Teacher of Biology (Fixed Term Cover to 31 August 2025)

Teacher of Biology

Start Date: 22 August 2024

Part Time Fixed Term to 31 August 2025 0.545 FTE

Sixth Form College Teacher Pay Scale NSP1 to NSP9 £30,500 to £47,133

Actual Salary £16,622 to £25,687 pro rata per annum

Closing Date for Applications: 9am Monday 13 May 2024

Interviews to be held: Thursday 23 May 2024

The opportunity

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational individual to our strong and successful team. The college prides itself on having supportive, reflective, creative and ambitious staff who work to achieve the best outcomes for students, and the Curriculum Area is particularly passionate about developing skills and raising aspirations among its students. We believe all our people, whether students or staff, can offer valuable feedback and support a culture of continuous development, and we are seeking an individual who shares these values.

The person

We would welcome applications from candidates of all levels of experience and expertise. Fundamentally, we are looking for someone with the right attitude, values and mind set to contribute to the team and inspire students to be successful, regardless of experience or specialism. We want staff who bring their genuine self to everything they do and want to be involved in every aspect of college life. We are seeking a teacher whose ambition for those around them is unlimited and whose support is unconditional.

The responsibilities

The successful candidate will be required to teach A level Biology and it would be highly desirable to be able to contribute to the teaching of one or more of the other courses offered by the department: BTEC Level 3 Applied Science, BTEC Level 2 Applied Science or Level 3 Diploma in Medical Science. Teachers in the faculty are expected to be able to contribute to the teaching of more than one course.

There are currently approximately 150 students taking A level Biology. The successful applicant will be teaching classes in both year 1 and year 2. Students follow the OCR Biology A specification. Applied Science and Medical Science are very successful courses with approximately 120 students in total, many of whom going on to a wide range of science-based destinations.

The Science Faculty is well resourced and has six modern laboratories, two of which are specialist Biology laboratories with electronic white boards. These rooms are linked to a biology prep. room and staff work area. Applied General classes are able to use a lab which has a class set of computers.

You will join Biology specialists, along with a wider Science team, including Chemistry, Physics, Applied Science and Health and Social Care specialists, who work together to deliver the courses. There is a specialist Biology technician who works with other Science technicians.

Further details on the courses offered at the college can be found below, and further questions can be answered on request.

Biology - King Edward VI College (ke6n.ac.uk)

The College

King Edward VI College (KE6) is an exciting high performing Sixth Form College being the founding member of Better Futures Multi-Academy Trust Limited, which includes Bilborough Sixth Form College, Gateway Sixth Form College and sponsored by Coventry University BFMAT – Better Futures Multi-Academy Trust.

This is an exciting time to join us as we develop partnership links across the education sector. We would particularly welcome individuals with ideas about how collaboration between other areas within the college, and our partner colleges in the MAT, could be developed for the benefit of our students and staff.

 The college has approximately 1400+ students and 140+ staff and is growing.

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