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  • Job start date

    1 September 2020

  • Closing date

    20 December 2019 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    19 November 2019

Job details

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Working pattern

Full-time equivalent salary

Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £24,373 to £35,971

Additional allowances

We offer the chance to be part of a team of over 90 dedicated secondary science specialists who:

Collaborate together to work smarter not harder
Embrace and promote education research
Respond to our own needs, designing our own targeted CPD and support
Provide enormous opportunities within individual teams, schools and the wider trust
Care about our people – we follow the Ethical Leadership Framework in everything we do
Have a track record of supporting trainees and NQTs in becoming highly effective teachers

Teacher of Science (NQT or early career teacher) job summary

We are looking for excellent, ambitious early career teachers to join our innovative and supportive Science team. We offer a range of potential locations around East Anglia and North-East London. If you live near one of these areas, then we have a school close to you.

The Unity Schools Partnership is a successful Trust made up of 25 schools spread across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Havering. It also benefits from having a very active Research School (recently hosted the researchED Ipswich event) and strong links to a Teaching School.

All specialisms considered on merit.

Job Description
General Teaching Responsibilities
1. Engage in identifying and implementing the priorities of the School Improvement Plan, participating fully in school self-evaluation;
2. Comply with and uphold the policies of the school;
3. Fully understand and comply with the school's policy on safeguarding. Remain alert to pupils’ pastoral needs and provide support, in conjunction with school’s SENCo and Learning Support Assistants (LSAs);
4. Proactively uphold the school’s behaviour policy establishing class rules and setting out clear and fair sanctions in accordance with the school’s systems; high standards of behaviour should be expected at all times;
5. Work as part of the school’s teaching team and actively behave as a team member to support colleagues;
6. Oversee and work closely with LSAs, setting out tasks appropriate to the assistant's role and ability; supervise the work of support staff, students and voluntary helpers as required;
7. Ensure that the learning spaces provide a welcoming and stimulating environment to pupils and adults. Classrooms will be vibrant, well organised and serviceable. Work should be attractively displayed and be clearly and appropriately labelled;
8. Make effective use of PPA time to raise standards;
9. Lead assemblies as required;
10. Play an active role in the full life of the school.

Specific Responsibilities
Class / Subject Teacher:
1. Teach the designated class / subject group(s), implementing agreed planning, assessment and target setting; work with others to provide Curriculum Enrichment for students.
2. Plan students’ work to provide an inclusive and personalised curriculum which meets the needs of the children, including those with Special Needs and those who are Able, Gifted and Talented;
3. Carry out regular assessment, recording, monitoring and record keeping according to school policies, maintain appropriate records which monitor the progress of the students; mark students’ work regularly in accordance with the school’s marking policy;
4. Develop home-school links with parents/guardians of students in the class / subject group(s);
5. Complete termly and half-termly assessment records for the class / subject group(s), using the school’s systems, including preparation of Student Progress Reports for presentation to the Principal, Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body, as appropriate;
6. Complete student reports for presentation to parents / guardians (academic report and the achievement, effort and social report); meet students’ parents at parent evenings, 3 times per year;
7. Manage and monitor the work of other adults in the classroom (including volunteers);
8. Liaise closely with the SENCo regarding the learning needs of students;
9. Liaise closely with the Designated Teacher for Safeguarding regarding students’ welfare needs.

Commitment to safeguarding

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

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About Castle Manor Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
732 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

School location

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