Key Stage Leader and Teacher of Science
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Derbyshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 4 March 2020
Job overview
KEY STAGE LEADER AND TEACHER OF SCIENCE
(Specific Key Stage and TLR salary point to be confirmed with the successful candidate)
Full Time
Required for September 2020
Due to promotion of a current Key Stage Leader to the position of Curriculum Team Leader, we have the opportunity for an experienced science teacher to join the faculty as a Key Stage Leader
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding leader of Science, who has the vision and determination to raise student outcomes across the faculty. The successful applicant will be responsible for teaching and leading Science across KS3, 4 and 5. You will be joining a hugely successful and forward-thinking team of staff that are committed to continuous improvement. Over the recent years our Science faculty have delivered some outstanding outcomes, with 2018 Science outcomes sitting in the top 20% nationally.
The successful candidate will:
- provide inspirational leadership so that all students make exceptional progress
- be an outstanding, passionate and highly motivated teacher with a proven track record of examination success across key stages 4 and 5
- analyse progress and attainment data to make data-driven changes to curriculum design, and pupil interventions
- develop innovative schemes of work which are inspiring for learners and teachers alike and feed into standards bases assessments
- create and sustain a positive department culture, where staff feel collectively supported and developed
- play an integral role in the development of our middle leadership team as we advance on our journey to outstanding
Our school ethos of ‘Aspire, Learn and Achieve’ permeates throughout everything we do and is a shared vision that every member of the school community is part of. We insist on the very highest standards for all of the students in our care. This is an exciting time to join our school as we embark on a capital build programme which will result in a new purpose built centre for our expanding sixth form.
As part of the Spencer Academies Trust, we work alongside other schools in ensuring we deliver the very best education possible.
Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity and academy sponsor, which is committed to ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has access to an outstanding education and real choices in life. Our successful track record of providing high quality teaching and learning which ensures improved outcomes for children and young people. Our mission statement for the Trust reflects our vision and aim for all Trust schools. Our highly successful network of 20 schools (8 secondary and 12 primary) educates students across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Nottingham City, Derby City and Leicestershire.
Vision
The Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, which provides an outstanding education for local children. Our Trust is a model of national excellence. We work collaboratively to achieve the best possible outcomes for all young people, in an environment where partnership is valued and success is celebrated. Our education delivers real life experiences for students, promotes independent enquiry and stimulates intellectual curiosity; whilst developing a strong sense of individual responsibility and a personal belief and confidence. All of our students fulfil their potential and make unparalleled progress. They are fully prepared for the next phase of their education and have unrivalled opportunities to become future leaders.
We Believe:
- All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
- Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
- We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
For further information on this role, please get in touch with Miss Rebecca Baker via e-mail: rbaker@heanorgate.derbyshire.sch.uk
Applications for this post must be submitted on our online application form which can be found at http://www.satrust.com/vacancies
In line with safer recruitment policies, references will be called for prior to interview.
Closing date for applications is 12 noon on Wednesday 4 March 2020
Interviews to be held on Thursday 12 March 2020
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.
Attached documents
About Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Heanor is a small town, situated on the edge of the Peak District National Park and the Derwent Valley World Heritage site within easy reach of Derby, Nottingham and the M1. The school is located in the south-west of the town and its catchment area includes most of Heanor and nearby Loscoe, along with the rural parishes of Smalley, Shipley, Horsley Woodhouse and Morley. The school is popular, with a number of our students coming from outside the catchment area.
At Heanor Gate Spencer Academy, we are very proud of our strong reputation in the community. We will endeavour to continually improve in all aspects of the education we provide and become an outstanding school that everyone can be proud of. Our new school ethos of ‘Aspire, Learn and Achieve’ will permeate throughout everything we do and is a shared vision that every member of the school community can buy into. We will insist on the very highest standards for all of the students in our care.
Our aims for the school are to DEVELOP ALL LEARNERS TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL and to CREATE A CULTURE OF ASPIRATION. This is what we all firmly believe in and strive to achieve at all times.
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy has a genuinely comprehensive intake. The eclectic mix of backgrounds makes for a lively, friendly and engaging atmosphere. Parents, visitors, supply teachers and student teachers regularly comment on the calm, purposeful and welcoming environment. Staff and students enjoy working here and as a consequence low staff turnover and a low permanent exclusion rate are defining features of the school.
Teaching and learning is fundamental to our success. We aim to offer the highest quality opportunities for teaching and learning and to develop our staff as outstanding practitioners. We have a clear structure to support teaching and learning in school and robust systems of monitoring and reviewing the success of each curriculum team.
As one of the first converter Academies in the country, a Leading Edge and a co-founder of Challenge Partners we are at the forefront of innovation, individualised learning and teaching excellence. Our designations as an approved Academy Sponsor, National Support School, Teaching School and licensee of the National College’s leadership development programmes reflects the extent of our contribution to system-wide improvement and builds on our excellent reputation for the training and development of teachers and leaders.
A key component of our everyday work is, of course, ensuring that high quality learning is experienced every day within the school; by every student, in every subject and in every lesson. Alongside this we recognise that all students have a range of social, emotional and personal needs that may require support. To this end, Heanor Gate School also gives great weight to the importance of an effective induction programme and on-going guidance for each student in order to try to ensure that each young person is both happy and successful with an Achievement team and tutors that will challenge and support every student to reach their potential.
We value our staff as an essential part of our success and are committed therefore to providing outstanding opportunities for staff development, not only through high quality Inset days, but also within curriculum and pastoral teams and through the Teaching and Learning Coaching Team. All middle and senior leaders are offered the opportunity to take part in NCSL initiatives. There is a dedicated programme of support and continuing professional development for NQTs. In addition, we work in partnership with a number of local universities for Initial Teacher Training and are committed to supporting these beginning teachers in their career.
The success of any school is of course dependent on the contribution made by everyone connected with the school. We are very lucky to have staff who are hard working, committed and willing to go that extra mile, parents who are very supportive and work with the school to ensure their children strive to achieve their best, governors who have the best interests of the school at heart and are actively involved with the school and students who are proud of the school. All of these are a major factor in the school’s success.
We are looking to appoint a talented, committed and hard-working individual who will make a difference to the lives of young people. You will be expected to get involved in all aspects of school life and establish yourself as a valued colleague in the school community. If you are up to the challenge then we look forward to receiving your application.
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