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Teacher of Psychology - 3 days per week

Teacher of Psychology - 3 days per week

Bullers Wood School for Girls

Bromley

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Salary:
Main or Upper Pay Scale
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2019
Apply by:
25 February 2019

Job overview

We are looking to appoint a part time Teacher of Psychology at Bullers Wood School. This post is available in Spetember 2019 and offers an exciting opportunity to join an enthusiastic staff and very supportive department whose members are committed to making a real difference. The school was last fully inspected by Ofsted in May 2011 and we were awarded outstanding. We are very proud of our achieveemnts and for the last 4 years we have been congratulated by the Minister of State for Schools on our achievements at GCSE level placing us in the top 100 for pupils achieving the English Bacalaureate. we have regularly been in the top 10% nationally(out of over 2,500 schools and colleges) for our A level performance assessed by ALPS.

The succesful candidate will join Bullers Wood at an exciting time as September 2018 saw the opening of a new secondary free school, Bullers Wood School for Boys. This coincides withe the establishment of the Bullers Wood Multi Academy Trust leading to opportunities for enhanced professional and career development for colleagues wioking within the Trust.

Overview

The Psychology Department currently consists of a Head of Subject, working alongside one other part-time member of staff, delivering a two-year A Level programme within six 50 minute lessons in year 12 and five 50 minute lessons in year 13. 

Resources for and Teaching of Psychology at Bullers Wood

The Psychology Department follows the AQA specification, with the Aggression, Relationships and Schizophrenia options currently being taught in the second year of the course. 

Psychology is mainly taught in the Sixth Form Centre and is a popular subject, with three teaching groups in year twelve and two groups in year thirteen; although it is anticipated that this will move to three classes in each year group from September. The classrooms are fully equipped with interactive whiteboards, which are used extensively in the delivery of lessons.

The Psychology Department is well resourced and is committed to continuously evolving in its pedagogy. The core texts used are from the Illuminate Publishing series ‘AQA Psychology for A Level’ by Flanagan, Berry, Jarvis and Liddle. The department strongly encourages independent learning and students have access to a range of self-study materials on the VLE to enable them to take responsibility for their own learning journey and to develop to their full potential.  

Psychology is a dynamic and exciting subject and this is reflected in the delivery of the course. The successful candidate will be expected to incorporate a variety of teaching and learning styles into their lessons, employ differentiated activities and use engaging resources in order to maintain outstanding teaching and learning provision of this subject at Bullers Wood School



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About Bullers Wood School for Girls

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Bullers Wood is a highly successful comprehensive 11 – 19 girls’ school with boys admitted to the sixth form. We are significantly oversubscribed, with admissions from over 50 primaries, and enjoy an excellent reputation in the community.

The number on roll is 1587, including 458 students in the mixed sixth form. We serve a very supportive community, and parents/carers have a choice of Bullers Wood as a comprehensive school for girls or selective education within Bromley and other LAs (Bexley, Kent).

The staff at Bullers Wood are friendly, hardworking and conscientious. We actively promote continuing professional development for all staff, in line with the needs of the individual and those of the School. We offer a full and comprehensive induction and ongoing support programme for all new staff. ECTs are allocated a dedicated mentor to support them through their ECT year.

The School is a founder member of the highly regarded Bromley Schools Centred Initial Teacher Training Collegiate which enables our staff to share their expertise and good practice with others. We also train teachers through the Graduate Teacher Programme.

Twenty-two acres of woodland and landscaped grounds surround Bullers Wood House, a mansion with interior design by William Morris and exterior by Ernest Newton – both leading Victorian designers. This makes it unique, creating a high-quality environment and atmosphere which students enjoy and remember.

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