Lead Practitioner (Chemistry) with Whole School Responsibility
Abbey College, Ramsey
Ramsey, Cambridgeshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- L1-5
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter 2019 or earlier
- Apply by:
- 23 November 2018
Job overview
JOB TITLE: Lead Practitioner (Chemistry) with Whole School Responsibility
Salary: L1-5
Start Date: Easter
Are you HIP: Humble, Intuitive and Passionate?
Here at Abbey College, we are keen to employ the ideal team player who aspires to be HIP. We are seeking an outstanding, enthusiastic and innovative individual to join our friendly and forward thinking team of staff. We are looking for an inspirational practitioner with an absolute commitment to leading by example, and who enjoys getting the best out of young people.
We have a supportive and experienced Senior Leadership Team and all staff here are truly fantastic. We will invest in making you a great leader and our leading-edge professional development makes this a very exciting time to join our school. Our College vision is to ‘raise aspirations and challenge mindsets’. We strive to provide equal learning opportunities within a broad and balanced curriculum for all students regardless of ability, background or culture.
Abbey College is a secondary school with Academy status set in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, just 20 minutes from Peterborough and 40 minutes from Cambridge. It was established in 2006 following the merger of a middle and upper school in the town and it occupies the same stunningly beautiful historic grounds dating back to 1656.
Closing date: 23rd November 2018
Interviews: To be advised
For an informal discussion or visit in the first instance please contact Sally Riordan at Abbey College on
Sally.Riordan@abbeycollege.cambs.sch.uk
Further details and a teaching application pack are available on our website www.abbeycollege.cambs.sch.uk
Please send completed application packs to Teresa Holland, Human Resources Administrator at Abbey College Teresa.Holland@abbeycollege.cambs.sch.uk
Abbey College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure via the DBS which meets the requirements of the College and evidence of the right to work in the UK.
Abbey College, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, Cambs PE26 1DG
Headteacher: Andy Christoforou BEng, MSc
About Abbey College, Ramsey
Abbey College, Ramsey is located in a small market town, almost half way between Huntingdon and Peterborough and within easy reach of Cambridge and London. The College is set within extensive, historic and beautiful grounds close to the Parish Church of St Thomas A Becket. The College is a large 11-18 school with a catchment which extends over a wide rural area.
There are approximately 1090 students on role, including a sixth form of 120. We currently have around 70 members of teaching staff with an additional support team of over 75 members of staff.
We have high aspirations as a College as our 2016 results showed. Our A level and BTEC results placed us the sixth best in Cambridgeshire, outdoing many private schools, and our GCSE results were our highest ever, with a progress 8 figure of 0.21. We are also oversubscribed for the second year in a row this year by over 40% and our attendance is 2% higher than the national averages.
Our College ethos is to ‘Aspire and Challenge’, which means that the College strives to provide strong equal learning opportunities within a broad and balanced curriculum for all students regardless of ability, background or culture. Our values include Being polite, being Equipped for learning, Sticking to and completing the most challenging of tasks and being Tolerant, which we remember as BEST. Our motto is to: ‘challenge mind-sets and raising aspirations’.
At Abbey College we see staff well-being as a top priority and we are committed to ensuring our staff are always developing and growing. We have a full and extensive programme of CPD activities throughout the year and regularly share good practice. We have also introduced an employee of the month scheme to recognise members of staff who go above and beyond.
For more information about the day to day life and the successes happening at the College, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RamseyAbbeyCollege. Or alternatively, if you would like to visit the College please ring the office on 01487 812352 to arrange a convenient time.
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