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Would you like to teach and discuss science with motivated students who enjoy learning? Would you like to join an extremely successful team of science specialists as they continue to develop and innovate? Would you like the opportunity to teach classes in the Sixth Form?

We seek to appoint a permanent, part-time, teacher of science from September 2024 to join a highly successful and motivated department in an outstanding school. The post is for three or four days per week. We welcome applications from both experienced teachers and ECTs. The successful candidate will have the ability to teach science at Key Stage 3 and preferably Chemistry at Key Stage 4 or 5.

Science is an extremely popular subject at Bexley Grammar School. All students study separate sciences at Key Stage 4 and all three are popular at Key Stage 5. Science is an integral part of our thriving Sixth Form, with many students going on to study Medicine and science-related subjects at university.

Bexley Grammar School is an oversubscribed, high achieving, coeducational selective school, rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in October 2022. With a full complement of subject specialist teachers, a rich curriculum and a wealth of extra-curricular activities, we provide an exciting and enriching educational experience for all and many opportunities for career progression in both the academic and pastoral life of the school.

Further details about the school and an application form are available on the school website (www.bexleygs.co.uk).

Closing date for applications is noon on 15th May 2024.

Bexley Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks, including online public searches. This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

About Bexley Grammar School

Bexley Grammar School
Danson Lane, Welling
Kent
DA16 2BL
United Kingdom

+44 20 8304 8538

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Everyone who visits BGS notices the warmth of the relationships between students and staff in a vibrant community.

Bexley Grammar School is an oversubscribed, high achieving, coeducational selective school, rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in October 2022. We stretch our students with a challenging curriculum including two foreign languages and all three separate sciences at GCSE. We raise aspirations, grow confidence and develop young people into compassionate leaders. Our school motto translates as “to strive for excellence”.

About 50% of our students are non White British and over 20% have a first language other than English as their mother tongue. Although our pupil premium numbers are low compared to national averages they are high compared to other grammar schools and our school deprivation indicator puts us above the 40th percentile for all schools nationally.

We all learn best when we are happy, safe, busy, inspired and valued as individuals; every student is encouraged to choose from a startling array of extra-curricular activities, many of them rooted in our vibrant and competitive house system. These activities help students develop as individuals and as members of teams; they also provide numerous opportunities for leadership. We participate in World Challenge, Young Enterprise, the Jack Petchey Award and numerous other initiatives; our Language Leaders and Sports Leaders work with primary school children; there are clubs for everything from cheerleading to chess or from STEM club to Archery and if something is missing, students are encouraged and supported to start it.

There is a full programme of sports fixtures, concerts and plays during the year, an art exhibition and the annual musical production of near West End quality. A typical academic year clocks up about seventy day visits run by all subject areas in addition to a wide range of residential trips both in the UK and all over the world - typically 20 overseas trips in a given academic year.

Most students continue into our thriving Sixth Form, which plays a key role in leading the rest of the student body. All students follow the International Baccalaureate (IB) in the Sixth Form. The IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a full and well-balanced course which develops independence and depth of learning while nurturing the personal qualities needed for success at university and in a career. Our IB students gain places at top universities, including the highest rate of Oxford and Cambridge entry of any school in the London Borough of Bexley.

Please see the school website for more information about our lively community.

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