Graduate Intern - Biochemistry

Graduate Intern - Biochemistry

Salary: Unqualified Teacher Pay Scale incl. Fringe

Full Time, Fixed Term Contract up to one year

Required ASAP 2024

Rickmansworth School is judged to be an outstanding school. We are a 11-18 heavily oversubscribed co-educational partially (35%) selective academy with around 1540 students on roll, increasing to around 1575 students over the next year, with numbers in the Sixth Form reaching 315. Academic results are strong at KS4 and KS5 with the vast majority of students securing their first choice university destinations. 

The School is in a very strong, stable financial position with over £6M recently spent on school expansion including a new Sixth-form centre, performing arts theatres and an Innovation & Design Centre. The School is also supported extremely well by a fantastic PTA and Foundation. Our outstanding staff well-being programme includes access to our fitness suite and swimming pool, flu vaccinations and complimentary eye tests. Our students enjoy learning and are an absolute pleasure to teach. We believe every child deserves the best and we aim to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life.  

About you:

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates who are looking at careers in teaching or in the education sector. If you are looking to develop your classroom skills and implement change in an educational setting by supporting students, this role will appeal to you. We are looking for well qualified, aspirational graduates with a Biochemistry (or similar) degree (2:1 or higher) who want to be a part of our outstanding school.

About the role:

This newly created position will be responsible for supporting students outside of their regular timetabled lessons. The support will take the form of small groups or one to one sessions with students being guided, stretched and challenged. 

You will work under the guidance of our Sixth Form Director. There are currently six members of the Sixth Form team who provide great mentorship and a unique learning experience for students.

For the right candidate, there may be the opportunity to complete an in school teacher training qualification which could lead to Qualified Teacher Status.

The successful candidate will:

• Have an excellent understanding in their subject area
• Support the Sixth Form and Senior Leadership Team in meeting whole school priorities and realising the School’s shared vision
• Offer subject specific intervention for students, to support learning outside of lessons
• Work with the most able students to stretch and challenge them further
• Ensure that Sixth Form students make good progress in line with the School’s expectations.
• Support the Sixth Form in extra-curricular provision
• Engage and empower students with the skills to thrive as independent learners

We can offer you:

• Excellent CPD opportunities
• A school rated Outstanding by Ofsted where students’ behaviour is exemplary
• A professional working environment where teamwork is highly valued
• A partially- selective school with a focus on academic achievement (Progress 8 in 2023 was +0.55) 
• Admission criteria where preference is given to staffs’ children
• A school which invests heavily in the future with £6M recent school expansion and strong ongoing financial support from our Foundation and PTA
• A hugely talented and cohesive support staff
• An outstanding wellbeing programme

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and are an equal opportunities employer. Applicants must declare any criminal convictions and submit to a check with the Disclosing and Barring Service as the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details can be obtained from the website www.rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk, by calling the School on 01923 773296 or by email to applications@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk.

We are required for only shortlisted candidates to conduct online searches about an applicant as part of our shortlisting process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance 2023 in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. On signing the declaration on application you will be agreeing to the acknowledgement that such searches will be conducted as part of the shortlisting process.

Deadline for applications: 08:00 Monday 22 April 2024

Interviews:   W/C 22 April 2024                  

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.