Lead Practitioner for Science
St James' Catholic High School
Barnet
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 17 March 2025
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a motivated and talented Lead Practitioner for Science, for September 2025. You will be teaching Science across the Key Stages up to and including A Level.
The Science department at St James’ is collegiate, supportive and enthusiastic. We have planned an inspiring, academic curriculum that fosters a love for learning and we are always keen to embrace fresh ideas.
The department is looking for:
- A well-qualified graduate with experience teaching Science to A-Level.
- A dynamic professional with a track record of excellent outcomes.
- An outstanding teacher driven by the desire to improve life changes for young people through their teaching.
- A colleague able to take the initiative and show a willingness to contribute to the department and wider school.
- A colleague who is friendly, confident and enthusiastic.
The school welcomes applications from teachers of all faiths and backgrounds who:
- Are outstanding classroom practitioners.
- Have excellent subject knowledge and are honest about their own development needs.
- Are ambitious for themselves and our pupils.
- Are team players with a can-do attitude and strong personal resilience.
- Are committed to supporting the school's wide and varied extra-curricular programme.
- Are supportive of the school's Catholic ethos.
The school’s excellent facilities include a sports hall, fitness suite, dance studio, astro-turf, gymnasium and specialist teaching areas.
What we offer you:
- Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and develop, including an aspiring to be SLT programme
- A supportive and approachable Leadership team
- Opportunities to undertake NPQs including NPQSL
- An Ofsted rated ‘good’ school.
- A section 48 rated 'outstanding' school
- Well-resourced Science facilities with recently refurbished laboratories
- A friendly and flourishing Science department, with consistently excellent results
- A number of wellbeing provisions, including a paid wellbeing day
- Free tea and coffee
- Free access to the school gym
- Free and secure staff parking on the school site
The successful applicant will be joining a school that has the development of all our members, staff and pupils alike, at the heart of our mission.
If you are an enthusiastic, creative, well-organised professional who wants to develop your craft in a school where human flourishing is at the heart of what we do, we would love to hear from you.
Visits to the school are encouraged - please contact the Headteacher’s PA, Ms Rock at brock@st-james.barnet.sch.uk to arrange.
Application deadline: Monday 17 March 2025.
We may interview candidates ahead of the closing date so early application is advised. The school reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advertised closing date. This advert may be closed at any time.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
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About St James' Catholic High School
St James' Catholic High School was founded in 1934 by the Dominican Sisters at the behest of Cardinal Bourne to provide Catholic secondary education for the children of the parishes of north west London.
From 1949 until 1996, St James' existed on two, sometimes three sites. The goal of the school community for decades had been to unite on one site. With generous backing of the Funding Agency for schools, the Archdiocese and the Dominican Sisters, consolidation on our Colindale site was achieved in September 1996.
We have a great deal to be proud of here at St James’, but we are far from complacent. We continue to strive for excellence for all pupils. Staff work very successfully with parents, governors and our wider community, supporting our young people as they undertake their faith and their educational journeys. Our mission statement is our cornerstone and we do all that we can to ensure our pupils are enabled to “live their lives to the full”.
We consistently secure excellent outcomes for our pupils, outcomes that are well above national averages by all DFE metrics. These marvellous achievements reflect the hard work and dedication of our community collectively and give our pupils the ‘currency’ with which we hope they are truly able to live out our mission.
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