Head of Science Faculty (Raising Standards Leader)
Future Academies Watford
Watford, Hertfordshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £44,141 - £50,447 Plus £3,000 R&R paid in Year 1, 2 and 3
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 16 May 2018
Job overview
New Academic Year - Exciting New Challenge
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and influential Head of Science (Raising Standards Leader), to lead our current department of young, vibrant scientists.
We are looking for someone who can provide strong leadership to ensure that learning and progress in all areas within Science continues to improve.
This role may ideally suit someone who is looking to make the step into middle leadership or who is looking to build upon their current experience and success at that level. This role has come about as a result of the current post holder taking on a new leadership challenge within the Academy.
We will only consider candidates who can evidence a strong track record of success and who have made a significant impact on the lives and education of the students they teach.
We can offer you:
- An academy making rapid, sustained improvements.
- Excellent facilities and resources with
- Access to an outstanding professional development programmes and guidance
- Caring, dedicated and friendly staff and students who want their Academy to be the very best, with students learning to their full potential.
- Comprehensive Staff Welfare Package
- Relocation allowance up to £3,000
We are looking for:
- An ‘outstanding’ teacher with strong leadership qualities who can evidence significant progress and attainment from their students
- Someone who shares our ethos of ensuring that all of our young people receive the best possible education from people who care about them.
- Someone who is resilient, dynamic and passionate about improving the life chances of all students in our community.
If you possess these qualities and share the academy’s vision, then we will be delighted to hear from you.
It is envisaged that the successful applicant will see this position as a step on their career path towards their aspirations of senior leadership. If you are someone who wants to develop their career in a forward thinking and highly supportive environment then this is the role for you!
If you have the drive to transform the learning for our wonderful students, we want to hear from you.
Further details contact - Jacqui Hurst, Vice Principal j.hurst@franciscombeacademy.org.uk
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About Future Academies Watford
- Future Academies Watford
- Horseshoe Lane, Garston, Watford
- Hertfordshire
- WD25 7HW
- United Kingdom
Your opportunity
As part of Future Academies Watford, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming the lives of children. With regular progression opportunities and excellent CPD for all staff, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career. Our aim is to help you achieve your ambitions more quickly.
We offer appropriate support and training as well as excellent opportunities for professional development. We are also able to offer additional remuneration for an exceptional candidate, with the possibility of some management responsibility if appropriate.
What we are looking for
We look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming the education of our students, and help to create exceptional opportunities for learning for all our young people.
About Future Academies Watford
Future Academies Watford is set in leafy Hertfordshire, is well connected with many transport links and a short train journey away from the centre of London.
We are part of Future Academies, a Multi-Academy Trust which includes three primary schools and seven secondary schools in and around London and Hertfordshire. We are motivated by a mission of social change and reducing educational inequality. We are unique in our approach to a knowledge-rich curriculum; our school motto is libertas per cultum (freedom through education), and in our strong emphasis on raising young people’s aspirations and outcomes through the teaching of classical and traditional subjects.
Why work at Future Academies Watford?
Our staff often refer to their departments and the wider staff as ‘a family’.
We also take workload issues seriously and we believe our Academy does more than any other to help staff maintain a sustainable and joyful life/work balance.
We provide a safe, caring and challenging environment for learning, committed to the development of every student as an individual. We understand that while students have different gifts and talents we have a strong belief that everyone can be Great.
All staff benefit from high quality continuing professional development opportunities and there is a comprehensive Induction programme for NQTs
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. We are fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.
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