Teacher of Science
Sir John Leman High School, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9PG26 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
17 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS
Teacher of Science job summary
Established in 1632, Sir John Leman High School is steeped in history and has produced many generations of well-educated young people. The school has a strong emphasis on values and a relentless focus on improving learning which is driving up performance in all aspects of our school.
We are looking to employ a talented, ambitious teacher with a passion for science to join our successful 11-18 mixed comprehensive high school; a school committed to delivering high quality, innovative learning experiences for its students; a school where results are strong at both GCSE and A Level. This position is suitable for ECTs and experienced teachers.
The successful candidate will:
- Have the capacity to maintain consistently high attainment through motivating and inspiring students and colleagues
- Have experience at KS3, KS4 & KS5
- Be committed to delivering a high quality Teaching and Learning experience
- Be confident with IT and willing to develop personal skills working with new technology
- Be able to work in a strong, closely knit team, supporting developments in the science curriculum
- Be well informed on current educational issues
- Have drive, enthusiasm, resilience and humour
We can offer you:
- A dynamic and well-resourced department
- A school which is proud of the exceptional progress and achievement of its young people with strong results over a number of years
- A school rated as ‘Good’ by OFSTED with impressive outcomes in recent years.
- A department with strong and improving results
- A school committed to the well-being and professional development of staff
As part of Kingfisher Schools Trust you will receive a wide range of benefits, including:
- Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
- Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
- Pension scheme (TPS) with generous employer contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
- Shopping and leisure discounts
- Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
- Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received. All applications must be submitted through My New Term.
Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
Sir John Leman High School is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Sir John Leman High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1443 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Sir John Leman High School website (opens in new tab)
Sir John Leman High School, situated in the historic market town of Beccles, Suffolk, on the edge of the Norfolk Broads, is a mixed comprehensive secondary school and sixth form. The pupil roll is around 1,400, with some 160 of these students moving on to the school’s sixth form.
Sir John Leman High School focuses on four key areas: achievement, ethos and values, opportunities and relationships. It aims to create a friendly, purposeful environment characterised by high expectations and exemplary standards of behaviour.
Every student is valued as an individual and helped to develop confidence and self-esteem and to achieve in all areas of school life. Creativity is encouraged, as is risk-taking in a caring and supportive environment. The school aspires to create excellent relationships, shared aspirations and an ethos of co-operation and respect.
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