Teacher of Science (Physics)
Stamford Welland Academy, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 1HE6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
28 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Physics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS
Teacher of Science (Physics) job summary
| Job Title | Teacher of Science (Physics) |
| School/Academy | Stamford Welland Academy |
| Salary | MPS/UPS |
| Responsible to | Curriculum Lead of Science |
| Role | Class teacher with expert subject knowledge |
| Purpose of job | Deliver high quality teaching and pastoral support to all students |
Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils:
Establish a safe and stimulating environment for pupils, rooted in mutual respect.
Set goals that stretch and challenge pupils of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions.
Demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour which are expected of pupils.
Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils:
Be accountable for pupils’ attainment, progress and outcomes.
Be aware of pupils’ capabilities and their prior knowledge, and plan teaching to build on these.
Guide pupils to reflect on the progress they have made and their emerging needs.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn and how this impacts on teaching.
Encourage pupils to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study.
Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge:
Have a secure knowledge of the relevant subject(s) and curriculum areas, foster and maintain pupils’ interest in the subject, and address misunderstandings.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of developments in the subject and curriculum areas, and promote the value of scholarship.
Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy, articulacy and the correct use of standard English, whatever the teacher’s specialist subject.
If teaching early reading, demonstrate a clear understanding of systematic synthetic phonics.
If teaching early mathematics, demonstrate a clear understanding of appropriate teaching strategies.
Child Protection and Safeguarding
The post holder will have a shared responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people. The post holder also has an implicit duty to promote the welfare of all children and young people.
To inform the Child Protection Officer of any issues relating to the safety and well-being of students.
The post holder will undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade of the post, in consultation with line manager.
This job description is subject to review and may be changed following consultation with the post holder. It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks but sets out the main expectations of the Trust in relation to the post holder’s professional responsibilities and duties.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
All staff will be subject to an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.
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 Stamford Welland Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 583 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Stamford Welland Academy website
Stamford Welland Academy joined the Meridian family of schools in 2014. In September 2021 we were inspected by Ofsted and judged to be ‘Good’ overall where ‘Leaders have high ambitions for what pupils can achieve’.
Stamford has train lines that service Peterborough, Leicester & Cambridge.
We are an ever-expanding secondary school with admissions increasing in every year group each year. The confidence that the community has in our excellent pastoral care and quality of teaching means that we are growing at a rapid rate within the Stamford community.
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