Biology Teacher
Headington School
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2016
Job overview
Headington is a vibrant and welcoming school set in 23 acres of playing fields and grounds on the outskirts of Oxford. In an environment where individuals come first, Headington is renowned for its commitment to academic excellence, pastoral support and an impressive range of extra-curricular opportunities.
Our thriving and successful Biology Department is seeking a well qualified and innovative teacher of Biology. An ability to teach A Level and/or IB will be an advantage. Science thrives at Headington and many girls go onto Medicine and STEM careers. Our Biology department benefits from well resourced laboratories, dedicated technicians and full IT support. The role would suit somebody entering the profession or a more experienced teacher.
For a suitable candidate single accommodation may be available in return for a contribution to the life of the boarding community.
If you are interested in applying for this position please refer to our website: www.headington.org for a job specification and application form. Please send your completed application form and covering letter to recruitment@headington.org
Closing date for applications: 22nd February 2016
Interviews will take place during the week beginning 29th February 2016
Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and be prepared to undergo a DBS check.
Headington school is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Registered Charity No. 309678
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About Headington School
- Headington School
- Headington Road, Headington, Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX3 7TD
- United Kingdom
Headington is a leading day and boarding school for girls aged 3-18, set in a green 23-acre site located a mile from Oxford city centre.
It is a place where girls are given the opportunities to grow and develop their strengths and talents, whatever they may be, partnering academic excellence with superlative pastoral care and extra-curricular activities. While academically selective, girls are selected on potential and many achieve far beyond their predictions on entry. The focus is on providing a well-rounded education, with fantastic teaching and learning complemented by exciting, inspiring and challenging opportunities outside the classroom, and ensuring girls are ready for their future, whatever it may hold.
Headington’s results regularly place it among the top schools in the country at GCSE and A Level. The School offers an extremely broad curriculum, with over 20 subjects to choose from at GCSE and a choice of nearly 30 subjects in the Sixth Form. Girls benefit from proximity to Oxford’s two universities with a wide-ranging programme of speakers, lectures and visits involving experts and specialists from Oxford and Oxford Brookes.
Around 150 different extra-curricular activities are on offer each week, featuring academic enrichment, creative arts, sport, dance, performing arts and leadership and enrichment.
The School is rated excellent in all areas by the Independent Schools Inspectorate. The School, which has over 1,000 pupils across the prep and senior schools, has a thoroughly international and culturally diverse outlook, with more than 45 different nationalities represented. Around one in four of the 800 Senior School girls board and there are opportunities for staff to become involved in the boarding life of the School alongside their day to day roles.
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