Director of Science, Technology and Engineering
Wimbledon High School
Wimbledon
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018 or earlier start
- Apply by:
- 28 November 2017
Job overview
Opportunity to play a pivotal role in the development of Science, Technology and Engineering at our successful and dynamic school in Wimbledon, where STEM subjects are popular and results are excellent.
As Director of Science, Technology and Engineering, you will have overall responsibility for the professional leadership and management of STEM, building on our success, which has seen a quarter of students in 2017 choose to study STEM at university.
You will be responsible for and work with the Heads’ of Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Design & Technology, Computer Science and our Scientists in Residence, ensuring high standards of leadership, teaching and learning and curriculum development, inspiring our girls to think creatively and become outstanding scientists.
With the launch of our brand new STEAM space, the department are actively involved in bringing their various areas of expertise to inspire and encourage our students in all things STEAM, so this is an exciting time to join the team.
If you have leadership skills with considerable Subject Leader or Head of Department experience and teaching experience from KS3-5 and GCSE and A Level we would be delighted to hear from you.
In return, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit
• Free school lunches
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
Further details of the position and the application form are available by clicking the apply button.
The closing date for applications is 9am Tuesday 28 November 2017
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 December 2017
The School reserves the right to commence the interview process at any time prior to the closing date so early application is recommended.
Wimbledon High School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Wimbledon High School
An academically successful school, with meaningful partnerships placing us at the heart of our community, Wimbledon High School is a hub of intellectual activity, fun and laughter.
We are proudly a flagship school of the Girls' Day School Trust, experts in educating girls, from 4 to 18. We like to challenge and inspire our students through an innovative focus on 'play' in our Junior School and 'playful scholarship' in Seniors, which sees us embrace problem-solving, critical and disruptive thinking and creativity in and out of the classroom. It may seem a contradiction but at Wimbledon High we are as serious about play as we are about academic rigour – and indeed, believe that the one cannot exist without the other. A highly selective school, with outstanding results, our students do nine GCSEs and 3 A levels, giving them time and space to explore around, over and above the curriculum. We go off-timetable one afternoon a week for our partnerships work, which sees over 200 visiting pupils get involved in activities and which was noted as a significant strength of the school in our recent ISI inspection.
A vast array of co-curricular clubs and activities allow students to find their thing: passions and interests that they will take with them through life, as on their journey of discovery about themselves, they learn what is important to them. Excellent pastoral care, under our GROW programme, is embedded in everything we do; we teach girls to believe in their own agency and use their voices for good.
Our school aims:
Stepping in: we aim for every girl to feel known, supported, confident and able to shine at Wimbledon High.
Striding out: we aim for every girl to leave us prepared to shape the society in which she lives and works.
We will do this, across the school by:
· Encouraging resilience, independence and kindness
· Nurturing curiosity, scholarship and a sense of wonder
· Promoting excellent teaching and learning
· Running a broad, inspiring co-curricular programme
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