Director of Science
Thistley Hough Academy
Soke on Trent
- Expired
- Salary:
- Negotiable for the right candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2018
- Apply by:
- 30 October 2017
Job overview
Director of Science
Salary Negotiable for the right candidate
Required January 2018
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and influential Head of Science to lead our current department. We are looking for someone who can provide outstanding leadership or quickly develop their leadership to an outstanding level to ensure that learning and progress in all areas within Science continues on an upward trajectory.
This role may ideally suit someone who is looking to make the step into middle leadership or who is looking to build upon their current experience and success at that level.
We will only consider candidates who can evidence a strong track record of success and who have made a significant impact on the lives and education of the children they teach. This will need to be demonstrated in your application and be clearly evident at interview.
What we can offer you:
• An academy making rapid, sustained improvement.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to outstanding professional development.
• Caring and friendly students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
• Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• Opportunities to be creative and to inspire your students.
In return, we are looking for:
• An ‘outstanding’ teacher with strong leadership qualities who is committed to raising standards across Key Stage 3 and 4.
• Someone who shares our moral purpose of ensuring that all of our young people receive the best education possible in a supportive environment from people who care about them.
• Someone who is resilient, dynamic and passionate about improving the life chances of all children in our community.
If you possess these qualities and share the academy’s vision, then we will be delighted to hear from you.
Letters of application should be written to the Person Specification and should outline the skills and experiences that you could bring to make a difference at our academy. They should be no more than 2 sides of A4 paper and written in Arial font size 12. A standard Application Form must also be completed which can accessed on the school website: www.thistleyhough.org.uk and returned via email to julie.evans@thistleyhough.org.uk
Closing date: Monday 30th October 2017, 9.00am
Interviews: Tuesday 31st October 2017
Attached documents
About Thistley Hough Academy
Welcome to Thistley Hough Academy – a community school in the heart of Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent. Our academy prides itself on its warm and welcoming ethos in which every student is valued as an individual. This is an important part of our identity and this ideology will always remain at the heart of our work. As an academy we believe passionately in supporting all students to achieve their absolute best.
Thistley Hough was first opened in 1938 and over the last seven decades scores of local children have been successfully educated at Thistley Hough. We are proud of our history and we remain dedicated to the same vision - to provide the best possible education for local children of all backgrounds, abilities and beliefs. Over 35 languages are spoken at Thistley Hough and we value and respect all faiths and cultures.We believe in celebrating success and we want our students to be recognised for the amazing things that they achieve. I have very high expectations of our academy and I am clear that all students must be aware of exactly what is expected of them.
In order to be an outstanding academy it is my belief that there are several key things that we must ensure are in place every single day:
• Quality teaching, academic support and enrichment that delivers excellent results and engages students
• The highest expectations of behaviour, uniform and student conduct in order to create a calm and productive working environment
• Outstanding and fully inclusive pastoral care and academic guidance
• Provision tailored to the personal needs of all students as individuals so that they may all achieve personal excellence.
You can be assured that we are relentlessly focussed on achieving these goals. We believe passionately in working closely with our community in order to ensure that every one of our students is cherished and nurtured. We want to work in partnership with all stakeholders to ensure success for our current students whilst continuing to strive for an outstanding school of the future.
Our Vision and Values
Our vision is very clear:
“Thistley Hough Academy: Where students are empowered to take responsibility for their future.”
We work with each student as an individual, providing an inspirational learning experience that ensures personal excellence. At Thistley Hough Academy we create well rounded, caring, compassionate and ambitious members of society.
The academy motto, adopted in 1938 when the school first opened and taken from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem ‘Of Old Sat Freedom on the Heights’, epitomises these values:
“My open eyes desire the truth”
At Thistley Hough Academy, our thirst for knowledge and awareness is never-ending, as we continually seek ways to make our academy, our lives and our world a better place.
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