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2 i/c : KS3 Science Curriculum Lead

2 i/c : KS3 Science Curriculum Lead

Kingsdown School

Swindon

  • £25,714 - £41,604 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
Teacher Salary and TLR2.2 £4784 (plus Recruitment Point of £2000)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
10 October 2022

Job overview

Start date: As soon as possible

Closing date: 10th October 2022, 8.00am

Shortlisting date: 10th October 2022

Interview Date: 19th October 2022

Salary Range: Teacher salary and TLR2.2 £4784 (plus Recruitment Point of £2000)

Kingsdown School has much to offer and we are at an exceptionally exciting stage in our Road to RIO - Requires Improvement to Outstanding.  

We are looking for a well-qualified, ambitious and outstanding teacher to join our Science team and also be part of our middle leadership team. If you are an ECT with leadership potential, we are keen to hear from you too.

A £2,000 recruitment incentive (R&R) payment for successful candidates applying directly to RLT for this role, is payable after a qualifying period of two full terms in this role. This includes a 2-year retention period. Please see our attached information sheet for more details.

Kingsdown is a dynamic school. It is transforming the life chances of our students, a community and our town. Our teams have been exceptional and continue to champion each and every student. Our students have been brilliant too - they have come on this journey with us - as have their parents. They have all modelled our Kingsdown BEATs. Kingsdown in Swindon is now regarded as the “school of choice”.

We are looking for an intelligent, hardworking, creative, ambitious and well researched professional who will never back away from a challenge, who is not afraid of hard work and who loves identifying and removing barriers and thereby making a difference. We are looking for someone who is to learn and be part of a team.  

Our school is part of the River Learning Trust; our collective vision is to be a Trust where pupils and staff thrive in schools which demonstrate:

• all-round education, academic success, lifelong learning and strength of character

• sustainable continuous improvement; no school standing still

• all schools being good and outstanding, or improving rapidly

• collaboration that is raising standards, and reducing workload

• where pupils, staff, parents and communities value all we do to support the best possible outcomes and experiences for our children and young people

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children. 

Where next? If you:

● believe that all students can achieve regardless of their background and postcode

● enjoy the challenge and reward of taking a school from Good to World Class,

● feel that you have the skills and qualities to accelerate student progress, aspirations and self-belief, and

● are truly committed to making a difference especially in Swindon and SN2

…. then this role could be ideal for you and we would very much like to hear from you and talk more. We will be interviewing on 19th October and the closing date for your online application is 10th October at 8am. Shortlisting is on 10th October.

The River Learning Trust and Kingsdown School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. All staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The River Learning Trust are required to conduct online searches about you as part of their shortlisting process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. By applying for this role, you acknowledge that such searches will be conducted as part of the shortlisting process. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (one from current/latest employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role. The River Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. You should contact the school if you are unsure if this role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation and the Kingsdown School Child Protection Policy please see links in the attached job information pack.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. For further guidance for applicants click on the link in the attached job information pack.

Our staff are expected to maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by not undermining fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

Please view the attached job information pack for details of the benefits the Trust offers to its employees. 

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About Kingsdown School

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  • Kingsdown School
  • Hyde Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon
  • Wiltshire
  • SN2 7SH
  • United Kingdom
+44 1793 822284

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Kingsdown is a mixed 11–16 Secondary School located in Stratton St Margaret, Swindon. It offers a vibrant learning environment, one in which its students take great pride in both their learning, their behaviour and their individual aspirations. Our teachers combine a high level of academic expertise with excellent teaching skills and a real and deep concern for the wellbeing of each and every student. Taken together, these allow us to recruit and retain the very best colleagues.

Our vision for Kingsdown School is to become “a School of Excellence bursting with Pride and Ambition”. To achieve this our Mission Statement is that we “Champion each and every student”.

Three Strategic Priorities underpin our school improvement work. These are that we will:

  • Know our students
  • Teach our students well
  • Have high expectations in all we do

As leaders of Kingsdown School we share an unshakable belief in all our students and in all our staff. And unanimously, we believe in the importance and power of the highest quality education to which everyone has the right and which we are determined to deliver.

The principles of both our School and the RLT are a commitment to:

  • Excellence – striving for the best possible educational experience
  • Everyone learning – creating and taking every opportunity to enhance lives
  • Respectful relationships – acting with care, integrity and fairness in all we do

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