Teacher of Chemistry
Hereford Cathedral School
Herefordshire
- Expiring soon
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 29 April 2024
Job overview
Opportunity
Hereford Cathedral School seeks to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic Teacher of Chemistry to join our outstanding faculty. The role requires the ability to teach Chemistry at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. The successful candidate will be passionate about the subject, committed to a holistic education and able to inspire our students. Whilst not essential, the ability to teach A level would be an advantage or a willingness to develop teaching to this level. There is the potential for a Head of Chemistry role for outstanding applicants.
This is a role for a teacher wishing to join a sector-leading educational provision which values continuous professional development, a culture of collaboration, reflective practice and where colleagues are nurtured, supported and encouraged in their careers. The successful candidate will be highly motivated and fully prepared to undertake the demands of working in one of the UK’s leading independent co-educational day and boarding schools.
Salary: Competitive
Hours/weeks: Full-time or part-time
Start date: September 2024
Location: Hereford Cathedral School, Old Deanery, Cathedral Close, Hereford HR1 2NG
Our Offer
A highly talented and supportive staff and governing body
Competitive salary
Access to our effective Professional Learning programme which includes our vision
for ‘Cultures of Thinking’
Free lunch provided in term time
Enrichment opportunities through our exceptional extra-curricular opportunities
Opportunity to join a wonderful team of people
A beautiful place to work in the most idyllic settings
And finally, the chance to work with outstanding students
Completed applications should be accompanied by a covering letter and sent to Recruitment, Hereford Cathedral School, Old Deanery, The Cathedral Close, Hereford HR1 2NG or to recruitment@herefordcs.com
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory employment references and other safer recruitment checks. Further information on the School’s safeguarding can be found on the school website.
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About Hereford Cathedral School
- Hereford Cathedral School
- Old Deanery, Cathedral Close, Hereford
- Herefordshire
- HR1 2NG
- United Kingdom
Hereford Cathedral School (HCS) is one of the oldest schools in the country and is located in the beautiful surroundings of Hereford Cathedral Close.
A happy, inclusive school with a national reputation for music, sport, and academic achievement, HCS is a co-educational day and boarding school for 745 pupils aged 3-18. In a caring and nurturing environment, every member of the community is both challenged and fulfilled. Pupils at HCS are offered an excellent standard of teaching and individual care and leave the School as well-balanced, confident and considerate young adults ready for the wider world.
It is probable that the School was established at Hereford Cathedral in the 12th century, possibly as early as the 1130s, but little is known over the following centuries. Having been rebuilt in the reign of Edward VI (1547-53), it received considerable emoluments from Queen Elizabeth I in 1583. Its greatest benefactors came in the 17th century when Dean Langford, Roger Philpotts, a former Mayor of Hereford, and Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Somerset, gave sizeable bequests to the School for the foundation of scholarships. When Charles I granted new statutes to the Cathedral in 1637, the School’s endowment was also increased by the grant of a house and garden for the Headmaster. By 1762 a new schoolroom 80 feet long and 40 feet broad, with windows overlooking the palace yard, had been completed to the south-west of the Cathedral on the site of the old building.
The period from the late 19th to the early 21st century has seen a remarkable growth in pupil numbers – from under 100 boys to more than 745 boys and girls (from 3 to 18 years) and a corresponding increase in staff; an expansion in the number of sites from the one in School Yard to seven around the Close and in Castle Street; the adoption of co-education in 1970; the integration of the Cathedral Preparatory School (now Hereford Cathedral Junior School, founded in 1898 and moved to its present site in 1925); and the development of purpose-built facilities (including most recently a new sports hall) and the School’s playing fields at Wyeside.
HCS proudly reintroduced boarding in April 2019 following months of renovations on a former country house hotel. Wilmot House currently offers 29 students the benefits of an outstanding education and the friendly culture of a traditional British school.
Looking to the future, there are plans in place to expand the School’s boarding provision as well as discussions at an advanced stage to launch the first Hereford Cathedral School overseas.
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