Head of Chemistry
Tonbridge School
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- Highly Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 29 January 2018
Job overview
An outstanding graduate, with great vision and energy, is required for September 2018 to lead the Chemistry Department and to teach the subject throughout the school. The position would suit an existing Head of Department or an ambitious and highly successful teacher looking for a leadership role.
Tonbridge is a high achieving selective secondary school, with a strong boarding culture. A significant number of boys will choose to study chemistry and related subjects at university each year. The Science Department is currently housed in a very well equipped temporary facility and will move to the state-of-the-art science Centre at the beginning of 2019.
As well as a highly competitive salary the school will offer suitable accommodation to the successful candidate, if they do not already live in the vicinity of the school.
A willingness to contribute to the wider co-curricular and pastoral life of the school will be expected.
Applications should be received by 5.00pm on Monday, 29th January 2018
Further details and an application form can be found on the School's website www.tonbridge-school.co.uk/contact-us/employment-opportunities
About Tonbridge School
Tonbridge is one of the leading boys’ boarding and day schools in the UK and is highly respected, both here and internationally, for providing a world-class education. It occupies an extensive site of 150 acres in Kent – just a 40-minute train journey from London Charing Cross. There are some 800 boys in seven Boarding Houses and five Day Houses. One of the key strengths of Tonbridge is that it blends tradition and innovation successfully, with high achieving boys wearing their gifts lightly.
The School is renowned for its excellent teaching and for academic achievement. Each year exam results at GCSE and A-level are outstanding, with boys progressing to leading universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Russell Group institutions: the large majority securing their first-choice destination. Tonbridge leavers have also recently gained places (and scholarships) at top US institutions including Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dartmouth, Northeastern and UC Berkeley and, worldwide, at universities in Austria, Australia, Canada, China and Hong Kong.
In the latest Sunday Times ‘Parent Power’ league table, published in December 2022, Tonbridge was the 8th highest ranking independent school in the country, and the top boys boarding school.
Pastoral care is based around an outstanding House system. Strong and positive relationships between boys, staff and parents are central to its success, and the School strives to ensure that each pupil, whether a boarder or a day boy, feels fully at home and well supported. Tonbridge was the first school in the UK to put mindfulness on the curriculum for all Year 10 pupils. There is also a vibrant programme of Co-Curricular breadth and depth, with a wide range of societies covering everything from Beekeeping to Ultimate Frisbee. The School has a strong commitment to widening access and is striving towards doubling the number of boys who receive means-tested fee assistance to be 80 to 100 boys by 2028.
Tonbridge encourages its students to make connections – connections between academic subjects, between different sports and activities, between people, between cultures: with the aim of producing fine minds and good hearts. The School’s ethos is summed up in just two words: ‘Only Connect’.
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