Head of Science

Location: Poole, Dorset

Closing date: Tuesday 1 February - 12.00 (noon)

Interviews: Monday 7 February 2022

Please be available for interview on the date detailed above; you will be advised by close of play on Tuesday 1 February 2022 if you have been successfully shortlisted.

The role

We are seeking a Head of Science to lead an established team. You will combine leadership with excellent classroom practices and have the passion and commitment to ensure the continuous improvement of students and staff within the Science department.

As the Head of Science, you will have access to a range of professional development tools for you and your team. This role would suit a candidate with ambitions to become a future senior leader.

About You

The successful candidate will:

• Be a high level classroom practitioner with a wide range of teaching skills.
• Have high level inter-personal skills enabling effective team leadership.
• Have the ability to evaluate the work of others and enable their development through consultation, coaching/mentoring and support.
• Have the skills to analyse data and information, identify trends and be able to report these to all stakeholders.
• Have experience and ability to formulate strategies for improved learning.

United Learning

The Cornerstone Academy is part of United Learning, a large and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are open to discussing flexible working options.

For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Samantha Arnold, HR: 01202 676789 or email enquiries@cornerstoneacademy.org.uk or arnolds@cornerstoneacademy.org.uk

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following link

Where teaching is better shared

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