Teacher of Science
Alec Hunter Academy, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3NR16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
13 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 November 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint an inspirational and dedicated teacher of Science to join a well-led, supportive and high-performing team with a keen focus on securing progress for every student. Applications are welcome from both experienced and early career teachers able to teach throughout the age and ability range and to engender positive relationships with young people. The school offers an excellent induction for ECTs and would be able to support you through your first two years in the profession. Additional incentives may be available to teachers with relevant skills or experience and part-time arrangements will be considered.
What the school offers its staff
These are exciting times at Alec Hunter, since our November 2022 Ofsted inspection confirmed that the school continues to be ‘good’, with the report noting that “Staff morale is high. They feel valued by (the) leadership team (and)… like many pupils, enjoy being part of Alec Hunter Academy”. This vacancy arises due to the fact that we are now a growing, heavily oversubscribed school, and therefore keen to recruit a team member who will make a strong contribution to our vision for Science as a high-quality department at the forefront of the school’s journey to excellence.
Alec Hunter Academy is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school with an established reputation as a welcoming learning community with a positive, harmonious atmosphere and a strong focus on staff wellbeing. As a member of the Saffron Academy Trust, we work in close partnership with a small family of schools in north-west Essex, including Saffron Walden County High, one of the highest performing schools in the county. Numerous opportunities for professional development exist through this partnership and our membership of several local networks.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment and Selection Policy Statement. A Disclosure and Barring Service check at an enhanced level will be required for this post. If you would like to visit the school prior to making an application, please do not hesitate to contact us to arrange this.
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Alec Hunter Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1058 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Alec Hunter Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@alechunter.com
At Alec Hunter Academy, we pride ourselves on the positive relationships we engender between our young people and the adults who work with them on a day-to-day basis. We believe that students learn best when they feel valued and when the expectations of them are high.
We anticipate that our learners will attend school with a positive attitude to learning, that they will embrace challenge where they encounter it and will be enthusiastic, resourceful, adaptable and resilient.
Our partnership with Saffron Walden County High School, one of the highest performing schools in Essex, through the sponsorship of the Saffron Academy Trust, has injected fresh impetus into the school and will undoubtedly have a significant impact as the links develop.
We hope that our young people will leave Alec Hunter with happy memories, having enjoyed a range of experiences that have prepared them for the next phase of their education and for their adult lives.
I hope that our website gives you a snapshot of the life and work of the school and that you are able to access any information that you need.
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