Science Teacher
Future Academies Watford
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Main scale £24,211 - £33,742
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 19 February 2016
Job overview
NEW ACADEMIC YEAR – NEW OPPORTUNITY!
Main scale £24,211 - £33,742 + Recruitment and Retention allowance of £2,000
This Vacancy could also be linked to a Year Leader Role, with an associated salary of £38,120 - £45,292
Francis Combe Academy is a ‘Good’ School – Ofsted November 2015
We are seeking to appoint a qualified and motivated teacher of Science, able to demonstrate a range of behaviour management strategies and teaching skills. Furthermore, we will expect you to be well organised, have high expectations of achievement and behaviour, and demonstrate excellent professional standards.
We welcome applications form teachers who teach Biology, chemistry, Physics and Phycology.
If you have an infectious enthusiasm for your subject and want to make a significant contribution to a strong team then you are right for us!
This post offers excellent opportunities for an ambitious teacher to develop their skills further within a rapidly improving Academy.
We want from you:
- Passion for your subject.
- Creativity and enthusiasm.
- Teamwork within the department.
- High expectations of yourself and students.
- Confident IT skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- An excellent record of attendance and punctuality.
We can offer you:
- Outstanding facilities.
- Comprehensive Staff Welfare Package
- Relocation allowance up to £2,000 if applicable.
- Students that are enthusiastic and keen to learn.
- Very supportive colleagues.
- Excellent professional development and guidance.
- A vibrant, successful Sixth Form.
- An Academy committed to doing the best for its students.
This is an exceptional opportunity to play a role and make a difference to the future of education with a 21st-century Academy. If you share the Academy's vision and ambitions, possess a strong desire to work within an ethos of creative collaboration and partnership and want to have a positive impact on young people, families and the community, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Francis Combe Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undergo enhanced DBS clearance.
If you would like any further details about this post or would like a tour of the Academy, please telephone Jacqui Hurst, Director of Resources 01923 620747 or email j.hurst@franciscombeacademy.org.uk
Please visit www.franciscombeacademy.org.uk for more information.
Closing Date is: 19th February 2016
Interviews: w/c 22nd February 2016
Please come and visit us. We would be delighted to welcome you to our recruitment open event on Tuesday 2nd and 9th February 2016, between 2.00pm and 6.00pm.
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About Future Academies Watford
- Future Academies Watford
- Horseshoe Lane, Garston, Watford
- Hertfordshire
- WD25 7HW
- United Kingdom
Your opportunity
As part of Future Academies Watford, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming the lives of children. With regular progression opportunities and excellent CPD for all staff, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career. Our aim is to help you achieve your ambitions more quickly.
We offer appropriate support and training as well as excellent opportunities for professional development. We are also able to offer additional remuneration for an exceptional candidate, with the possibility of some management responsibility if appropriate.
What we are looking for
We look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming the education of our students, and help to create exceptional opportunities for learning for all our young people.
About Future Academies Watford
Future Academies Watford is set in leafy Hertfordshire, is well connected with many transport links and a short train journey away from the centre of London.
We are part of Future Academies, a Multi-Academy Trust which includes three primary schools and seven secondary schools in and around London and Hertfordshire. We are motivated by a mission of social change and reducing educational inequality. We are unique in our approach to a knowledge-rich curriculum; our school motto is libertas per cultum (freedom through education), and in our strong emphasis on raising young people’s aspirations and outcomes through the teaching of classical and traditional subjects.
Why work at Future Academies Watford?
Our staff often refer to their departments and the wider staff as ‘a family’.
We also take workload issues seriously and we believe our Academy does more than any other to help staff maintain a sustainable and joyful life/work balance.
We provide a safe, caring and challenging environment for learning, committed to the development of every student as an individual. We understand that while students have different gifts and talents we have a strong belief that everyone can be Great.
All staff benefit from high quality continuing professional development opportunities and there is a comprehensive Induction programme for NQTs
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. We are fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.
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