Head of Science
Hope Academy
St. Helens
- Expired
- Salary:
- L4-L8
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 13 March 2017
Job overview
Head of Department - Science
Salary: L4-L8
Salary and position negotiable dependent upon experience & proven track record
The Governors wish to appoint a high quality practitioner with an outstanding track record of teaching and raising standards in Science. Hope Academy is a joint Catholic and Church of England Academy which is rapidly improving and has recently undergone a very successful Ofsted Inspection, where we have been graded as a ‘Good’ school. The Academy is sponsored by the Catholic and Church of England Diocese of Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University.
“Working together to inspire excellence, guided by Christian values”
The successful candidate will:
**Deliver Science to GCSE, and potentially A Level.
**Lead the Science faculty to plan and deliver an engaging curriculum with student progress and enjoyment at the heart of their decisions.
**Work with our team of Middle Leaders and the SLT to develop subject leadership across the Academy.
If you feel that you have the energy, passion, resilience and drive to be part of making Hope Academy outstanding, we would love to have you join our team. If you would like to discuss this opportunity further or to arrange a visit to the school please contact Mrs Julie Hobson, PA to Principal – see contact details below.
Application packs and further details are available from the Academy website www.hopeacademy.org.uk. Applications should be submitted by email to: julie.hobson@sthelens.org.uk or by post to: Mrs J Hobson, PA to Principal, Hope Academy, Ashton Road, Newton Le Willows, WA12 0AQ. Telephone: 01744 671930.
Closing date for applications: Monday 13th March 2017 (Noon)
Interviews to be held: Monday 20th March 2017
Attached documents
About Hope Academy
Hope Academy is a secondary academy school for student's aged 11-16. It is a joint Church of England and Catholic academy.
The academy was formed after a merger of Newton-le-Willows Community High School and St Aelred's Catholic Technology College. The Academy is now part of the All Saints Multi Academy Trust.
All Saints Multi Academy Trust itself is a joint Church of England and Catholic Academy trust, making it incredibly unique. This is a growing trust and currently comprises of four secondary academies and four primary academies, with more primary academies set to transfer into the trust before the end of the academic year. There is a trust wide commitment to improve, accelerate and enable ambitious life goals amongst all young people in their academies.
Hope Academy is situated on a main road, 2 minutes from J23 M6 and 5 minutes from J9 M62, with plentiful buses and within easy access of Manchester and Liverpool; it is approximately 10 minutes’ walk from Newton-le-Willows train station.
Principal
Marie Adams
Values and vision
Hope Academy’s vision is to Serve One Another Through Love. Our mission is: working together to inspire excellence, guided by Christian values.
The whole academy community envelop our core values of respect, courage, ambition and hope. Hope Academy prides itself on standing at the centre of our local community, and we are determined to be an academy of which everyone can be proud.
Hope Academy is committed to delivering a high quality education to all students, and aims to give them the best possible opportunities to flourish and be successful in their lives. Teachers and support staff are dedicated to making a difference to the lives of our students, through the academy's offering of a wide and varied curriculum
As a faith academy, Hope Academy is committed to fostering an ethos based on gospel values, and considers the spiritual and social development of young people to be as important as their academic progress.
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