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Trainee Teacher - Science

Nova Hreod Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2NQ

This job expired on 20 March 2023 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  20 March 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 February 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Bursary Options Available

Trainee Teacher - Science job summary

Are you considering a career as a Science Teacher?

Would you like train on the job at one of our Swindon schools and receive a tax-free bursary during your training year?

• Don’t miss the opportunity to complete your PGCE at the top school for progress at GCSE in in Swindon
• Close to the beautiful Cotswolds and within commuting distance of Bristol, Bath, Oxford and Gloucester
• Trainees who specialise in Chemistry or Physics are eligible for a bursary of £27,000
• Trainees who specialise in Biology are eligible for a bursary of £20,000

Nova Hreod Academy and Swindon Academy are part of United Learning - the biggest Multi-Academy Trust in the UK. United Teaching is our Initial Teacher Training scheme. We can offer you more than any single school. Training while you teach, you will learn from the best and share our expertise nationwide. With support from mentors and tutors across the Group, it all adds up to the best start for our children, and your career. Because here, teacher training is a path to senior leadership roles across the country.

United Teaching National SCITT is a bespoke teacher training course, run in partnership with a top university, who award the Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). The course starts with a two-week ‘summer school’ in August. You will spend your academic year at Swindon Academy or Nova Hreod with additional training one afternoon each week at the lead school. You will complete a second placement at the partner Cluster School and attend up to three ‘conferences’. Assessment will continue throughout the course, based on your classroom experience and achievement measured against Teaching Standards, while your academic study will comprise of two academic assignments.

We are looking for candidates who:

• Are passionate about their subject
• Have been awarded or are on track to achieve a 2:1 Degree. (Negotiable in exceptional cases)
• Have experience working with children (not essential)
• Are committed to working as part of a team
• Are highly organised
• Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

We offer:

• Unique and inspirational environments to work in
• School buildings that are only 15 years old with beautiful school grounds
• Professional and collaborative schools with a commitment to continued professional development
• Enthusiastic and well-behaved children with a love of learning
• The opportunity to join a strong staff team, where our values are integral to all we do
• A happy place to work!

This in an outstanding opportunity to complete your training at a successful, and rapidly improving academy. In our Cluster we are driven by a forward-thinking philosophy and a vibrant, positive culture. In a friendly and welcoming school with supportive colleagues, you'll be able to make a real impact on our academy, and on the lives of our children.

Why choose us

We can offer you a school where we are proud to teach a knowledge-rich curriculum and you will receive excellent CPD to develop your subject pedagogy and classroom management. You will have access to collaboratively planned schemes of work and lesson resources. We guarantee disruption free learning in EVERY lesson. We have a highly supportive and hands-on SLT who take responsibility for creating a calm and respectful ethos.

We have a dedicated team of non-teaching pastoral and SEN staff work with SLT and teachers to support pupils and this enables us to have a 98% record of homework completion with centralised detentions for non-completion. We also have an amazing varied extra-curricular programme which helps our students grow and develop into rounded individuals.

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About Nova Hreod Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 898 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Nova Hreod Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nova-hreod-academy (opens in new tab)

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