Head of Physics
Brampton Manor Academy
Newham
- Expired
- Salary:
- • Highly competitive salary (Inner London rates) • Excellent staff development and progression opportunities • Minimum: TLR 1A (£9,272 per annum; significantly more available for an exceptional candidate) • Recruitment & Retention allowance
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2024
Job overview
HEAD OF PHYSICS
Start Date: September 2024
· Highly competitive salary (Inner London rates)
· Excellent staff development and progression opportunities
· Minimum: TLR 1A (£9,272 per annum; significantly more available for an exceptional candidate)
· Recruitment & Retention allowance
· Employee Assistance Programme (providing counselling and legal support for family members)
· Excellent staff development/progression opportunities
· Free drinks and lunch
· Interest free computer loan
· iPad for all staff
· Free car parking and electric charging bays
· Gym/Fitness suite
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint an incredibly able and skilled practitioner to lead our team of six specialist physics teachers through the next stage of its development. Physics is extremely popular at A Level, where the AQA specification is delivered by a team of highly qualified and dedicated physicists. Many of the current year 13 cohort of 94 students hold offers to study Physics or Engineering degrees at prestigious universities. The department prides itself on its high academic standards that enable the majority of its students to achieve A* or A grades at A Level.
Reporting to the Director of Science, the successful applicant will:
· be an outstanding teacher with the ambition and vision to lead a team of motivated and committed teachers who believe there are no limits to what our students can achieve.
· have a proven and verifiable track record of delivering outstanding outcomes at GCSE and A Level who is ready to take the next step in their career.
· be a key member of our Teaching and Learning Group and play a key role in driving up standards across the school.
Brampton Manor Academy is a dynamic 11-18 school with nearly 3,000 pupils on roll. We are proud of we have achieved but not complacent about the challenges that lie ahead; we are constantly seeking ways to further improve the quality of education on offer to the young people in our care, knowing the transformative impact that high quality education can have on their life chances.
If you are excited by the prospect of joining us on the next stage of our journey, please visit our website www.bramptonmanor.org to apply and obtain further details about this role. All completed application forms should be sent by email to jobs@bramptonmanor.org.
Brampton Manor Trust is an equal opportunities employer. We are fully committed to the safeguarding of children. Enhanced DBS, Barred List and Prohibition checks will always be carried out on new employees.
Closing date: MONDAY 22 APRIL 2024 (NOON)
Interviews will take place on a rolling basis, as applications are received.
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About Brampton Manor Academy
- Brampton Manor Academy
- Roman Road, East Ham
- London
- E6 3SQ
- United Kingdom
Brampton Manor Academy is a highly successful 11-18 mixed school and we serve a rich and culturally diverse community in East Ham, close to London City Airport and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park situated in Stratford.
Ranked as one of the top schools in the country for pupil progress at both GCSE and A Level and rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in all categories in both 2012 and 2018, our students recently featured in the national media as a result of 51 of them securing conditional offers to study at Oxford or Cambridge. This follows the 41 offers that were made to students in 2019, with 38 Brampton students now studying in their first year at Oxbridge. You can read about some of their individual stories here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-46900154
Brampton Manor converted to Academy status in April 2011 and formed a multi-academy trust called Brampton Manor Trust in 2013. In January 2014, Brampton Manor sponsored another local school, Langdon Academy (a 3-16 school), who joined our Trust in January 2014. There is strong collaborative working between our schools.
Brampton Manor is an excellent place to start to your career in teaching or to gain further experience if you are already a teacher. We passionately believe that economic disdavantage must never be a barrier to student attainment and this explains why our students make outstanding progress at GCSE and A level and progress to some of the most competitive universities in this country. Co-curricular opportunities for our students are immense and we invest a lot in developing these soft skills in our students.
At Brampton Manor, we invest heavily in staff appraisal and development. Our training is bespoke to the needs of our staff and we strive to ensure that our staff have a good work-life balance.
We look forward to receiving an application from you. You will find us to be a bunch of highly ambitious and passionate educationalists, who believe in the transformative power of education.
Staff benefits include the following:
- Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Recruitment/retention allowance
- Tax free bicycles through the Cycle to Work Scheme
- Childcare voucher scheme
- Timetable contact time of 76% for NQTs
- Free use of the Academy’s fitness suite
- Free training programmes and advice from the School’s Fitness Coach
- Transport for London season ticket loan
- A loan to purchase a Laptop or tablet device to assist with teaching
- A Loan to assist with rental/accommodation deposit
- Free refreshments throughout the school day
- A Relocation package/allowance for staff employed from outside London
- Life insurance for those in the Teacher Pension Scheme
- A strong commitment to professional development, with a substantial budget for whole school training and individual courses. Support is given for post- graduate degrees and other relevant qualifications.
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