Teacher of Biology
The Camden School for Girls
Camden
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- December 2017
- Apply by:
- 17 November 2017
Job overview
CAMDEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Frances Mary Buss Foundation
Headteacher: Elizabeth Kitcatt
Sandall Road, London NW5 2DB
T: 020 7485 3414 E: csg@csg.school
W: www.camdengirls.camden.sch.uk
Roll: 1034 (450 in mixed Sixth Form)
MPS UPS – FTE 0.8
Teacher of Biology (Temporary - Maternity Cover)
Required for December 2017 for a maternity cover, a well-qualified, enthusiastic teacher of Biology to join our thriving and successful Science department. Candidates should specify their qualifications and experience in the teaching of Biology in Key Stages 3, 4 + 5.
Camden is a successful and oversubscribed inner London comprehensive secondary school. We have been identified in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 by government ministers as one of the top 100 schools in the country. The school has also been described as “outstanding” by Ofsted.
Camden School for Girls is committed to safeguarding students. Appointed staff require an Enhanced Disclosure through the DBS.
Application forms and details about the school and department are available on request or on our website. Completed application forms to be returned to the headteacher’s office at csg@csg.school.
The closing date for applications is 17th November 2017
Interviews will take place w/c 20th November 2017
Start Date: anticipated to be 2nd January 2018
Requirements
Job description:
The following duties and responsibilities of all teaching members of the Science department are in addition to the standard scale job descriptions for all teachers at Camden School for Girls.
- Teaching Science to students in Years 7 to 9
- Teaching AQA combined Science GCSE in Year 10 and in Year 11
- Teaching your specialist subject to KS5 students
- Planning and preparing courses and lessons, including contributing to the work of the department by writing, reviewing and updating schemes of work
- Updating module tests and revision materials for particular modules or topics
- Taking responsibility for the resources for particular modules or topics
- Taking responsibility for students’ health and safety in your lessons as set out in the department’s health and safety policy
- Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of students in line with the department’s assessment policy
Our criteria for selection will be evidence of:
- Good honours or Biology graduate (or Biology related degree) with a qualification to teach Science at KS3 and KS4 level, and Biology at A- level
- Successful experience of teaching GCSE and A Level Biology in a comprehensive school
- Evidence of further study or training
- An understanding of current curriculum issues in Science education
- The ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing
- Sympathy with the aims and ethos of the school An understanding of, and a commitment to carrying out, equal opportunities policies
- A commitment to participate in extra-curricular activities
About The Camden School for Girls
Located in Camden, north-west London, The Camden School for Girls is a single-sex secondary school, offering places to girls aged 11-18. With around 1,000 students, the school has an extremely diverse student intake, reflective of the local community.
First established as a grammar school in 1871, The Camden School for Girls later became a comprehensive. Although the school is girls-only in Years 7-11, the substantial sixth form is co-educational and accepts a large number of its students from other schools in the local area.
Headteacher
Kateryna Law
Values and vision
The Camden School for Girls highly values its comprehensive ethos and does a great deal to ensure that pupils are given the best chance to succeed regardless of academic ability or background. The secondary school offers a wide-ranging curriculum to best accommodate the needs of its students.
As well as its high academic standards, The Camden School for Girls promotes tolerance and acceptance throughout the school, to best reflect the school’s character as a diverse comprehensive.
Ofsted report
"The Camden School for Girls rightly deserves the outstanding reputation it has among parents and in the community. Among the many positive comments written by parents, one typifies what inspectors found: 'This is a wonderful school. I have nothing but praise for the quality of teaching and leadership and am constantly impressed by the inclusive atmosphere: they really do consider every individual's needs, strengths and weaknesses - all in a friendly family environment.'”
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