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  • Closing date

    20 March 2023 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    10 February 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Working pattern

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.

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.

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About Nova Hreod Academy

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

School location

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