Teacher of Science (Biology or Chemistry)
Cambourne Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR41 days remaining to apply
Closing date
31 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Biology, Chemistry, Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,083.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS
Teacher of Science (Biology or Chemistry) job summary
Teacher of Science (Biology or Chemistry)
We are seeking to appoint a Teacher of Science specialising in either Biology or Chemistry, to join our thriving science department.
The successful candidate will join a team of 14 science teachers, and 3 science technicians. You will be an inspiring teacher with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, who will be strongly supported to grow your practice.
It is an exciting time to join the Science Department at Cambourne Village College. Already well established, the department is expanding due to the continuing growth of the school. You will be part of supportive team where standards of teaching and learning are very high. Results are consistently strong, with excellent progress 8 scores. Our 6th form opened in September 2024 and we are now teaching A-level Chemistry. At GCSE, students have the option of following either the AQA Trilogy Combined Science or AQA Separate Science routes, with some students taking Entry Level Science. Students are offered the opportunity to take BTEC Child Development at KS4 and have numerous extra-curricular opportunities including a STEM Club, an Eco Club and a science-based Activities Week.
Cambourne Village College is a 1:1 iPad school, with all students having a personal device. Our students are polite, courteous and eager to participate in the highly engaging science curriculum offered to them.
The college works closely with the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, as well as local SCITT providers, to provide trainee teachers with an exciting and supportive introduction to their careers. This provides opportunities for mentoring trainee teachers, as well as cross fertilisation of ideas from some of the country’s leading training centres. We also benefit from having science-specialist TA’s working in the department.
It is an exciting time to join our teaching staff at Cambourne Village College. Already a well-established and successful school, the addition of our Sixth Form marks the final phase of our expansion. The school benefits from a wealth of exciting facilities and a strong culture of mutual support; staff morale is high and our students are courteous and eager to participate in the highly engaging curriculum offered to them. We are ambitious for our Sixth Form to reflect the successes of our main school, where results are consistently strong, with excellent Progress 8 scores.
Cambourne Village College is an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ rated, over-subscribed secondary school, eight miles from Cambridge. We opened as an academy of the Cam Academy Trust in September 2013. Our ethos is aspirational and inclusive, our staff is highly motivated, our pupils courteous and hard-working, and we have excellent facilities. A 350 place sixth form opened in September 2024, with room for175 students in each of Years 12 and 13. Joining Cambourne Village College represents a unique opportunity to work in a newly-established school within a wider, high-quality Academy Trust that gives excellent possibilities for professional and career development.
The full current curriculum for all year groups can be viewed on the College website: https://www.cambournevc.org/curriculum . Full details are provided on the job description and person specification.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Cambourne Village College
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1380 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Cambourne Village College website (opens in new tab)
Cambourne Village College, an academy of The Cam Academy Trust, opened in brand new premises in September 2013 with just five forms of Year 7 pupils. Serving one of the fastest-growing communities in the UK, we now have more than 1300 pupils on roll, with major further expansion planned, including the opening of our new sixth form centre in September 2024.
The College has enjoyed remarkable success since opening, gaining an early Ofsted Outstanding rating along with designation as a Leading Edge School. Our pupils achieve excellent results in public examinations via a curriculum designed to offer maximum breadth and opportunity for all abilities. Our extra-curricular offer is also outstanding: annual musical drama performances, termly concerts, a wide range of competitive and recreational sporting activities, and many further clubs and events are on offer. In 2019, we were granted the International School Award by the British Council and are looking forward to re-launching our programme of international visits and exchanges this year.
We strive to be a welcoming and inclusive school for our pupils and also to fulfil our Village College ethos in serving the whole community: we support an active adult education programme and more than 30 local groups and organisations make use of the school’s facilities, out of hours. This unusual commitment to our local community was a key factor in our winning a prestigious Silver Award in the ‘Making a Difference’ category of the Pearson School of the Year celebrations in 2018.
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