Teacher of Science

Fowey River Academy, Fowey, Cornwall, PL23 1HE

32 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  22 April 2025

• Closing date

  22 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 December 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
• Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS or UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

• To carry out duties of an academy teacher as set out in the current academy Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document. • To carry out the duties of a general class teacher as detailed in the academy’s class teacher job description, including some provision for cover of absent teachers. • To be responsible for teaching across both key stages

To contribute to: • Maintaining and developing the ethos, values and overall purposes of the academy. • Formulating the aims and objectives of the academy and policies for their implementation. • To contribute to planning improvement which will translate academy aims and policies into actions. • Implementing the Governing Body’s policies on equal opportunity issues for all staff and pupils in relation to sex, gender, race, disability and special needs. • The efficient organisation, management and supervision of academy routines.

• To assist in the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies and teaching strategies in the programme/subject. • To contribute to the programme/subject’s development plan and its implementation. • To plan and prepare courses and lessons. • To contribute to the whole academy’s planning activities.

To assist the Head of Faculty and the Faculty Line Manager, to ensure that the programme/subject provides a range of teaching that complements the Academy’s strategies and objectives.

To assist in the process of curriculum development and change to ensure the continued relevance to students’ needs, examining and awarding bodies and the Academy’s Mission and Strategic Objectives.

• To help implement academy quality procedures and to adhere to them. • To contribute to the process of monitoring and evaluation of the Curriculum Area/Department in line with agreed academy procedures, including evaluation against quality standards and performance criteria. • To seek/implement modification and improvement where required. • To review as and when appropriate methods of teaching and programmes of study. • To participate as may be required in the review, development and management of activities relating to the curriculum, organisation and pastoral functions of the academy.

• To take part in marketing and liaison activities such as Open Evenings, Parents’ Information Evenings, Parents’ Evenings and liaison events with partner schools. • To contribute to the development of effective subject links with external agencies.

• To be a Form Tutor to an assigned group of students. • To promote the general progress and well-being of individual students and of the Tutor Group as a whole. • To liaise with a Pastoral Leader to ensure the implementation of the academy’s Pastoral System. • To register the students in the Tutor Group, accompany them to assemblies, encourage their full attendance at all lessons and their participation in other aspects of Academy life. • To evaluate and monitor the progress of students and keep up-to-date student records as may be required. • To contribute to the preparation of Action Plans and Progress Files and other reports. • To alert the appropriate staff to problems experienced by students and to make recommendations as to how these may be resolved. • To communicate as appropriate with parents of the students and with persons or bodies outside the academy concerned with the welfare of individual students, after consultation with the appropriate staff. • To apply the Behaviour Management System so that effective learning can take place.

• To teach students according to their educational needs, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the students in the academy and elsewhere. • To assess, record and report on the attendance, progress, development and attainment of students and to keep such records as are required. • To provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students. • To ensure that ICT, Literacy and Numeracy are reflected in the teaching and learning experience of students. • To undertake a designated programme of teaching. • To ensure a high quality-learning experience for students that meets internal and external quality standards. • To prepare and update subject materials. • To use a variety of delivery methods that will stimulate learning appropriate to students’ needs and demands of the syllabus. Page 8 of 9 • To maintain discipline in accordance with the academy’s procedures, and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework. • To undertake assessment of students as requested by external examination bodies, faculty and academy procedures. • To mark, grade and give written/verbal and diagnostic feedback as required.

• To remain and adhere to the Trust’s Safeguarding Policy and child protection procedures. • To play a full part in the life of the academy community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage staff and students to follow this example. • To actively promote the academy’s corporate policies. • Be responsible for your own continuing self-development, undertaking training as appropriate. • To be aware and adhere to applicable rules, regulations, legislation and procedures e.g. the Trust Equality and Diversity Policy, Staff Code of Conduct, national legislation and GDPR Data Protection Regulations. • To comply with the academy’s Health and Safety Policy and undertake Risk Assessments as appropriate. As a restorative organisation we: • Apply the principles of mutual respect and responsibility in all our internal and external relationships. • Actively work to prevent, address and repair harm. • Engage in continuous learning to further develop our communication and problemsolving skills.

What the school offers its staff

• To participate in the academy’s staff development programme by engaging in opportunities for training and professional development. • To continue your own personal development in the relevant areas including subject knowledge and teaching methods. • To engage actively in the Performance Development Review (PDR) process. • To ensure the effective/efficient deployment of classroom support. • To work as a member of a designated team and to contribute positively to effective working relations within the academy.

A number of emplyee benefits

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 cgrist@fracademy.org

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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FRA Science Teacher - Application Pack Dec 24.pdf - 420 KB (opens in new tab)

About Fowey River Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 632 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Fowey River Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: cgrist@fracademy.org
• Phone number: 01726 833484
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Arranging a visit to Fowey River Academy

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