Biology Laboratory Technician
Queen Mary's Grammar School
Walsall
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- NJC, SCP 5 - 6. FTE: £19,650 – 20,043, Actual: £17,690 – 18,044
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 11 July 2022
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and efficient Biology Lab Technician to join our busy and well-resourced department. Our Biology Department and the wider sciences of the school consist of hard working and diligent staff, operating within a collaborative ethos.
We welcome applications from enthusiastic candidates to join our Science team. The successful candidate will be able to liaise effectively with both pupils and staff and be willing to work flexibly within the school environment bringing their own expertise and knowledge to enhance the learning experience at our school.
If you wish to learn more about the school and this post, please get in touch via:
s-sahota@qmgs.walsall.sch.uk
Applications should be made using the QMGS Associate application form including a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 in which you should set out how your experience and expertise match the requirements of the role. Please provide 2 referees on your application. . Completed applications should be submitted to s-sahota@qmgs.walsall.sch.uk
Closing date: Monday 11 July – 9:00am
Interviews: W/C 11 July 2022
Queen Mary’s Grammar school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
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About Queen Mary's Grammar School
Queen Mary’s Grammar School is an invigorating and rewarding place to work: the pupils are intelligent and committed to study; the staff are friendly and forward looking. It is far more than just a place of work – it is a thriving community, proud of its past and confident of its future. In November 2008, it was recognised as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.
There are currently nearly 1150 pupils on roll, including 422 in the Sixth Form. The School has an outstanding academic record and regularly features in the upper reaches of the national league tables. In 2019, 76% of GCSE grades were 7-9 (A*/A) and 62% of A Level grades were A*, A or B. Our value added scores are particularly impressive (with a Progress 8 score of +0.76 in 2019); we do not rest on our laurels, but encourage all our pupils to take up the challenge of realising their full potential.
In June 2011, the School converted to Academy status and we have undertaken a series of exciting building projects over the past 8 years, including a new Sixth Form Centre, Science labs and a Humanities wing, music and PE refurbishments, as well as a new dining room and reception. We were a founding member of the Mercian Multi Academy Trust (along with five other schools) in January 2018. Over the past year, we completed projects to add additional capacity through the building of extra science rooms and improving Design Technology and Art facilities.
The School encourages an enterprising and international outlook: we have enjoyed trips, expeditions and exchanges all over the world in recent years and have many successes in national competitions but also carry out a wide range of vibrant and formative trips and experiences closer to home such as theatre visits, visiting speakers and the mental health ambassadors programme. In fact, we are incredibly proud to appear in Ross Morrison McGill’s new book Just Great Teaching, showcasing our mental health work with staff and pupils.
We want our own pupils to lead happy and fulfilled lives. Learning here is not just about passing exams, but about enjoying the life of the mind. We also encourage all our pupils to take part in a wide range of enrichment activities in sport, drama and music, in the Combined Cadet Force and at our Field Centre on the Afon Mawddach in Southern Snowdonia. We have just been named in the Top 100 cricket schools by the Cricketer magazine for the second year in succession.
You will notice a relaxed working atmosphere as you walk round the school. Our pupils come from diverse backgrounds, but they all thrive on the sense of support, encouragement and care that characterises Queen Mary’s.
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