Lead Science Technician
Cheadle Hulme High School & Sixth Form
Cheadle Hulme High School
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale 5 - £21,589 - £24,313 subject to pro rata per annum and mid year start (£11.19 - £12.60 per hour)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- March 2020
- Apply by:
- 28 February 2020
Job overview
The Laurus Trust is a growing multi-academy trust in the North West of England.
The vision of the Trust is for everyone regardless of background or circumstance to be inspired, to thrive in all environments, to recognise what it takes to succeed, to set aspirational goals and to work hard to achieve them. In the recent Staff Engagement Survey 97% of our employees stated that they would recommend working for Laurus Trust to their friends.
All our Laurus Schools are hugely oversubscribed and have a reputation, both locally and further afield, for outstanding teaching and learning through the relentless pursuit of excellence and the determination to ensure that every child succeeds. Our founder school Cheadle Hulme High School was judged Outstanding in every single category by Ofsted in 2011 and 2015.
Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS) is the founder school of the Laurus Trust. In the 2019 Progress 8 Headline measure CHHS came in the top 3% of schools nationally with a figure of +0.75.
A training school for thirteen years and a Teaching School for a further six, CHHS is home to the Altius Alliance centre of excellence providing School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) for teachers of students aged 11-16, judged Outstanding in 2017.
If you want to work in a highly ambitious and successful school, and have the passion and commitment to join us at an exciting time for learning and development as we expand and open new schools in the Trust, then we would like to hear from you.
We are currently looking to recruit a Lead Science Technician to join our team.
Salary: Scale 5 - £21,589- £24,313 subject to pro rata per annum and mid year start (£11.19 - £12.60 per hour)
Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only
Part time applications will be considered
Key Responsibilities
- To liaise with the Laurus Trust Lead Technician in order to help lead the planning and preparation of new materials/equipment/apparatus throughout the year.
- To ensure that laboratories and equipment are kept in a safe and tidy manner. This duty includes a daily check of all services to ensure correct operation (reporting faults to the necessary agency) and physically locking and unlocking teaching areas as required.
- To undertake routine maintenance of general facilities and equipment and to report major faults to the appropriate member of staff.
- To carry out stock checks, place requisition orders for goods, receive, check and safely store goods when delivered (this duty also involves contacting suppliers to check on prices and late deliveries etc.)
- To prepare/manufacture equipment/apparatus/specimens. In addition to the routine preparation of glassware, agar plates etc., this duty also includes the manufacture of experimental aids from a variety of materials such as plastic, metal, wood etc.
- To obtain either by purchase from local suppliers or from the local environment, various items for use in science practical lessons (these can range from nails to woodlice).
- To prepare solutions/reagents for general laboratory and individual use.
- To ensure chemical/biological waste is stored and disposed of in a correct and safe manner
- To assist teaching staff in the running/supervision of individual practical sessions.
- To maintain the departments resource ordering system. This duty includes photocopying worksheets as necessary and making card sorts for schemes of work
- To place lesson requirement in labs and remove previous equipment.
- To put away equipment left out.
- To clear all fume cupboards of all equipment unless labelled to leave.
- To ensure all poisons are locked away at the end of the day.
- To check and ensure labs are fully stocked with equipment every week.
- To check general maintenance of labs and refer any Health and Safety problems to the Subject Leader Science.
This is an important appointment for Cheadle Hulme High School as you will contribute to a team that provides a high quality service, delivering a positive operational and educational experience for all stakeholders. In return for your commitment, we also offer:
In return for your commitment, we also offer:
- Competitive salary
- Pension scheme with employer contributions
- Excellent employee benefits
- Flexible working
- State of the art school facilities and new Trust HQ offices
Please base your evidence on the knowledge and experience on the Job Description
Any candidate who has a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010, is required to inform us, in order to ensure that ‘reasonable adjustments’ can be made.
To apply, complete the application form below by clicking on the ‘Quick Apply’ button (CVs are not accepted).
Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 28th February 2020
The Laurus Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Attached documents
About Cheadle Hulme High School & Sixth Form
- Cheadle Hulme High School & Sixth Form
- Woods Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport
- Cheshire
- SK8 7JY
- United Kingdom
Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS) is the founder school of the Laurus Trust. We are a hugely oversubscribed school with a reputation locally, and further afield, for outstanding teaching and learning through the relentless pursuit of excellence and a determination to ensure that every child succeeds. CHHS was judged Outstanding in every category by Ofsted in 2011 and 2015.
In the 2023 KS4 Progress 8 Headline measure, CHHS came in the top 5% of non-selective schools nationally. We are delighted with the performance of the class of 2023’s GCSE results; a fantastic 47% of all GCSE grades were 7 or above, and a staggering 81% were grade 5 and above. 70% of students achieved 5 and above and 84% achieved grade 4 and above in both GCSE English and Maths, making this the best set of GCSE results the school has ever seen which is even more impressive given the return to pre-pandemic grading.
In 2022 the progress of our disadvantaged students was Progress 8 +0.3, the national figure is -0.55. Our disadvantaged students make more progress than their non- disadvantaged peers nationally.
In 2023 CHHS has once again bucked the national trend with two thirds of all A Level grades at A*, A or B. An incredible 35 students, over a quarter of the Class of 2023, received 3 or more A* and A grades, and of those, a magnificent eight have gained highly competitive places either to study at Oxford or Cambridge to read Medicine or Veterinary Science at university.
We are delighted that CHHS is regularly named as one of the UK’s top-performing schools in The Sunday Times annual Parent Power Surveys. We are also extremely proud to have been selected as one of the first schools in England to become a lead Language Hub in the governments £15 million languages reboot. The aim of the network is to spread best practice in languages teaching to other schools and boost exam entries. The offer will give students aged 14-18 the opportunity to study German, Spanish and French through to Key Stage 5.
CHHS became an 11-18 school in September 2013, with approximately 1664 students on roll. Our dedicated Sixth Form Centre opened in September 2014. We are the founder school of a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) with an outstanding academic record.
CHHS has a strong commitment to continued professional development of all staff. The professional learning opportunities in school and beyond enable staff to engage in various internal communities of professional development. There is support given to staff who are undertaking ECT, Masters, CTeach and NPQ programmes. Many of our staff have also joined other external subject networks and professional development, such as Doctor of Education programmes.
To view the Sixth Form Prospectus, please click this link: Sixth Form - Cheadle Hulme High School (chhs.org.uk)
About the Laurus Trust
The Laurus Trust is a highly successful and growing multi-academy trust in the North West of England, with Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS), the founder school, at its centre. Our vision is for everyone regardless of background or circumstance to be inspired, to thrive in all environments, to recognise what it takes to succeed, to set aspirational goals and to work hard to achieve them.
All our Laurus Schools are hugely oversubscribed and have a reputation, both locally and further afield, for outstanding teaching and learning through the relentless pursuit of excellence and the determination to ensure that every child succeeds. It’s important to us as an employer that our staff feel that we care about them at work. 97% agree that we do!
At the Laurus Trust, it is not just about what we do but also about how we do it. We are seeking individuals who are able to demonstrate our core behaviours which set out the expectations we have of our staff.
The Laurus Trust is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We welcome and encourage applications from all individuals regardless of individual background or circumstance.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we strongly encourage applications from all persons with a known disability, and we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants, that meet the minimum criteria for a role, will be offered an interview and given the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talents and abilities.
The Laurus Trust and its affiliated schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including online checks and the disclosure of criminal records. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
To view our Safeguarding policy, please click here.
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