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Head of Department (Science)

Head of Department (Science)

Christ's College

Sunderland

  • £40,625 - £43,685 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
plus 3 ESF Management Points (£7,618 per annum)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2023
Apply by:
21 April 2023

Job overview

We are a relatively small 4–16 school, part of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation, and continuing a journey of improvement that offers great potential for rapid professional development. Reflecting our independent school heritage, we have a reduced school year (180 days for students) with 10 additional days of holidays for teaching staff.

We are looking to recruit a Head of Department (Science) who will enthuse pupils to learn with a combination of great subject knowledge, energy and dedication.

We have high expectations for our students as they grow and develop, and all our staff provide important role models to them in terms of positive attitude, work ethic and diligence.

The successful candidate will:

  • Develop schemes of work and lesson plans in line with curriculum objectives
  • Facilitate learning by establishing effective relationships with pupils
  • Maintain organised learning resources
  • Create a positive learning environment in the classroom
  • Develop and foster the appropriate skills and social abilities to enable the optimum development of children
  • Assess and record progress and prepare pupils for national tests
  • Link pupils’ knowledge to earlier learning and develop ways to encourage it further, challenging and inspiring pupils to help them deepen their knowledge and understanding

If you believe you have the vision and commitment to work in a school which seeks to raise achievement, setting consistently high standards for yourself and your students, please do contact us.

To request an informal visit or for further information, please contact Mrs Julie Barber on 0191 534 4444 or email: recruitment@christscollege.org.uk

For further information and to apply, please click here.

Closing date: 9.00am on 21st April 2023.

Christ’s College, Sunderland (10–12 miles from Newcastle, Gateshead and Durham; fast access to the north east coastline, Northumberland and North Yorkshire national parks and major areas of natural beauty; York / Leeds / Manchester 1–2 hours; London 3½ hours).

  • Distinct, biblically Christian ethos
  • Small, 4–16 all-through school of c. 550 students; typically smaller class sizes
  • Reduced length school year of 180 teaching days plus 3 days of CPD (in addition to weekly CPD). Additional two holiday weeks are: one at Christmas and one immediately before the summer break
  • Exceptional CPD provision throughout the year and for rapid professional development
  • Focus on character education, being part of Emmanuel Schools Foundation

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post will be engaged in regulated activity and is subject to an enhanced DBS check. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, and in accordance with statutory guidance, we may carry out an online search (for publicly available material) to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened that we may want to explore with shortlisted applicants at interview.

About Christ's College

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+44 191 534 4444

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Christ’s College is a non-selective, co-educational school providing both primary and secondary education to pupils aged 4-16. Founded in Sunderland in 1988 as an independent school, it became a free school in 2012 and has around 740 pupils. Christ’s provides exceptional opportunities to colleagues for rapid professional development in a highly supportive environment. Because of its size, there is great potential for staff to be exposed to whole-school responsibilities at an early stage as part of a team that is committed to making a lasting difference to a community that cares deeply about the education of its young people.

With effect 1 May 2019, Christ’s College joined the now six-school multi-academy Trust that is Emmanuel Schools Foundation (ESF), being one of two all-through schools in the Trust alongside Bede Academy. This sponsorship came with a significant DfE investment in curriculum-led building works during 2019 and 2020. ESF is a strong regional sponsor, making available support to Christ’s from its neighbouring sister schools which are either ‘good’ (The King’s Academy and Bede Academy) or ‘outstanding’ (Emmanuel College), alongside a highly effective central team supporting finance, HR, buildings, IT and other business functions.

The school has undergone extensive building work and modernisation since its founding, and the latest project (a new primary years building) was completed in 2013. Owing to its status as a free school, Christ’s College is state-funded and as such charges no tuition fees for students.

Vision & Values

The vision of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation is to provide schools of character for the whole community, with excellence in academic achievement for students of all abilities within a biblical Christian framework that allows for personal, spiritual, moral and social development. Provision is fully inclusive valuing all students and staff equally. Of great importance for our students is that they would seek truth (finding answers to their big questions about identity, life and its purpose) and develop excellent characters (learning about ethical decision-making, and serving others). We apply Christ’s teaching of servant leadership, and the well-known motto of ‘serve to lead’, as our model and guide. 

Principal

Julie Normanton

Read our recent Ofsted report here

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