Faculty Leader of Science

We’re looking for someone with a clear vision for the faculty and the strategic leadership skills to deliver significant improvements. You will be an outstanding practitioner who has the vision, energy and drive to further improve standards of achievement and ensure teaching is of the highest quality across all key stages. In addition to this, and most importantly, you will be totally committed to our vision of creating a remarkable learning environment in which all students can enjoy their learning and succeed.

You will have a track record of excellent classroom practice, be committed to high standards of learning and student progress with the energy and vision to build on current progress and have ambitions for yourself and our school.  

We have a very dedicated team of science specialists and support technicians who are fully committed to making our Science Faculty a vibrant and dynamic learning environment within which all our students can succeed. This is coupled with our brand new Science facilities which offer 15 laboratories, each equipped with the latest interactive technologies and audio-visual facilities, a fantastic large preparation room that services the laboratories including one staff work room.  Science education is at the heart of the School’s future development.

At Easter 2018 we moved into our £30 million pound new school building, which has a great range of resources, including an information rich environment and state of the art sporting facilities. 

The successful applicant will:

· be an excellent and ambitious classroom teacher;

· have a proven and demonstrable track record of success at GCSE and A Level;

· have middle management experience in a science department;

· have a good understanding of the current educational developments, especially those relating to classroom   based practice;

· have the highest expectations of students;

· have an enthusiastic and positive approach within and beyond the classroom; 

· have energy, stamina and a sense of humour

Beckfoot Oakbank is an 11-18 co-ed school with approximately 1500 students. It is located in Keighley. It joined the Beckfoot Multi Academy Trust in September 2016. It did so because of its ambition to create a great school and improve rapidly. The school moves into a brand new £30m purpose built campus at Easter and has appointed a new Headteacher to start in September 2018.

Beckfoot Trust consists of 9 Bradford schools, all comprehensive in character that cross mainstream secondary/ primary and special sectors. The Trust is already having significant impact with a number of outstanding schools and we are excited about the potential of a school led model to transform learning environments across our group of schools so that all of our young people and staff will flourish. The Trust has a Teaching School that sits at the heart of the organisation.

Beckfoot Trust schools work in partnership with a shared ambition to provide outstanding education for our students. We want our students to love learning and be well placed to do something great with their lives.  We aim to create remarkable learning environments in which students expect success because of their ambitious attitude to learning, the challenge provided by staff and the support they receive at home. High quality professional development and leadership training for staff are central features of our Trust. 

We aim to attract, develop and retain the very best people and to be the ‘Employer of choice’. Please return completed applications to recruitment@oakbank.org.uk.

Closing date for applications is 28th January 2019 at 9.00am