Lead Practitioner STEM
Ricards Lodge High School
Wimbledon
- Expired
- Salary:
- Inner London Pay Scale - Lead Practitioner scale (salary dependent on experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2023
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2023
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an outstanding STEM practitioner who supports and encourages the learning of others and supports the professional development of all members of the teaching community at Ricards Lodge High School. This post will work as part of a new developing team of leading teaching and learning practitioners who will monitor, evaluate and continually improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment across the school. The ability to teach A level is desirable but not essential.
Ricards Lodge High School is an outstanding, successful and vibrant multi-cultural comprehensive school for girls with a co-educational Sixth Form. We have high expectations of all our students and provide a dynamic and stimulating environment in which they can learn and develop as individuals.
The staff are very supportive towards each other with a great camaraderie existing throughout the school with a number of social events that are open to all and well attended.
When you come and work at Ricards Lodge High School and RR6 you will be able to benefit from a structured and comprehensive professional development programme. Appropriate CPD will be provided either through the SSAT Lead Practitioner Programme or through the NPQ Professional Development qualification through our partners the Wandle Teaching Alliance.
As a valued member of staff we want to ensure that you have access to all the benefits available to you.
Benefits include the following:
- Well being weeks and social events
- A laptop for all teaching staff
- Social staff area and work area for staff
- Access to Merton’s Employee Assistance Programme including new wellbeing app with instant access to free support for up to six weeks
- Collaborative approach to teaching and learning
- Merton Employee VDU users – possible to claim a fee towards glasses/eye test
- Annual season ticket travel loans are available.
We offer a full induction and training programme.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Ricards Lodge High School welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
Educating Successful Women of the Future
Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.
Closing date: Tuesday 31st January at 5pm.
To apply, please visit: https://www.ricardslodge.merton.sch.uk/vacancies
Attached documents
About Ricards Lodge High School
Ricards Lodge High School is a girls-only, comprehensive secondary school with sixth form situated in Wimbledon, south-west London. It is a community state school and was known as The Wimbledon Day Commercial School when it opened in 1924.
A larger than average secondary school, Ricards Lodge provides 1,200 places for students between the ages of 11 and 19 when fully subscribed.
Headteacher
Kate Page
Values and vision
The aim of Ricards Lodge is to “educate successful women of the future”. It strives to be an environment that challenges all its students academically, celebrating rigour and quality and helping pupils to achieve through the use of technology.
Ricards Lodge High School has a specialism in the performing arts and has gained the Artsmark Gold Award. The school believes that the risk-taking nature of the arts helps to increase self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as improving students' attitudes to learning.
Ofsted report
‘Leaders and the governing body are highly ambitious for the school. They have fully addressed the areas for improvement from the previous inspection. Pupils now receive an outstanding quality of education.'
Please see our most recent Ofsted report attached below.
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