Associate Assistant Headteacher - Science

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated, enthusiastic and experienced qualified teacher to provide strategic leadership for a strong and hardworking Department and be accountable for the quality of teaching, learning and educational outcomes achieved in this area.

The successful individual will have:

Substantial, recent and successful experience of teaching Science in Key Stage 3 and 4.

Ability to monitor, evaluate and develop teaching and learning throughout the Department.

Passionate about teaching and learning, with experience of developing colleagues in this area.

Effective and sensitive communication skills to a range of audiences.

The ability to lead, develop, share and realise strategic plans for the department.

High expectations of students and colleagues.

At DSLV we view our staff as our most precious resource in ensuring all students are successful and leave our academy as well-rounded individuals. We are committed to providing excellent CPD for Aspiring Leaders and offer the accredited National Professional Qualifications to aspiring leaders within our staff.  For all new staff we offer a supportive induction programme.  The successful candidate will also have access to a CPD programme within the region and across the Trust.

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 situation we are not arranging visits to the school prior to interview

How to apply

The closing date for applications is: Tuesday 25th May at 4pm

Interviews: Friday 28th May 2021

The Science Department

The Science Department are committed to constantly evaluating and improving our curriculum offer while ensuring high quality teaching and learning in a calm, stimulating and purposeful environment.

We believe that education should be centred around the students as much as possible. All students have the ability to learn and should be offered a high-quality education that will enable them to reach their aspirations. We advocate for a holistic approach where students curiosity and passion for science is promoted. We have high expectations of our students in terms of behaviour, attitude and effort.

The department has grown and stabilised over the last 3 years into a warm, welcoming and happy team that currently consists of 9 teachers and 2 technicians. Relationships are important and we pride ourselves on supporting one another and have recently moved to co-planning to reduce workload. 

The department has teaching laboratories on D floor in the main teaching block and 2 well-resourced prep rooms. We use Lab Logger for all practical requisitions. All staff in the department have a laptop and visualiser and there is also a central Science staff room in the department with a photocopier and kitchen facilities.

The Science Curriculum

The all-through nature of DSLV is pivotal to our curriculum offer.

Our curriculum, which stretches from early years up to a collaborative sixth form, is developed by subject specialists and built around 10 big ideas. These ideas incorporate key threshold points and skills identified within the schemes of learning. These 10 big ideas are:

Forces

Electromagnets

Energy

Waves

Matter

Reactions

Earth and the Universe

Organisms, mind and behaviour

Interdependence

Variation

Teaching of these big ideas uses interleaving so that understanding is consolidated and made robust with the use of detailed curriculum maps that outline the programme of study. We believe in teaching through explicit/direct instruction (Rosenshine and Engelmann) and utilising TLAC 2.0 techniques. We make use of frequent low stake assessments to inform planning as well as cumulative summative assessments.

At GCSE, we offer the AQA Trilogy and Separate Science Qualifications. At A Level, we offer Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science A Levels through our joint Sixth Form with The Parker Academy.

Part of the E-ACT family

We are an E-ACT academy and proud to be part of a community that includes over 18,000 pupils and 2,300 teaching and non-teaching professionals across the country.

E-ACT multi-academy trust is responsible for 29 academies across the length and breadth of England.

Our academies can collaborate and share ideas with one another in ways that schools may not be able to. Most importantly, we all feel part of something much bigger as our responsibilities go far beyond the four walls of a single academy and extend to people and their communities across the country.

We are always on the lookout for dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic people so we can continue to give every one of our pupils the opportunity to explore, solve, create and achieve.

In return we offer the chance to work with amazing people and inspirational pupils, as well as a great salary and sector-leading work-life balance arrangements.

E-ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

E-ACT is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.