’ work systematically and use the results to inform future planning, teaching and curricular development.
4. Contribute towards the implementation of IEPs as detailed in the current Code Of Practice particularly the planning and recording of appropriate actions and outcomes related to set targets.
5. Be familiar with statutory assessment and reporting procedures and prepare and present informative, helpful and accurate reports to parents.
6. Keep an accurate register of students for each lesson. Unexplained absences or patterns of absence should be reported immediately in accordance with the School policy.
Subject Knowledge and Understanding
1. Have a thorough and up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the National Curriculum programmes of study, level descriptors and specifications for examination courses.
2. Keep up-to-date with research and developments in pedagogy in the subject area.
3. Contribute to the effective use of subject resources, including evaluation of new materials and equipment.
4. Keep up-to-date with technological change and the use of technology to enhance delivery, and student access, to the subject.
Professional Standards and Development
1. Be a role model to students through personal presentation and professional conduct.
2. Arrive in class, on or before the start of the lesson, and begin and end lessons on time.
3. Cover for absent colleagues as is reasonable, fair and equitable.
4. Be familiar with the School and Department handbooks and Departmental Portfolio contents and support all the School’s policies, e.g. those on Health and Safety, Citizenship, Literacy, Numeracy and ICT.
5. Establish effective working relationships with professional colleagues and associate staff.
6. Be involved in extra-curricular activities where appropriate such as making a contribution to after-school clubs and visits.
7. Maintain a working knowledge and understanding of teachers’ professional duties as set out in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions.
8. Liaise effectively with parent/carers and with other agencies with responsibility for students’ education and welfare.
9. Be aware of the role of the Governing Body of the School and support it in performing its duties.
10. Be familiar with and implement the relevant requirements of the current SEN Code of Practice, DDA and Access to Work.
Health and Safety
1. Be aware of the responsibility for personal Health, Safety and Welfare and that of others who may be affected by your actions or inactions.
2. Co-operate with the employer on all issues to do with Health, Safety and Welfare.
Continuing Professional Development
1. In conjunction with the Line Manager, take responsibility for personal professional development, keeping up-to-date with research and developments in teaching pedagogy and changes in the School curriculum, which may lead to improvements in teaching and learning.
2. Undertake any necessary professional development as identified in the School Improvement Plan taking full advantage of any relevant training and development available.
3. Implement and develop pedagogic procedures introduced through school, local or government initiatives.
4. Implement the use of new technologies that enhance teaching and learning.
5. Participate in leadership, peer and self-monitoring and evaluation schemes, responding to, and acting upon, advice and guidance received.
6. Carry out reflective practice exercises to move classroom practice, teaching and learning, forward.
7. Use ‘gained time’ by revising teaching, learning and curriculum materials in readiness for new academic year; participate in collaborative planning sessions; provide additional student support or any activity directed by the Headteacher.
8. Maintain a professional portfolio of evidence and learning log to support the Performance Management process - evaluating and improving own practice.
9. Contribute to departmental development by sharing professional learning, expertise and skills with others in the team, through departmental training activities such as coaching and mentoring.
Commitment to safeguarding
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
About Thomas Gainsborough School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1576 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Thomas Gainsborough School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- kfuller@tgschool.net
Thomas Gainsborough School invests in high quality professional development and provides a range of employee benefits. We are closely linked to the Unity Research School and lead the way in many local and national initiatives including being an EdTech Demonstrator School and being an ArtsMark platinum school. We provide excellent support care and support for our staff and students. There are Lead Practitioners to support colleagues in continually improving their practice. As a large, successful and popular school their are opportunites for colleagues to develop at every stage of their career.
In September 2015 the school moved into an award-winning new building, where subjects are taught in specialist rooms either in our Sixth Form block or alongside other History classrooms. The team is very supportive and expectations for students are high.
Thomas Gainsborough School is a consistently high performing, well resourced, and truly comprehensive school, with a firm belief in excellence for each and every student, placing students at the heart of their curriculum. You can find out more about the school at www.tgschool.net
The school continues to invest in high quality professional development and provides a range of employee benefits. This is an excellent opportunity for any teacher to develop their practice and continue their career progression.
The school is located just south of Sudbury in Suffolk and is within easy reach of Colchester, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds. There are also many delightful and affordable villages in the surrounding area, which also make travelling to London, Cambridge and Norwich a possibility.
Many of our staff work flexibly in different ways including part-time working. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours of flexible start and end times. Please talk to us at the interview stage about the flexibility you would like and we will explore what’s possible for specific roles.
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