Head of Science
St Mary's Catholic High School
Derbyshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- TLR 1:2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 25 February 2019
Job overview
St Mary’s Catholic High School is seeking to appoint an outstanding teacher and leader with a track record for achieving excellent outcomes to the role of Head of Science.
St Mary’s Catholic High School is a popular 11-18 mixed Academy with excellent student behaviour and judged to be ‘Outstanding’ (Ofsted October 2012). This is a wonderful opportunity to join an outstanding school and lead our successful and highly motivated Science Department at one of the top 20% performing schools in the country. Academic results are excellent; consistently achieving above average Progress 8 scores as well as impressive Attainment 8 Ebacc average point score and A Level results. We are the top performing school in Derbyshire for attainment at both GCSE and A Level.
The successful candidate will be:
- Dynamic and innovative; providing professional leadership for the department to ensure high-quality teaching and learning; enhancing further the excellent exam results of the Science Department.
- An exceptional classroom practitioner, delivering lessons that motivate and inspire our students to achieve.
- Able to lead and develop the delivery of Science in Key Stages 3, 4 and 5, and effectively lead the Heads of Chemistry, Biology and Physics.
- Able to teach either Biology or Chemistry at A Level - this is essential.
Potential candidates would be most welcome to visit the school prior to applying and if you would like to do so, please contact the Headteacher’s PA, Mrs Rachel Gilding. (Please note that the school is closed 18 – 22 February 2019).
The Governors are pleased to receive applications from candidates who are not Catholics but who are supportive of our distinctive ethos.
Applications may be downloaded from the school’s website www.st-maryshigh.derbyshire.sch.uk or alternatively please telephone Mrs R Gilding, Headteacher’s PA on 01246 201191 (ext 2011) or e-mail rgilding@stmaryschesterfield.org.uk.
Closing date: 9.00 am on Monday 25 February 2018
Please note: applications will be considered as they are received and we reserve the right to close this position before the date specified above. We therefore urge candidates to submit an application as soon as possible.
The post is offered subject to enhanced disclosure
About St Mary's Catholic High School
- St Mary's Catholic High School
- Newbold Road, Upper Newbold, Chesterfield
- Derbyshire
- S41 8AG
- United Kingdom
St Mary’s Catholic High School is a mixed secondary academy in North Derbyshire. The school converted to a Catholic voluntary-aided academy in the summer of 2012. St Mary’s is located north of Chesterfield, with places for 1,300 students aged 11-18, of which 285 are in the sixth form. The school primarily serves North East Derbyshire, but some students travel from as far afield as Sheffield.
St Mary’s Catholic High School is supported by the Catholic dioceses of Hallam and Nottingham, with additional governors appointed to represent parents, staff and the local authority.
Headteacher
Maria Dengate
Values and vision
St Mary’s Catholic High School is committed to providing a variety of opportunities to students at all stages of their development. Extra-curricular activities are considered to be equally as important as examinations, and the school celebrates both academic and non-academic achievement. Students are encouraged to contribute regardless of where their talents lie, and the school aims to foster all abilities.
St Mary’s states that, despite being a faith school, it is open to all communities in North Derbyshire, and that the social diversity found within the student body is testament to the school’s inclusivity.
Ofsted report
“There is exemplary behaviour around the school. Students are unfailingly courteous and polite to adults, and each other. Students say that bullying is not a concern and it is very rare for any disruption to occur in lessons. Students are kept very safe in the school and it is clear from their attitudes to school and their attendance that students are extremely proud to be a part of the community of St Mary’s Catholic High School.”
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