Lead Professional in Science (TLR 1a) or Specialist Leader in Education Science (Lead Practitioner scale 4-9)
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
Birmingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Lead Professional in Science (TLR 1a) / Specialist Leader in Education Science (Lead Practitioner scale 4-9)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st January 2020
Job overview
Following the promotion of the current post-holder, we are looking to appoint an excellent practitioner with the experience and skills to build on current achievements in this popular and successful subject area. The current post-holder is a Specialist Leader in Education and a member of the Extended Leadership Team and so this is an opportunity for an appropriately qualified candidate. The ability to teach biology to A level would be desirable.
The successful candidate will lead a well-qualified and experienced team who have the benefit of a relatively new science suite.
Lordswood Girls’ School is very proud of its position as one of the top schools, both in the city and nationally. The school has been consistently ranked in the top 1-4% schools nationally for student progress and enjoys an excellent reputation for its academic, sporting, and artistic achievements. We offer excellent professional support and a comprehensive development programme.
Visits from prospective applicants are welcomed.
Application Process:
An application form and further details are available for download from the Lordswood Girls’ School website at www.lordswoodgirls.co.uk and also available from Sheila Allport by email at s.allport@lordswoodtrust.co.uk or telephone 0121 429 2838.
Closing date: noon on 18th October 2019.
Lordswood Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful applicant.
About King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
- King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
- Knightlow Road, Harborne, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B17 8QB
- United Kingdom
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls, Harborne, offers an excellent academic education within a happy and purposeful community. High quality teaching, firm discipline, and valuing each individual are central to our exciting approach to pre and post-sixteen study.
All students are encouraged to realise their fullest potential, to live and work in harmony with others and to be ambitious for their futures. Students are supported in their work by a team of highly professional and caring staff.
Student outcomes place us in the highest category of schools nationally, but this is not what makes us most proud. Our school is a community, and whilst we value academic success, this is not the only objective of our school. We pride ourselves in growing good citizens, we help to develop girls who have the knowledge, skills and the desire to make a difference to the world in which they live.
The world today is changing rapidly and our aim is that all students will leave as flexible, positive and assured young people. Past students provide fine examples of this by excelling in a wide range of careers and interests.
In September 2022, we formally joined the King Edward VI Academy Trust. We look forward to the opportunities that this will provide to everyone within our community. Students will benefit from a broad range of activities which will enrich their education. In addition, our fantastic team of teachers will benefit from professional development and collaboration opportunities, which will support our pupils to enjoy a rich and diverse curriculum.
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls, is a happy, active place; students work hard and have fun. The facilities are excellent, the opportunities on offer are exciting, but it is the people who make it special. We hope that you will want to be one of those people.
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