Head of Physics
Bishop's Stortford College
Hertfordshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Teacher Salary Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 6 December 2021
Job overview
An inspirational Head of Physics is required to join a well-established and encouraging Physics department in our lively and ambitious school.
The successful candidate will be a dedicated and experienced Physics teacher, preferably with previous departmental management experience.
The team are warm, friendly, and known within our community of pupils and staff, for their breadth of experience and extensive knowledge of their subject. They are enthusiasts who believe that experimenting and practical lessons are the key to understanding science. They inspire students day after day, with their inspirational teaching, and the students opt to take physics in high numbers. The department enjoys a very well-equipped department, which bears more similarity to a university lab than a typical school.
In a typical year (non-covid) pupils go on exciting trips (there is an annual CERN trip) and achieve excellent results, year on year. Many go on to study the subject at university.
In terms of departmental results: in 2021 at A level 9/17 students achieved A or A*s and 2020 it was 9/18. At GCSE in 2021 out of 103 students, the department achieved 30 grade 9s and 26 grade 8s. In 2020 they achieved 31 grade 9s and 29 grade 8s.
The successful candidate can expect rewarding teaching, supportive colleagues and a salary that is above the national scale.
The position becomes available from the start of the Autumn Term, September 2022.
Does this sound like an exciting opportunity? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Send an application form and covering letter to recruitment@bishopsstortfordcollege.org to apply.
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A copy of the College’s Child Protection Policy is available on the website.
Bishop's Stortford College is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; references will be taken prior to interview and an enhanced DBS check is required. To this end, robust Safeguarding processes and procedures are in place to support families, pupils, staff, and volunteers. In compliance with the sharing of information guidance/best practice, any concerns are passed to designated teachers, trained in Safeguarding.
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About Bishop's Stortford College
- Bishop's Stortford College
- School House, Maze Green Road, Bishop's Stortford
- Hertfordshire
- CM23 2PQ
- United Kingdom
Our mission is to build confidence for life. Our College is a wonderful place of learning – a place large enough to provide an outstanding range of opportunities for developing well-rounded, skilful and happy young people, yet small enough for each individual to be nurtured.
We have the time and space and, above all, the commitment, to discover and develop the potential within children, wherever their talents lie. As a day and boarding school for 4-18 year olds, with boarding starting from the age of 7, we cater for boys and girls of different ages within the family and for the individual needs of different families.
At the heart of the College, are people. It is the energy and imagination of College staff, and their enthusiasm to go that extra mile, which creates the opportunities, experiences and very special atmosphere that our pupils enjoy and adds immeasurable value to the education we provide.
Breadth of experience is naturally woven into daily life. Our pupils can, and do, pursue high academic standards whilst enjoying, and succeeding in, many other interests. Our love of life and learning enables pupils to grow into well-rounded, skilful, caring and confident people, equipped and ready for the adventures and opportunities life has to offer.
Following substantial investment, in 2017 we opened a new day house and three new boarding and day houses which means we are now able to offer boys and girls, state of the art, en-suite boarding accommodation with the very latest in modern facilities. They are something we are enormously proud of.
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