Teacher of Science
Fortis Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B44 8NUThis job expired on 13 February 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
13 February 2023 at 9am
Date listed
30 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
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- Full time, all year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- M1- UPS3, £28,000 – £43,685 FTE salary per annum
Pay scale
- M1- UPS3, £28,000 – £43,685 FTE salary per annum
Additional allowances
M1- UPS3, £28,000 – £43,685 FTE salary per annum, with TLR2a £3,017
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a passionate and driven Science Teacher in a position that will allow you to lead on teaching and learning, where your talent will develop progress and achievement within Science.
The successful candidate will be: • Passionate about Science and have an appetite to inspire young people • Driven to ensure excellent student progress for students of all abilities • Hardworking, imaginative and have excellent organisational and time management skills • A dedicated team player who wants to work and engage with colleagues at all levels In return we can offer: • A forward thinking and innovative Senior Leadership Team • An open and transparent workplace that has an honest and respectful culture • Friendly and enthusiastic children • Caring, friendly colleagues with a strong team spirit and a positive attitude • Supportive parents and Academy Councillors Fortis Academy is a very large 11-18 academy serving a local area of high-density housing in Birmingham’s outer suburbs. The Academy is the largest employer in the ward, with over 200 employees. It is part of the North Area Network of schools, one of six network regions in the city. The setting is uniquely split into a Foundation Academy and Senior Academy.
What the school offers its staff
Fortis Academy’s vision is Enriching Lives. This is underpinned by the values of Character, Resilience and Aspiration. Our
curriculum centres around three key areas; a rich and ambitious knowledge-based academic curriculum, a continuous
attention to physical and mental well-being, with increasing use of 21st century technologies to support improved
outcomes. We believe this combination will help our students lead confident, healthy, and fulfilled lives as adults and
ready for the world of work.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: • Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQML. • High quality subject and thematic networks across the Trust and the region. • Experienced leadership and subject-specific support. • Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust. • Access to the Trust’s Teaching School, Research School, Institute of Education and SCITT. • Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate. • Participating in peer reviews. • Access to a suite of online courses. • Placement projects within our family of schools. The Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your employment: • An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme / Teachers Pension • Access to health and wellbeing support via Occupational Health • Cycle to work scheme • Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
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 Fortis Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1434 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Fortis Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- natalie.turner@shaw-education.org.uk
Great Barr Academy is sponsored by Shaw Education Trust. We are based in north Birmingham and have a large, diverse and vibrant community of students. We have a well-established and very successful Sixth Form.
We pride ourselves on our strong ethos which values inclusion, good citizenship, mutual respect and collaboration. We aim to provide a wide range of stimulating opportunities to expand our students’ horizons within an environment in which they feel safe and well cared for and in which they can achieve their best, develop self-confidence and flourish as individuals. We encourage the active participation of parents/carers in their children’s education; only when the school, the child and parents/carers are working together will children excel.
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