Biology Teacher
Grey Court School
Richmond upon Thames
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- Salary:
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 24 January 2020
Job overview
TEACHER OF BIOLOGY (KS3 – KS5)
FT September 2020
Grey Court is a very successful and highly oversubscribed academy serving a diverse community in an outstanding environment, situated in the London Borough of Richmond and in close proximity to the beautiful River Thames.
Graded Outstanding by OFSTED (for the second time) in January 2018, the school opened its sixth form in September 2014, with our cohorts of Year 13 students achieving continuously exceptional results in the first 3 years. In 2016 we became part of the Every Child, Every Day Multi Academy Trust and consequently, have further developed extremely strong working relationships with our partner schools. We are very excited about the future and the opportunities the MAT has brought to staff and students alike.
Grey Court is also a successful National Teaching School. Our programmes for teacher and leadership development ensure that all of our staff, from NQT's to senior leadership, have access to nationally recognised development opportunities. The majority of NQTs stay with Grey Court after their training and many teachers progress to leading roles within the school or their own departments.
We are seeking to appoint a highly qualified, motivated and innovative teacher of Biology who will inspire our young people. The post would be suitable for a newly qualified, or experienced teacher with good qualifications and a degree in Biology (or a related field). The successful candidate should set high standards of teaching and learning and have strong skills in differentiating lessons for different abilities. The Science Faculty is a highly collaborative department and would welcome an applicant with strong interpersonal and communications skills.
The Science Faculty currently offers a wide range of opportunities at Key Stage 3, 4 and 5. We run both separate and combined Science options at GCSE. On average over 50% of students complete the separate science course and our results at GCSE level are significantly and consistently above the national average. At KS5 we run a successful Physics course with results in the top 25% of the country. We have also introduced an Applied Science course at KS5 with opportunities for teaching a more vocational style of Physics.
We run many extra-curricular activities throughout each key stage. At KS3 this includes trips to Whipsnade Zoo and the Royal Observatory, whilst at KS4 we take students to Science Live events in central London. At KS5 we run a highly subscribed trip to the world famous Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva which provides valuable experience of cutting edge Physics, Engineering and Computing to all Science students. For A level Biology students we run a biennial field trip, our last one taking our students to Snowdonia. We also run a successful society for our aspiring Medical students, and have strong links with the National Physical Laboratory and Kingston University where both KS4 and KS5 students have the opportunity for work placements.
Biology, and Science in general is a popular and thriving subject at Grey Court School. This vacancy provides an exciting opportunity to work within the well-resourced, state of the art laboratories in a dynamic and highly successful school. With a continually developing Sixth Form and thriving department this role provides the opportunity to share in the continuing development of strong Science provision across the Key Stages at Grey Court School.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All offers of employment will be subject to the successful candidate undertaking an enhanced Criminal Record Check via the Criminal Records Bureau.
Closing Date: Friday 24th January 2020
Interview date: w/c Monday 27th January 2020
For more information about Grey Court School, Job Descriptions and Application Forms please visit our school website or call 020 8948 1173. For an informal discussion please contact Miss Amy Moran (Head of Science) on 020 8948 1173 or email at amoran@greycourt.org.uk.
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About Grey Court School
Grey Court is a popular, thriving and well established oversubscribed secondary school, situated in Ham, Richmond having 1,600 students on record.
Grey Court School is a mixed secondary school serving pupils between the ages of 11-18. Furthermore our Grey Court sixth form provides an outstanding post 16 education which includes A levels and vocational qualifications at BTEC level 3. Our results are consistently amongst the best in state schools in London. Each year we help students secure places at the top universities in the UK, including Oxbridge and other Russell Group universities. We consistently outperform local and national schools in terms of our results, with nearly 50% of all GCSE grades awarded at 7-9 and 38% of all A Levels at A*/ A.
Situated on 22 acres of tree lined grounds, our first class sports facilities include immaculately maintained football and rugby pitches, two sports halls and access to Ham tennis club with its own clubhouse.
Grey Court School was established in 1956 and converted to academy status in 2012. This London secondary school has been rated as outstanding in all areas in March 2013, then in January 2018 and now once again in February 2024.
Headteacher
Mr. Christopher Rhodes
Values and vision
Grey Court School’s main vision is to support and nurture students so that they have the confidence to achieve to a high level regardless of the challenges they may face. The Ham secondary school wants to work in a solid partnership, where staff and parents unite to ensure that students are supported both at school and at home, and are taught the values of honesty, self-reliance and responsibility. It is important to Grey Court School that students are presented with a varied curriculum and it provides facilities to appeal to all. Grey Court School holds a specialist status in Science, Maths and Computing, along with a Sports England accreditation, Healthy Schools status and Artsmark Gold.
Ofsted
Following our latest Ofsted inspection in February 2024 Ofsted concluded that Grey Court “is a school where all pupils flourish and are kept happy and safe”, and that "all pupils experience a high quality of education". This built on the platform of excellence established when our school was judged as outstanding in all categories initially in March 2013 and then again in January 2018.
View Grey Court School’s latest Ofsted report
Teacher Training
Grey Court provides a comprehensive professional development programme for trainee, early career and established teachers. This is further enhanced through our membership of the Wandle Teaching School Hub; an alliance of schools in the London boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth, formed to provide ongoing development for teachers at every stage of their career.
Early Career Teachers
We work closely with the Institute of Education and the Wandle Teaching School Hub to provide a two year training programme for early career teachers (ECTs). This highly structured, in-house programme involves close mentoring, support and encouragement of new teachers, and exceeds the statutory standards of the DfE’s early career framework. Many of our ECTs go on to build successful careers at Grey Court.
Ongoing Teacher Training
We actively encourage staff to continue their professional development. This could be through courses provided by the Wandle Teaching School hub, through our in-house training and learning sessions, or through more formal routes such as the national professional qualifications.
Initial Teacher Training
As part of the Grey Court teaching alliance we co-ordinate placements for trainee teachers in schools across south west London and Surrey. Each year we work closely with universities and the Department for Education (DfE) to place post graduate (PGCE) and School Direct applicants either in our own, or in other local schools.
Training School
As a training school we value the continuous development of our staff and offer a full range of professional training opportunities including in-house and cross-MAT CPD and national leadership programmes.
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