Teacher of Science
Bruntcliffe Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS27 0LZThis job expired on 2 February 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Required Easter/September 2023
Closing date
2 February 2023 at 9am
Date listed
19 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time: 36.5 Hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- MPR/UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Good honours degree in relevant subject
- Qualified Teacher Status (or currently an ITT / GTP trainee)
- Very good classroom practitioner
- Detailed knowledge of current developments in education including the use of the Pupil Premium
- Knowledge and experience of intervention strategies
- Ability to put vision into practice
- Ability to devise new resources for learning
Either:
- Successful placement(s), teaching Art
at KS3 & KS4 (applicants currently in training)
or:
- Successful record of teaching Art including very good exam results at one or more of KS4 & KS5 (applicants who already have gained QTS)
What the school offers its staff
Bruntcliffe Academy was welcomed into the fold of The GORSE Academies Trust in 2015 and since then flourished in to one of the top performing schools in the country. Under the leadership and guidance of Sir John Townsley, Chief Executive Officer, Leanne Griffiths Executive Principal and the wider Executive team, the trust emphasises simple but important values: outstanding behaviour in classrooms, around school and in the community when our students proudly represent us; high academic expectations so that students may achieve to the best of their efforts and obtain for themselves the gift of choice in moving onto fulfilling Post-16 college courses, training and careers; enjoyment of learning through a sense of awe and wonder in their lessons and extra-curricular activities.
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bruntcliffe Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1361 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Bruntcliffe Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@bruntcliffe.leeds.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0113 2523225
Bruntcliffe Academy is an increasingly popular 11-16 comprehensive school with approximately 1400 students on roll. The school is situated in Morley which is on the outskirts of the thriving city of Leeds, with a very good motorway access to all areas of the north of England and beyond.
The school joined the highly successful GORSE Academies Trust which has a national reputation for its excellence in 2015. Since this time, the academy has been on an upward trajectory in all aspects of its work. Bruntcliffe Academy in 2024 received a Good judgement from Ofsted with inspectors recognising that the academy has ‘high expectations of all pupils’. We are proud that Ofsted commented positively on students' respect for others, their enjoyment of school and their high academic achievements
A collection of like-minded individuals, members of staff all choose to work at Bruntcliffe Academy because they believe in making a difference to young people’s lives. Members of staff work collaboratively across the academy as well as in Partnership with colleagues from across The GORSE Academies Trust to develop new and innovative approaches around teaching that will inspire students and cultivate a lifelong love of learning.Bruntcliffe Academy is typified by students who enjoy learning; you will find the students to be polite, well-mannered and respectful at all times mirroring our high expectations of them. Bruntcliffe Academy aspires for all students to leave us at the end of their secondary school journey as well-rounded citizens who are articulate and confident with a strong sense of social responsibility.
If you would like to know more about The GORSE Academies Trust, please visit; https://www.tes.com/jobs/employer/the-gorse-academies-trust-1071685
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