Teacher of Science (with an Aspiring Leader of Learning Scholarship for a suitable candidate)

Teacher of Science

(with an Aspiring Leader of Learning Scholarship for a suitable candidate)

Kingsbury School

TMS/UPS – plus additional £1000 pa (2-year scholarship) for a suitable candidate

Required for September 2024

Full or part time will be considered.

Student learning is at the heart of everything we do at Kingsbury: our vision is to create an innovative learning environment which promotes high standards, celebrates excellence and personal achievement and encourages respect to all, from all, through fostering curiosity in a supportive, co-operative environment. If this resonates with you and you want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated professional to join our science faculty. We are looking for an inspiring and excellent practitioner to join us from September 2024.

We are offering a scholarship package, to develop scientific subject knowledge and understand the pedagogy that underpins the teaching of it through specialist professional development, alongside the teaching post, for a suitable candidate.

You will be both ambitious and passionate about teaching science and bringing out the best from every single one of our students.

The successful applicant will:

• Be both ambitious and passionate about teaching science and bringing out the best from every single one of our students.

• Be an excellent classroom practitioner with a passion for teaching and learning;

• Be able to teach science up to GCSE;

• Chemistry specialist would be desirable but not essential.

• Have delivered strong outcomes across a range of ability levels;

• Have an ability to engage, enthuse and motivate students;

• Have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team;

• Deliver a curriculum that inspires and engages students and provides an aspirational and challenging learning experience;

• Be a committed, highly competent, energised, reflective and resilient individual;

This is an exciting time to join us. We are part of Castle Phoenix Multi Academy Trust which specialises in leadership and is committed to invest in and develop all staff and, most importantly, bring about the best possible outcomes for our students who deserve the very best.

We will play to your strengths and can offer you:

• A programme of training and development for the next stage in your career;

• Well-resourced classrooms and equipment. All staff have an iPad and a laptop. We are passionate about embedding and making best use of technology within our lessons to enhance our curriculum delivery;

• The opportunity to work within a supportive team of diligent and excellent teachers who have a wealth of expertise and experience and where innovation is fostered through faculty centred leadership;

• A range of benefits which includes cycle to work, free parking, an employee discount scheme, a commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through the Trust’s people strategy and well-being committee;

• A strong and effective admin team to enable you to concentrate on your teaching.

You will be joining a school where staff share best practice so that our standard of teaching and support is both high quality and continually developing.

‘Growing confident learners’ by ‘Leading, Learning and Excelling together’

Our Trust specialises in ‘leadership’. Leadership development underpins all our work. We consciously develop leadership capacity at every level, building self -awareness, confidence, and initiative.

Our Leadership Scholarships

• 2-year funded scholarship

• Access to a professional coach or mentor

• Access to a guided programme of leadership training

• The offer of leadership profiling

• Implementing a leadership challenge project

• Participating in a leadership residency in one of our Trust schools

• Provision of an iPad and associated creative learning training

Visits and applications:

Martin Clarke, Headteacher, would be delighted to

meet you and talk about the opportunity, please email

Felicity.Biddle@castlephoenixtrust.org.uk to book a visit.

Closing Date: 9.00am Tuesday 14 May 2024

Interviews: Friday 17 May 2024

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date for applications, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2022.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.