Science Teacher

We are a large, mixed, 11-18 academy with over 300 students in our sixth form.  Due to our increased popularity as a school, our roll was extended from 8 to 10 form entry in September 2017.  Alperton Community School is proud to be an inclusive comprehensive school with a student intake that reflects a wonderfully diverse and vibrant local community. Our most recent Ofsted rating in July 2016 recognised the school as Good with Outstanding Leadership and Management. 

The school achieved its best ever set of GCSE results in 2017. The percentage of students achieving five good GCSEs (Grade 4+/A*-C) including English and maths has increased by 22% over the last four years and now stands at 64%. In 2016 and 2017 the school has been ranked in the top 5% of schools nationally for student progress at GCSE (Progress 8 = +0.51), and ranked in the top 1% for maths and the top 9% for English.  The school has been graded in the highest category “well above average” in both 2016 and 2017 DfE Performance Tables.

We are very fortunate to have opened a new school building in January 2017.  The new building has 83 new classrooms with purpose-built specialist Drama, Music, Art and DT facilities, as well as 14 Science laboratories, 10 ICT rooms and new outdoor sports facilities.  Every classroom has state of the art ICT facilities

Alperton Community School has featured in the media recently as one of our home-grown Art teachers, Andria Zafirakou, reached the top 10 in the $1m Global Teacher Prize 2018.  The school also won the TES Maths Department of the Year 2017 and is one of only 100 schools in the country to hold the Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence.

The Role 

Science is an extremely popular subject throughout the school with a large number of students progressing to our highly successful ‘A’ level courses.  We currently have three A Level classes in Biology, Chemistry and two Physics groups at A Level.  Many of our students leave us to study science-related subjects at Russell Group universities. 

You would join a well-qualified, friendly and committed Science team of 15 teachers and 5 technical and support staff. The school offers excellent support for NQTs in their induction year.

This is an exceptional opportunity. It will offer the successful candidate a friendly, highly supportive and committed working environment within a culture of success and professional growth.

The Person

The successful candidate will be an excellent classroom teacher who can inspire and excite students about their learning. You will have an innovative approach to developing a Science curriculum that is inclusive to all students and makes good use of ICT. 

The successful candidate will be expected to teach Science across the full age and ability range up to and including your specialism at A Level. The ability to work within a team is essential and candidates will be expected to have good ICT skills. A sound knowledge and understanding of best practice in the accurate assessment of student work is essential.

The Benefits

• On-going extensive PD programme
• Ride to work scheme
• Earn and learn

Closing Date: 19 March 2018
Assessment & Interview Date: w/c 19 March 2018

To apply, please visit our vacancies page. Completed application forms may be emailed to; hr@alperton.brent.sch.uk.  

Supplementary Information

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an inclusive community school and encourage applications from all sections of the community. 

Successful candidate(s) will be required to undertake an Enhanced and Barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please note CVs will not be considered as part of your application for this position.

Only successful candidates will be notified.  If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.