Head of Biology
Forest School
Waltham Forest
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 8 January 2020
Job overview
Forest is seeking to appoint a well-qualified, dynamic, and dedicated Head of Biology to join a successful and talented Biology department to lead and teach KS3 Science, IGCSE Biology and OCR A level Biology. The successful candidate will have demonstrable record of leading a successful Biology department and exceptional teaching expertise. As an excellent team player, you will also share the School's passion for encouraging all students to work towards their maximum potential.
The science faculty occupies a central place in the academic life of the School. It is very well resourced, consisting of twenty-seven highly qualified and specialist teachers delivering academic results that are some of the School’s strongest.
Our Science Curriculum is engaging, challenging and carefully planned to inspire our students and secure outstanding progress. In year 7 and 8, each class has one science teacher and biology, chemistry and physics topics are taught on rotation. In year 9, pupils are taught by three specialist teachers and follow a programme of study in preparation for their science GCSEs.
In year 10, students choose either Double Award Science, two separate Sciences or all three of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, following the Edexcel IGCSE course.
All three Sciences are popular subjects at A level, with five Year 13 classes and four Year 12 classes currently. Pupils are encouraged to participate in the Biology Challenge (year 9 and 10) and the Biology Olympiad (year 12 and 13). Each year, a number of pupils apply to university to read Biology, Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Studies.
Closing date: Wednesday 8th January 2020 at 8:00am
Interviews will be held week commencing 20th January 2020
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About Forest School
Forest is an outstanding all-round School, well known for its friendly, welcoming ethos, and full of 1450 bright sparky pupils aged 4-18. We are lucky to be located in this part of North East London, allowing us to attract pupils from a diverse range of social and ethnic backgrounds who share in being academically ambitious, but are grounded, engaging and very loyal to the School. Described by the Good Schools Guide as a ‘powerhouse with a heart’ and enjoying a reputation for strong expert teaching and learning, Forest pupils are encouraged to find success on all fronts through the breadth of the opportunities on offer to them.
We aim to develop the whole pupil through our distinct educational provision which gives equal weight to academic, co-curricular and pastoral strands of school life. To this end, Forest promotes all-round educational excellence, recognising that advancement to higher education or the world of work requires top academic grades but keen to develop a sense of service in the pupils and an awareness of their responsibilities to other people, as well as themselves. Forest is recognised as a school that is always evolving, self-evaluating and planning strategically for its future, while valuing its heritage and its location, all of which makes our community a stimulating one to work in for our 150+ teachers and 100+ non-teaching staff.
For full details about working at Forest School please visit our website www.forest.org.uk
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