Teacher of Science at Amersham School
Amersham School, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 9HHThis job expired on 18 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
3 September 2024
Closing date
18 June 2024 at 3:37pm
Date listed
23 May 2024
Job details
Job role
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- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Biology, Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Scale/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Graduate or equivalent
- QTS
- Prior UK secondary school teaching experience essential
- Experience teaching KS3 and KS4 Biology essential
- Experience teaching KS5 Biology desirable.
What the school offers its staff
Amersham School is described as "Happy, inclusive and aspirational" by OfSted, that holds student and staff wellbeing and progress at our core.
As employers, we are committed to your personal development. We offer a supportive and innovative environment to work within and opportunities for Professional Development that will allow you to enhance your skilful practice. The school is immersed in shared good practice and is saturated by an internal programme of CPD which is further extended by externally lead courses.
Our Science Department is well resourced and includes two exceptional technicians and a collegiate team of Science teachers who share a dedicated working space.
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.
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About Amersham School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1024 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Amersham School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- employment@amershamschool.org
- Phone number
- 01494 726562
Amersham School is a student centred, rapidly improving mixed 11-18 Community School of 920 students with 132 students in our thriving 6th Form.
Our students are encouraged to become well-rounded and broad-minded individuals and we support this through a diverse range of extra-curricular activities. As a Business and Enterprise specialist we focus on the development of skills which inspire and motivate our students to become successful and confident adults.
Amersham School looks forward to an exciting and promising future. Our students achieve good examination results at both GCSE and A Level. We are consistently one of the top performing Upper Schools in the County, making sure that our students have the personal qualifications and qualities to access Post-16 education and training. We are incredibly proud of our students and welcome the opportunity to work with and learn from those who share our dedication to innovation, improvement and success.
Please visit our school website where you will find a wealth of information about our vision and our mission statement ‘Live, Learn and Succeed – Together’ where our values of mutual respect, honesty and integrity, responsibility and ownership, equality and co-operation alongside the establishment of a sense of community underpin our school environment.
Amersham School was rated a good school by Ofsted in 2016.
As employers, we are committed to your personal development. We offer a supportive and innovative environment to work within and opportunities for Professional Development which will allow you to further enhance your skilful practice.
Our staff members have free access to our fitness suite, onsite parking and will have the opportunity to take part in social activities. As a result of our success we are expanding our school and therefore are recruiting teachers to join our hard working, innovative and enthusiastic team.
You can find out more about Amersham School on https://www.amershamschool.org.uk/
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