Lead Practitioner for Science

Do you want to be part of a strong team where you will help make a lasting impact on the life chances of the young people of Burngreave?

Our vision is to provide an exceptional, knowledge-rich educational experience, which ensures that all scholars succeed. We are looking to recruit brilliant staff who share that vision and who understand the moral imperative that we have to serve our community.

What we offer:

• Wonderful and caring young people
• A strong & established Early Years Provision, including an on-site Nursery
• Huge support and progression opportunities
• A knowledge rich curriculum, built on ‘powerful knowledge’ and a traditional T&L approach built around Rosenshine and TLAC
• Stimulating conversations about curriculum & pedagogy
• Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
• An obsession with reading
• A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies
• Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm/strict’ behaviour system
• Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who have your back
• In the secondary phase, a centralised behaviour, sanctions and detention
• No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ instructional coaching, helping you to continuously develop
• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across Astrea
• Opportunity to complete NPQs
• Fabulous food, cooked by our in-house chef

What we are looking for:

• Hard working professionals with excellent subject knowledge in their areas of expertise
• People who lead with their heart and do whatever it takes to ensure the life chances of our scholars are maximised
• Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs. Someone that does not make excuses for what children can achieve
• Someone who is totally aligned with our vision and values. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here.

We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our Academy, so you can fully appreciate our excellent learning environment. Please contact recruitment@astreasheffield.org to arrange a visit to either of our phases.

Visit our Social Media Pages

Secondary Phase 'X' @AstreaAcadSheff      Primary Phase 'X' @AASSheffPrimary

Secondary Phase Instagram @astreaacademysheffield 

Astrea Academy Trust

We are a part of Astrea Academy Trust, a thriving family of 27 academies committed to inspiring our pupils beyond measure. Using our collective expertise, strengths and networks, we aspire to become one of the leading multi-academy Trusts for early years, primary, secondary, sixth form, and special needs throughout South Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire.

Astrea Academy Sheffield is an All-Through Academy for children from 2-18.

Full details can be found here.

David Boyd | Co-Principal - Secondary Phase & Sixth Form

Rachel Flemming | Co-Principal - Primary Phase

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion at Astrea Academy Trust

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Astrea Academy Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all requests for flexible working as we know that diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities that we serve.  We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive and building our culture of belonging.  We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in Astrea’s workforce.  These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people.

All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, prohibition, qualifications, online searches, two references and enhanced DBS check including the Children’s Barred List.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974