Teacher of Science at Amersham School

Amersham School, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 9HH

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2025

• Closing date

  18 October 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 October 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, Key stage 5
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Main Scale/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

- QTS

- Graduate with a Science Degree, ideally Biology as a specialism

-Prior experience of teaching the UK curriculum is essential.

-Prior experience of teaching Science to KS3 and KS4 is essential.

What the school offers its staff

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.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to employment@amershamschool.org

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Recruitment Pack - Teacher of Science.pdf - 2.64 MB (opens in new tab)

About Amersham School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1051 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: jjukes@amershamschool.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/amersham-school (opens in new tab)

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/

Arranging a visit to Amersham School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jjukes@amershamschool.org.

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