Lead Practitioner with Responsibility for Science
Royal Docks Academy
Newham
- £56,099 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Starting on Point 1 of the Leadership Scales - (salary can be negotiable depending on experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01 September 2024
- Apply by:
- 31 May 2024
Job overview
oyal Docks Academy is a purpose built, mixed, comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 16. There are 861 pupils currently on the school roll. The school’s facilities are exceptional and a wonderful place for young people to learn and grow and also for teaching and support staff to work and learn in. Royal Docks Academy serves the diverse community of Newham, which, was the main host London borough to The Olympic Games in 2012. The pupil population is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural. It is also a fully inclusive school with a dedicated department for pupils who have profound, severe and multiple learning difficulties. We have a specialist PMLD team of teachers and support staff.
Our Trust
The mission of our Trust is to run a community of schools which provide an outstanding education for every individual attending a Trust school. Our schools will be places of aspiration, where individuals matter and confidence flourishes so that achievement for all is outstanding.
Purpose of the Job:
This is an ideal opportunity for a teacher with a passion for raising attainment and expectations. We are looking for a Lead Practitioner to develop and implement Teaching and Learning initiatives and strategies within the Science department and throughout the school, which raises the teaching practice of all members of staff and therefore raises student standards and progress. To be a model of excellent practice, maintaining a clear focus on outstanding delivery to learners ensuring a centre of best practice and excellence. The successful candidate will work alongside our current Lead Practitioner in Science, our Head of Faculty and our great team of Science teachers.
Some Specific Responsibilities
• To enable staff to plan high quality learning activities for Science across the Academy.
• To create and lead the Academy’s ‘Science teaching & learning team’ to ensure outstanding progress.
• To monitor and evaluate the quality of learning for Science for students.
• To create a classroom environment that facilitates research and independent learning.
• Contribute to the internal CPD programme for Science and the wider Academy.
If this role sounds right for you, we look forward to receiving your application. Early application is encouraged.
For further information on the role please see the attached Job Description.
Attached documents
About Royal Docks Academy
Royal Docks Academy is a school driven by aspiration for our students and the community in which they live.
Through changes to leadership, our curriculum and structures, the school has undergone a great transformation and continues to make rapid improvements.
Our intention is to shape each child’s journey to ensure they leave school as a Royal Docks graduate.
We help our students to know where they want to go in life and how they will get there.
Within our curriculum, wellbeing and careers guidance is inter-linked. We foster respect, independence and morality.
Our students have high expectations of themselves and of us.
There are consistent and fair systems in place which create and sustain excellent behaviour.
Our students feel safe in school.
The inclusive nature of our school ensures all students are given the opportunity to reach their potential - shown with rapidly increasing exam results - through challenge within the curriculum and in lessons.
There is a broad and balanced curriculum which encourages students to deepen their knowledge and to improve key skills.
Each subject area promotes curiosity and gives a rich knowledge based on the best that humans have thought and said, discovered and created.
Teachers specialise in the subjects they teach and are passionate about the achievement of every student.
We recognise that all students do not learn in the same way.
To support each one of our students to reach their potential, we provide literacy and maths intervention sessions, nurture groupings, excellent SEN support, as well as a resourced provision for those with profound and multiple learning difficulties.
There is also specialised support for students with English as an additional language.
We offer three language choices within the curriculum and additional qualifications for those with a first language which is not English.
Our extra-curricular offer is diverse and wide ranging, capturing the interests and hobbies of our students.
The school is in the heart of the community – close to the centre of London.
We are lucky to have a large, modern, purpose-built school with excellent facilities.
The school is spacious and allows students to walk from lesson to lesson in a calm and safe atmosphere.
We have a very large outside area which is used from early morning until the evening.
The Astroturf is of a very high quality and space outside allows students freedom and security during recreational times.
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