Teacher of Science

Uppingham Community College, Uppingham, Rutland, LE15 9TJ

4 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  27 August 2024

• Closing date

  1 July 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Part time: 2-3 days per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,000 - £46,525
• Pay scale: MPS/ UPS
• Additional allowances:

  Onboarding allowance available for the right candidate.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Strategic direction:

• Support the aims. ethos, vision and policies of the College:
• Develop positive working relationships across the College:
• Monitor and maintain policies and practices which reflect the College's commitment to high achievement, and which are consistent with national and College strategies and policies;
• Contribute to whole-College development planning.

Teaching and learning:

• Teach all students according to their educational needs;
• Support the monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning across the department;
• Develop and implement systems for recording individual pupils' progress, and collect and interpret specialist assessment data;
• Ensure schemes of work are differentiated appropriately and evaluate the impact on teaching and learning;
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with parents to actively involve them in the learning process;
• When appropriate, work with a tutor group to provide guidance and support from Y7 through to Y11.

Resource Management:

• Identify resources needed to meet the learning needs of students
• Monitor and control the use of these resources and advise the Head of Department of priorities for expenditure;
• Monitor and control the use of these resources;
• Ensure a working environment which pays due regard to health and safety requirements;
• Assist the Principal in formulating and presenting reports to the Governing body.

Accountability:

• Provide an annual analysis of results for the Head of Department.

Professional Development:

• Engage positively with the College’s Personal Improvement Planning (PIP) process
• Demonstrate a desire to become incrementally more effective as a classroom practitioner
• Engage positively with all of the College’s training and CPD provision
• Update knowledge at a subject and national level by keeping up to date on research and inspection findings and other pedagogical information.

In addition:

• The Principal may allocate additional responsibilities to this job description, in consultation with the post holder and in line with the UCC Workload and Wellbeing Charter.
• The post holder may be required to perform any other reasonable tasks commensurate with a teaching post and in line with the College’s terms and conditions;
• This job description allocates duties and responsibilities but does not direct the particular amount of time to be spent on carrying them out and no part of it may be so construed;
• To work within the framework of national legislation and in accordance with the provisions of College teachers pay and conditions document. In addition, the post is subject to compliance with:

• College policies and guidelines on the curriculum and College organisation;
• County policies;
• The conditions of service for school teachers in England and Wales and with locally agreed conditions of employment;
• Common core of skills and knowledge for the children's workforce.

The duties and responsibilities detailed within this job description should be supplemented by those accountabilities, roles and responsibilities common to all classroom teachers, as set out within the School Teachers Pay and Conditions document.

What the school offers its staff

When you join Team UCC you are becoming part of a community that values people. We have a strong team ethic and a friendly, supportive working environment.

We offer benefits such as:

• A culture based on our core values of Kindness, Respect and Honesty
• High quality training and career development opportunities
• 'Personal Improvement Planning' instead of 'Performance Management'
• On Site Parking
• Employee Assistance Programme which provides a range of support including counselling and legal advice.
• Free annual flu jabs

Commitment to safeguarding

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all posts are subject to DBS checks. In the interests of safer recruitment, the Trust may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants in compliance with the guidance set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). Any relevant information found with regards to a candidate’s suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview.

Applying for the job

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@ucc.rutland.sch.uk

Visas cannot be sponsored.

About Uppingham Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 910 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Uppingham Community College website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: kendrick_j@ucc.rutland.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01572823631
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/uppingham-community-college (opens in new tab)

Our core values as a school are: Respect, Honesty and Kindness. Everything we do is based upon these simple principles. Our students consistently achieve excellent GCSE outcomes and we are very proud of our holistic approach to developing respectful and responsible young people who are ready for life in our ever changing world.

Arranging a visit to Uppingham Community College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kendrick_j@ucc.rutland.sch.uk.

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