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Director of Learning / Head of Science

Director of Learning / Head of Science

Oldbury Wells School

Shropshire

Salary:
MPS / UPS + TLR 1B
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2017
Apply by:
6 February 2017

Job overview

Closing date: 9am, Monday, 6 February 2017

Start date: September 2017 (or Easter 2017)

We are an oversubscribed, expanding school, rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted and ranked second in the 2016 Shropshire League Tables. We are seeking to employ a Head of Science to lead our established, expert and fully staffed Science team.

The new post holder will join a strong school with ambitions for improving our Ofsted rating from ‘Good’ to ‘Outstanding’. Applications will be welcomed from Science specialists from any Science discipline. Ideally, candidates will have led an area of responsibility within Science or elsewhere and be ready for a wider role. Post holders will be supported by coaching from an experienced senior colleague.

Oldbury Wells is a flourishing academy, the founding school of the Bridgnorth Area Schools’ Trust. At present our Trust runs two schools which are local to each other. Our Trust is committed to supporting local education and enjoys strong partnership arrangements with all local primary schools. We are a comprehensive school with students across the whole ability range.

We have a very good track record in terms of examination results with excellent Progress 8, Attainment 8 and VA scores. We are in a position of strength as a school, with our students successful across the range of groups and across the full range of subjects. Oldbury Wells School also has an established and flourishing Sixth Form including four Science qualifications. We are able to offer candidates opportunities to teach in Sixth Form where appropriate.

We are located just 20 minutes from the West Midlands conurbation where we enjoy a small town location in Bridgnorth within easy reach of the Birmingham and Telford areas. We have enjoyed stability of staffing and are recruiting due to expansion to our currently fully staffed school.

Oldbury Wells School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and therefore expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Further details of these vacancies can be downloaded from our website, www.oldburywells.co.uk/page/266/vacancies.

Alternatively please telephone 01746 760509 or e-mail sherrington.f@oldburywells.co.uk. Completed forms should be returned to Mrs Frances Sherrington, PA to the Headteacher, by 9am on Monday, 6 February 2017. Mrs Sherrington can also arrange visits to the school.

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About Oldbury Wells School

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Oldbury Wells School is a co-educational secondary academy with sixth form located in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. The academy currently accommodates 900 students aged 11-18.

Oldbury Wells is the founder of TrustEd Schools' Partnership (formerly Bridgnorth Area Schools' Trust), a coalition of six Shropshire schools formed in 2015, when Oldbury Wells School was granted academy status.

Headteacher

Lee Tristham

Values and vision

Oldbury Wells School places an emphasis on teamwork, with cooperation between students and teachers a top priority. The academy values hard-working and unrelentingly motivated teachers and hopes to ensure every member of staff can be a role model to pupils.

The secondary school hopes to deliver a engaging and stimulating curriculum that enables students to achieve their potential. Oldbury Wells has received specialist status in science on two occasions, and features eight modern science laboratories.

Ofsted report

“Teachers carefully plan varied activities that take account of students’ earlier learning and individual needs. Students are often given opportunities to decide their own starting point or level of challenge. Challenging extension tasks are used well to require more able students to think more deeply. Teachers carefully target questions, give students thinking time before requiring an answer and support them in articulating more complex answers."

Read Oldbury Wells School’s latest Ofsted report

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