Lead Practitioner Science
Consett Academy
Durham, County
- £52,301 - £57,831 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership 3 - 7
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 2 May 2025
Job overview
Lead Practitioner of Science
Leadership Scale 3 - 7
Start Date: September 2025
Are you passionate about inspiring the next generation of scientists? Do you have a proven track record of outstanding teaching and a desire to drive excellence in education? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Lead Practitioner of Science.
In this leadership role, you will provide direction and guidance to students, staff, parents, and the wider community, ensuring a commitment to high standards, equality, and aspirations. You will work closely with the Head of Department to drive the vision for the subject and implement strategies aimed at improving student attainment and overall teaching excellence.
Your key responsibilities will include leading professional development for staff, providing mentorship and coaching, and designing impactful teaching materials that support high-quality practice. You will have the opportunity to contribute to cross-Trust curriculum development, support the improvement of teaching across the department, and make a lasting difference through focused interventions and targeted support for students.
As a Lead Practitioner, you will model exceptional teaching, manage resources effectively, and contribute to the self-evaluation and school improvement planning process. Your ability to use data to identify and address areas for improvement will be central to your success. You will also play a key role in developing and supporting other teachers, fostering a collaborative and growth-focused environment.
To succeed in this role, you will need recent experience of teaching at the secondary level, a strong record of improving student progress, and the ability to deliver high-quality CPD to staff. A deep understanding of exam specifications and curriculum developments, along with the ability to lead and mentor colleagues, will be essential.
If you are driven, organised, and committed to making a positive impact on student outcomes, we would love to hear from you. Join us and lead the way in creating a culture of excellence and improvement within our Science department.
Please note that we operate a probationary period of 6 months across all jobs in the Trust (see attached policy for further details). You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation
About Consett Academy
About Us
Connect Multi-Academy Trust is an ambitious Multi Academy Trust based in North Durham. The trust currently has 3 large secondary schools and 5 primary schools.
Our schools are at the heart of their local communities and strive to deliver on our founding principles of Inclusion, Progression and Excellence which supports a central vision of ‘Students First’.
The principle of inclusion provides opportunities for students of all abilities, aspirations and backgrounds and involving staff, governors, students and the wider community in determining the direction of our Trust. Our curriculums are broad and challenging, with the academic success of students at the heart of what we do.
To encourage progression, our schools provides effective advice and guidance. This enables learners to make informed and appropriate decisions for future study and employment, encouraging them to take on new challenges and reach higher levels of achievement.
The focus on excellence underpins all we do whether in learning areas, working in the community or governing and leading our schools.
The Trust recognises that safeguarding our children and young people is core to all our activities, and we expect all staff, volunteers and wider stakeholders to share this commitment.
Our Aims are:
· To ensure our schools are centres of excellence with a focus on the nurture and achievement of all their members;
· To promote mutual support, encouragement and benefit between our academies;
· To develop, as the core foundation of academic achievement, a strong culture of professional development amongst our staff;
· To celebrate and maintain the unique identity of communities we serve with each school at the heart of its community;
· To recognise and enable all those who often remain invisible, through ethnic or cultural disadvantage, or through disability or poverty to achieve their full potential.
Welcome
It is an honour to welcome you to Consett Academy and to be able to share the success of our students with you. Whilst we strive to ensure that all students achieve their very best academically, we are convinced that it is crucial to offer students the opportunity to develop and grow into confident, resilient and exceptional young people.
In order to achieve this we aim for our students to develop moral integrity and become responsible global citizens who demonstrate tolerance and a strong sense of responsibility towards each other and to those beyond their immediate community.
The journey students embark upon at Consett Academy brings change, challenge and opportunity: the response to which goes a long way to determining the student’s quality of life upon leaving school. We strongly uphold that any success is due to the hard work and determination of students, staff and parents working collaboratively.
Consett Academy inspires excellence by its very nature, and we seek to fulfil the potential of all those involved in our unique and remarkable educational community.
Our Vision is to be ‘An inspirational learning hub that allows all students and colleagues to achieve all that they can; has an ethos that ignites a passion for learning, discovery and creativity and nurtures a moral code and self worth that stays with our young people all their lives’.
As an Academy our key priority is to drive up standards and transform the lives and aspirations of our students. We aim to be the first choice place of learning for students of all abilities living in Consett and the surrounding area. We are a self – evaluating Academy focused on continuous improvement in all areas. We put our ‘Students First’ in all that we do.
Tom Urwin,
Head Teacher
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