Teacher of Science
Harris Academy Battersea, London, SW11 5AP10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September
Closing date
8 June 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
29 March 2023
Job details
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
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Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS (Inner London) + £2,000 Harris Allowance
Additional allowances
Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a committed professional who has a real passion for Science with vibrant enthusiasm to work with our brilliant students. This position is ideal for either an experienced teacher or a newly qualified teacher. You will receive the excellent support of an internal academy CPD programme but also externally across the Federation. We are looking for:
- A dedicated and skilled Computing Teacher who has the potential to deliver up to A Level in Computing
- A committed practitioner, who will want to attain the highest standards in teaching and learning throughout their role
- A collaborative and driven individual who will support the English team
- A Teacher who would like the opportunity to progress their career
The successful candidate will:
- Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree
- Have successful teaching experience at secondary level (can be teaching practice), ideally including experience in multi-ethnic urban schools and of working in an 11-18 school
- Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning
- Understand the importance of high expectations and equality of access for all students, and of being a tutor
- Have knowledge of National Curriculum requirements at KS3 and KS4, and of writing lesson plans, developing resources and assessing students' work
- Be able to work as part of a team and to develop and maintain positive relationships with all staff
- Have a good level of ICT skills, ideally including innovative use of interactive white boards
- Be able to create a motivating and safe learning environment for all students
- Be able to communicate positively with parents, carers and other external agencies where necessary
- Have good written and spoken communication skills
- Be able to lead and manage their own work effectively
- Have excellent time management skills
- Be able to motivate students and raise their aspirations through a range of strategies
What the school offers its staff
Harris Academy Battersea will be in its 8th academic year in 2021-2022 and has established itself as one of the highest performing schools in London, judged to be Outstanding by Ofsted in 2018. In 2017, it was awarded the Evening Standard School of the Year as well as being named one of the Sunday Times Top 20 Schools in the country.
We offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, electric car scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.
Further details about the role
The purpose of your role will be:
- To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
- To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher/form tutor
- To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
- To contribute to raising standards of student attainment
- To share and support the academy's responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth
Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:
- Operational and strategic planning (including lesson planning, developing resources and syllabuses, and contributing to the departmental plan)
- Curriculum planning
- Staff development (including continuing professional development and engaging fully in the Performance Management Review process)
- Quality assurance (including contributing to the process of monitoring and evaluating the subject area)
- Management of information (including maintaining appropriate records and tracking student progress)
- Communications with students, parents and other stakeholders
- Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students)
- Teaching, ensuring a high quality learning experience for students
Commitment to safeguarding
Applying for the job
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More on how to apply (opens in new tab)About Harris Academy Battersea
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1117 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Harris Academy Battersea website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@harrisbattersea.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 7622 0026
Harris Battersea was ranked 10th in the country in. With a Progress 8 score of +1.27, students achieve more than one grade higher than they would in an average school. Such progress, alongside the best A-level results in Wandsworth, reflect the exceptional dedication with which everyone in the academy has applied themselves.
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