Science Teacher

Science Teacher 

Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday              

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: MPS/UPS £30,000-£46,525 FTE                    

Location: Sawston Village College

We are now seeking to appoint a teacher of Science to join our successful team at Sawston Village College in September 2024. The post is full-time, working Monday to Friday, teaching all Sciences to KS3 and Biology to KS4. Well-equipped, well-resourced and organised, our Science Faculty is committed to igniting a passion for Science through a broad and enriching curriculum and extra- curricular programme. This post will provide the successful applicant with a wealth of opportunity to develop their classroom practice and career. Applications are welcomed from teachers looking for their next position in a department and school with aspirations for excellence for all. We also welcome applications from ECTs.

Department Profile

The Team

The faculty consists of a team of teachers and technicians who are committed, dynamic andinnovative. There are currently eleven members of teaching staff, along with three technicians. There are two specialist teaching assistants linked to Science. Within the faculty, the management roles comprise the Head of Science, the Deputy Head of Science and a KS3 Coordinator. There is an expectation upon each member of the team to take on a wider role within the department in order to further develop both themselves and the performance of the faculty.

There is a supportive and positive atmosphere amongst colleagues, and a genuine sense of teamwork and togetherness, which continues to drive our success. Experimentation and sharing new pedagogies and resources is encouraged.

Examination Success

The department regularly achieves excellent examination results, and we are always seeking to improve further.

In the separate sciences, for 74 pupils, our results in 2023 were as follows: Biology 7+ 82% and 5+ 99%; in Chemistry 7+ 84% and 5+ 100%, and in Physics 7+ 82% and 5+ 100%. In Combined Science, for 157 pupils, 78% achieved 4/4+ and 27% achieved 7/7+.

Accommodation and Resources

The Science faculty is based in a superb single-storey wing with nine spacious laboratories, which are widely admired by visiting colleagues. Most department teachers are allocated their own laboratory and there is a large preparation area and a Science staff room/work room. The building epitomises the positive ethos of Science at Sawston. Each laboratory is designed for group interaction and practical work, and we are well resourced to deliver the new required practical content – practical work is integral to our philosophy of teaching Science. Each laboratory has a new LCD touch-screen whiteboard. We use G-Suite applications for setting homework, which helps pupils with revision and reduces marking workload, and we also encourage the use of other online learning platforms such as Educake and Seneca.

Application Enrichment Curriculum

Pupils complete a two-year KS3 course, which has been developed by teachers within the department, and is designed to feed into the AQA GCSE science course. The course is fully- resourced, consisting of a series of lesson presentations, which have printed resources and web- links embedded. We continue to develop our resources, and each teacher is responsible for writing and updating specific resources. The GCSE course is also similarly resourced, and each teacher has a responsibility for particular units.

We teach the AQA Trilogy course for Combined Science, and the Separate Sciences (Triple) course for the most able.

The Science faculty organises a popular weekly STEM club. Junior STEM is attended by around 25-30 pupils in Year 7/8 each week. Senior STEM is attended by 10-15 committed Y9-11 pupils working on a robotics project.

The Science department runs a variety of trips each year, such as to regional STEM events and national exhibitions and competitions. In previous years we visited the Royal Institute exhibition, a workshop at the Botanic Gardens, STEM careers day at Duxford, Erasmus KIKS project, the Science Museum in London and entered a number of competitions. A team of our most able Year 10 scientists recently beat eight other schools at the Perse Science Quiz.

If you would like to arrange a visit to our school please contact the HR team at jobs@sawstonvc.org.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the application process via our website at https://sawstonvc.org/vacancies/, outlining how your skills and experience will enable you to be successful in this role. Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

If  for any reason you need to apply via an alternative accessible format, please contact us by emailing jobs@sawstonvc.org.

We will review your application on receipt and contact you to arrange an interview. Please apply at your earliest convenience.

Anglian Learning offers the following benefits to staff.

●       Career Average Revalued Earnings Pension Scheme (CARE)

●       Free membership to all Anglian Leisure Sports Centres – Bassingbourn, Bottisham, Sawston, Joyce Frankland, Linton and Netherhall

●       20% discount on Adult Education classes run by Anglian Learning schools

●       Employee assistance programme via Health Assured

●       Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme

●       Discounted eye care vouchers

●       Annual flu jab vouchers

●       Perkbox staff discounts

●       Investment in personal development

●       Perkbox