Leader of STEM
St Andrew's C of E High School
West Sussex
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR1a
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2021
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2021
Job overview
Full time position
Permanent contract to start September 2021
Salary: MPS/UPS + TLR (1a £8291)
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Leader of STEM, who will be responsible for the development and implementation of a STEM curriculum. This is a new post at St Andrew’s and the successful candidate will teach Engineering and Design Technology.
St Andrew’s development of STEM is a school priority and is undergoing the first phase of renovation to create state-of-the-art STEM areas with significant investment being made for refurbishment and furnishing this year.
From September, all Key Stage 3 students will have timetabled STEM lessons; aiming to develop student aspirations and skill-sets to enable access to STEM options and careers, and to prepare students to successfully study Engineering or other STEM subjects.
The Leader of STEM will have responsibility for developing a coherent, effective and inspiring approach to the curricular and co-curricular provision of STEM lessons and clubs. The school plans to expand our GCSE option provision from September 2022 to include Engineering and the alignment/modification of the D&T curriculum to support this. STEM classes will be a key focus for the post-holder for the next academic year.
The successful applicant will be responsible for developing and maintaining excellent links with our transition partners, working with our careers lead to promote STEM pathways and have whole-school responsibility for promoting STEM provision across the school.
The Leader of STEM will report to the Head of Faculty for Modern Innovative Technologies (MIT) but will be required to engage with all members of the school to promote, develop and embed the STEM agenda. This is a whole school responsibility, and the position sits as part of the School’s extended leadership team.
This role would be ideal for a current Head of Department or Head of Faculty looking for their next step in professional development.
The ideal candidate will be:
• An experienced engineering/D&T teacher
• Able to motivate and inspire other colleagues from different disciplines
• Have experience developing a high-quality curriculum and teaching resources
• Enthusiastic about working with technology to promote learning outcomes for students
• Passionate about removing barriers to accessing STEM careers and promoting gender equality in this field
Are you a passionate and innovative teacher?
Do you inspire students to be the best they can be? Do you want to help develop a cutting-edge STEM curriculum?
If so, we would love you to be a part of our journey. Further information about both the role and our school can be found in the attached recruitment pack.
Attached documents
About St Andrew's C of E High School
- St Andrew's C of E High School
- Sackville Road, Worthing
- West Sussex
- BN14 8BG
- United Kingdom
St Andrew’s C of E High School is a co-educational CofE secondary school in West Sussex, serving pupils from the age of 11-16, situated in Worthing. With a pan of 180 per year group, St Andrew’s is a small and community centred school in which every child is known and loved. Having been graded Good in all areas by Ofsted in April 2023, the school continues on its rapid journey of improvement and growth.
St Andrew’s is a community school that has love at its core. You see it in the relationships between staff and students; both in the classrooms and the corridors; and in the excellent pastoral care that every student is given. Students and staff alike have described being part of our school community as being like ‘family’; both giving and receiving unrelenting love. Our core Christian values run through all that we do, both in daily life and in strategic development.
We have the highest expectations and aspirations for all members of our community, and accept nothing less than an individual’s best. We recognise that we are all unique, with unique training and developmental needs – and we aim to give every staff member the best CPD to enable them to reach their career goals, no matter what that goal may be.
Our curriculum is broad and balanced, and enables all students to develop a love of learning alongside focusing on their academic rigour. As we continue to grow, our enrichment offer grows with us – learning does not happen only within a classroom, and our extra-curricular offer continues to develop to reflect this.
We are driven to achieving excellence in all areas, with a keen focus on the narrative journey of the curriculum. We firmly believe that every child can achieve excellence, and that every child has the right to an excellent education.
St Andrew’s is a community that continually seeks to improve, and therefore embraces change and new ideas. There is so much impact to be made within our community, and we work hard to put them, our students, first in all that we do.
Headteacher
Mia Lowney
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