Science Teacher
Parkside School
Bradford
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 12 June 2016
Job overview
A Full Time teacher of Science is required from September 2016 or as soon as is possible thereafter. This post has become available due to the internal promotion of a staff member into a leadership role.
Parkside is a rapidly improving school situated in a rural situation, close to Haworth, West Yorkshire, with good transport links to both Bradford and Leeds. It is a popular and oversubscribed 11 to 18 co-educational school with 1100 students on role. In September 2013, we welcomed our new Headteacher who is both excited and committed to developing Parkside School and making it the good school that both the students and community deserve.
In November 2014, OFSTED commented:
“The Headteacher, newly appointed senior leaders and many middle managers have high expectations. They have made large-scale changes since the previous inspection that are improving teaching and raising achievement….”
”Behaviour around the school is calm and orderly. Students enjoy coming to school and are welcoming to visitors”
“The school’s arrangements to keep students’ safe are good. Students say how well they are supported and cared for and how little bullying takes place”
We are seeking to appoint an ambitious, innovative, and highly skilled Science teacher. The successful applicant will report directly to the newly appointed Head of Faculty and it is expected they will support the strategic direction and development of the faculty across all areas and exam courses. This role would be ideal for either an NQT starting out on their teaching career or an experienced teacher looking for a new challenge. Bespoke CPD / training will be available through the school for continued staff development.
The successful applicant will be joining a faculty containing several new staff who as a dedicated team are:
- Improving results and progress across all Key Stages
- Working strategically to enhance the progress of its students at all Key Stages
- Hardworking, enthusiastic and collaborative in their approach to working together
- Offering a supportive environment where staff development is an essential aspect of career development
We are seeking to appoint:
- A teacher with a passion for delivering inspiring and exciting lessons
- A candidate with high expectations of themselves and their students
- An outstanding classroom practitioner
- A dedicated colleague who is keen to make a significant contribution to raising the attainment and progress of their students further and to producing successful, independent learners for the future
If you are as excited by this challenge as we are and you think this might be the role for you, please follow the links below for information pack and an application form.
https://www.hirewire.co.uk/job/70666/
Please apply by completing the application form in full and ensure that this is uploaded to the Hire Wire site or returned to the Headteacher’s PA Mrs Jill Britton at the address below, by the closing date of Monday 13 June 2016 at 09:00 a.m. Successful candidates will be contacted for interview.
Mrs Jill Britton
PA to Mr Andy Taylor
Parkside School
Cullingworth
Bradford
BD13 5AD
Email: jill.britton@parksideschool.net
Telephone: 01535 272752
The School has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Parkside School is an Equal Opportunities Employer
About Parkside School
- Parkside School
- Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, Bradford
- West Yorkshire
- BD13 5AD
- United Kingdom
It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Parkside School which recently joined Wellspring Academy Trust who were recently awarded the title of Multi Academy Trust of the year. As such, we are at the start of an exciting journey and we are looking for a like-minded, talented people to join us. Wellspring Academy Trust is known for its inclusive practice and these values are matched by Parkside School.
Located in the picturesque village of Cullingworth, Parkside School is surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic countryside. The village, three miles south of Keighley and seven miles west of central Bradford, is not only popular with commuters but also with tourists, walkers and cyclists who revel in some of the country’s most glorious scenery. The locality is steeped in history; the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its famous literary collections lie less than five miles east.
We want the young people of Parkside school to have every available opportunity to develop into well-rounded citizens who are equipped to make a positive contribution and who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have passionate hopes for their future; hopes that they can articulate, believe in and make real. We want to develop a nurturing environment that develops students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never tried before, do things they have never done before and who are willing to risk reimagining themselves as the very best version of what they can become.
We believe that education is the vehicle for improved outcomes for all. Improved outcomes for all aid the cause of social justice through equity. This is why we are so passionate about what we do. We champion inclusive education, stronger communities and improving life chances. We are passionate about our social purpose: to make a difference. Ethics and values are at the heart of our culture. We have taken the harder path many times in order to remain true to our values. Our organisational thinking, philosophy of education and way of being place people and positive relationships at their heart. We invest in our workforce. We invest in our children and young people. We invest in our communities.
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