Teacher of Science, with possibility of TLR
St Mark's Church of England Academy, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 1SF3 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
24 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 November 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £38,766.00 - £60,092.00 Annually (FTE) Teachers Inner London Main/UPS, plus TLR2
Teacher of Science, with possibility of TLR job summary
This could not be a more exciting time to lead within the St Mark's family. Following our full graded Ofsted inspection in May 2024, St Mark’s CoE Academy achieved an Outstanding judgment in all areas of the framework. Outcomes at the Academy at Key Stage 4 are in the top 8% of all schools nationally with a Progress 8 Score of +0.71. In 2024 an impressive 68% of all A Levels were awarded A*-B grades, 92% A*-C grades and 30% of students securing a place at a Russell Group University.
Do you have the highest expectations for every member of the school community and believe in transformational education for all, irrespective of starting points and background?
Are you able to win hearts and minds with your inspirational vision for school improvement, underpinned by the school’s inclusive Christian ethos and values, Love, Hope and Trust?
Are you passionate about high-quality teaching and learning and a life changing quality of education in Science?
We are looking to recruit an inspirational teacher of Science (ideally with a Physics background) for a full-time post in a thriving department, to commence January 2025. The candidate will benefit from a well-resourced shared area. Outcomes within the department are in the top 20% of all schools in the country for Progress 8.
We are looking for a value driven educator, who;
Will deliver excellent teaching & learning, embedding the inclusive Christian vision to life through the science curriculum.
Will do everything possible to demonstrate the highest quality of lessons and outcomes
Will support St Mark’s vision of transformation for all, so that every child can realise their God-given potential.
Believes in building strong relationships with our students and who is willing to go above and beyond to allow them.
In return St Mark’s can offer colleagues;
Competitive salaries on Teachers Inner London Pay Range
Pension schemes - TPS (Teachers) and LGPS (Non-Teachers)
CPD certified opportunities - available to all employees, including the Step Lab Powerful Coaching programme
In depth well-being programme, including 'Cake Wednesday', weekly Pilates classes, 'HR Surgery', fruit Friday's.
An inspirational and collaborative culture, where Leadership actively promote staff voice
Trust wider curricular collaboration and development opportunities
Continual opportunities for succession and progression, including secondment opportunities to Middle and Senior leadership
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - providing well-being and confidential advice services
Cycle to Work scheme
Health Shield Scheme
On site staff car park
Free staff lunch offer
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to learn from a strong Head of Department and other specialist teachers within the team.
If you have the skills and enthusiasm to make a significant contribution to our inclusive Christian community, then we would love to hear from you.
Visits are warmly welcomed and can be arranged by email to the HR team.
Successful candidates will transform their practice through our instructional coaching offer. As one of 10 nationally recognised Steplab Hub Schools, staff benefit from this expertly led programme underpinned by cutting-edge research into cognitive science.
St Mark’s Church of England Academy is part of Anthem Schools Trust, a multi-academy trust serving over 8,000 children and young people in 16 schools across the East Midlands, London and the Thames Valley.
The academy’s mission to transform lives extends to our valued staff members. The successful candidate will be nurtured and supported to grow professionally through our bespoke and personalised CPD offer.
Full details of the responsibilities can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification for this post. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted as received and therefore early application is strongly advised. Anthem Trust remains the right to close or extend this advert at any time.
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 St Mark's Church of England Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 880 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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St Mark’s Church of England Academy is a 11-18 Academy based in the South London borough of Merton. The Academy is rapidly improving as demonstrated by its rapid increase in GCSE headline figures. The Academy is a community founded on our key values of Trust, Hope and Love and these values permeate our school community.
The Academy is located on the outskirts of London and is well served by Mitcham Eastfields train station which runs regular services towards Central London and Sutton and Wimbledon.
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