Head of Science
Plymstock School
Plymouth
- Expired
- Salary:
- TLR 1c
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 7 March 2016
Job overview
The Governing Body is seeking to appoint an inspirational Head of Faculty who will demonstrate a clear vision for the delivery of a high quality provision in Science, which ensures coherent progression and pathways from primary Science through to year 13. The successful candidate will be an outstanding classroom practitioner with the commitment, energy and vision to lead our Science team and to guide and inspire our students to develop their abilities to the full. You will be an experienced ‘A’ level teacher and have already demonstrated leadership potential in your current post. Part of the role will involve taking responsibility for one Science subject within the faculty. Applications are welcome from teachers of all science specialisms. There are currently four TLR holders within the Department, in addition to the Head of Faculty, and a degree of flexibility exists within the team. The ability to teach all science subjects at KS3 and a specialist subject at KS4 and KS5 is essential.
Broad and balanced science is a feature of the science taught at Plymstock School. The Science Department is the biggest department in the school, with large numbers taking ‘A’ level Chemistry, Physics and Biology. The department is committed to excellence in the teaching of Science. Achievement in Science is high and the successful candidate will need to demonstrate the ambition to raise standards still further.
The learning environment at Plymstock School is characterised by outstanding behaviour for learning and energetic, innovative teaching. Our staff are dedicated to sustaining a school where excellent teaching enables students to develop their abilities to the full. A very well designed curriculum exerts a powerful influence on learning. High expectations and a sharp focus on learning and achieving are successfully combined with a pervading sense of care and support for individuals.
Please note that we only accept applications from individuals and not from third parties / agencies. Only applications completed on a Plymstock School application form will be considered for shortlisting.
If you have the skills and personal qualities that this job demands, we would like to hear from you. Completed application forms can be emailed to recruitment@plymstockschool.org.uk
Closing date: 9am Monday 7 March
Plymstock School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance, which will include, if appropriate, a letter of good conduct from the country in which an applicant has worked or lived in within the last 5 years; plus prudent checks of references and employment history. The interview will include questions about safeguarding children.
Contact details
Contact: Ms G Buckler
Tel: 01752 402679
Fax: 01752 484018
Email: recruitment@plymstockschool.org.uk
Address: Plymstock School, Church Road, Plymstock, Plymouth PL9 9AZ
Web: www.plymstockschool.org.uk
About Plymstock School
School Information
Plymstock School is a co-educational 11-18 non-selective school of over 1600 students, with 250 in the Sixth Form. We are a very popular choice with parents and are significantly oversubscribed. Consequently, we are expanding our Year 7 school intake from 260 to 300 students each year.
Plymstock is a suburb of Plymouth and lies approximately three miles to the east of the city. It is within easy access of the A38, and teachers commute from Cornwall, Dartmoor and the South Hams. Most students live in the Plymstock area.
Visitors are always impressed with the outstanding atmosphere they experience around the school and how courteous and welcoming our students and staff are. Students take pride in their school and respond positively to the extremely high standards expected of them. All staff promote a can-do attitude amongst students, encouraging them to aspire to attain their highest academic and personal goals.
The atmosphere here is characterised by outstanding behaviour for learning and energetic, innovative teaching. Learning opportunities nurture creativity and enterprise. Our staff are dedicated to sustaining a school where excellent teaching enables students to develop their abilities to the full. High expectations and a sharp focus on learning and achieving are successfully combined with a pervading sense of care and support for individuals.
A very well-designed curriculum exerts a powerful influence on learning. Students follow a broad and balanced curriculum and most students in KS4 take a GCSE in French or German and a Humanities subject.
In September 2017, we joined forces with a group of four other secondary schools (Coombe Dean School, Hele’s School, Ivybridge Community College and Callington Community College) and eight primary schools, to form the Westcountry Schools Trust (WeST). Our mission statement is ‘Stronger together…every child in a great school’. We are the largest and highest performing multi-academy trust in the area.
This collaboration brings benefits to staff, which include:
- Enhanced staff development through increased opportunities to share best practice and professional development programmes; adding real value to the professional learning journey and career progression.
- Valued wellbeing; ensuring our staff are happy, healthy and safe.
- Smarter working through shared materials with the aim of reducing workload and minimising bureaucracy.
- Structured talent pool management with a wider platform for succession planning beyond the single school.
- Dynamic cross-phase working with a greater awareness and understanding of each sector.
- Wider opportunities for career development through intentional design, not by chance.
- Supportive governance with a clear focus on strategic development.
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