Teacher of Physics with optional Head of KS4 Science
Gordon's School
Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- Up to £47,680
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter or September 2017
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2016
Job overview
Teacher of Physics
With optional Head of Key Stage 4 Science
£26,260 - £47,680
Accommodation available
Required for Easter 2017 (or September 2017)
Gordon’s School is busy boarding school with an enhanced salary structure and all teaching staff are expected to contribute to the wider life of the school. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver A Level Physics and GCSE Science in one of the most successful state schools in Britain. The ideal candidate will be a well-qualified and enthusiastic graduate. The teacher of physics only post would be suitable for a NQT. Set in a beautiful 45-acre Surrey site, the School enjoys excellent facilities and an aspirational learning environment. Gordon’s is recognised by HM Chief Inspector of Schools as one of Britain’s finest non-selective schools, with circa 800 students including 240 residential boarders and a thriving sixth form. In 2016, the percentage of students achieving five or more GCSE grades A* to C, including Maths and English, was 97%, which ranks Gordon’s in the 10 top non-selective schools in England. The A*-C pass rate at A-Level was 94%, with 81% of the grades A* to B. Massively over-subscribed, Gordon’s size ensures that every pupil is well known and nurtured as an individual. The School has a very strong emphasis on academic standards, self-discipline and traditional values and aims to be much more than just outstanding examination results, providing abundant opportunities outside the classroom and exceptional pastoral care.
Further details are attached or visit our website: www.gordons.surrey.sch.uk/vacancies
Closing date for applications: Monday 5th December at 4pm
Interview: Thursday 8th December
GORDON’S SCHOOL West End, Woking, Surrey, GU24 9PT
Head Teacher: Andrew Moss
Tel: 01276 858084
Fax: 01276 855335
Email: jferguson@gordons.surrey.sch.uk
“Gordon’s is an outstanding school in every respect.” OFSTED
Gordon’s is a State Boarding and Day School and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children - applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate screening including a DBS check
Attached documents
About Gordon's School
Gordon’s is a non-selective, co-ed, 11-18 school of circa 1000 students. Unusually for a state school it offers residential boarding facilities to 280 students. Founded in 1885, its historical links with General Charles Gordon have shaped the ethos and sense of tradition that is present within the school today.
Gordon’s places a strong emphasis on standards, academic success and high expectations. Great importance is placed on the quality of teaching in the classroom because of the belief that schools are first and foremost centres for learning.
In the sixth form there are over 350 students taking BTEC and A Level courses. There are five residential boarding houses and six day boarding houses for students. This allows for a high level of care and individual support, excellent staff/student relationships, backed by a structured learning and teaching environment, with high standards of courtesy and self-discipline.
In the school there is a wide variety of sporting and co-curricular activities. Daily over forty clubs offer a range from traditional games, rock-climbing and horse riding to tap dancing, music and drama. The Combined Cadet Force and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme are particularly popular and successful. One unusual feature is the marching Pipes and Drums band, which plays at ceremonial occasions at school and for outside events, when the students wear their ‘blues’ - a form of military uniform featuring the Gordon’s tartan.
School facilities are excellent and include over fifty acres of playing fields, a state-of-the art fitness centre, sports hub including all-weather pitches and coffee shop, and refurbished music and drama block.
The school is situated in fifty acres of Surrey parkland a few miles from the M25, M3 and M4 motorways. Day boarders come mainly from the local villages of West End, Chobham and Lightwater. Residential boarders come for all parts of the United Kingdom and around ten percent from overseas.
The Ofsted Inspection of November 2014 reported, “Gordon’s is an outstanding school in every respect”. Ofsted inspected 27 areas, 26 of which were given grade 1. In particular: -
“Teaching and learning are outstanding”
“The curriculum provision is outstanding”
“Standards are outstandingly high in national tests and GCSE”
“The effectiveness and efficiency of the boarding is outstanding”
“The quality of care provided by the school for the pupils is exceptional”
“Leadership and management are outstanding”
All of this is a tremendous testimony to the hard work and commitment of both students and staff – and is part of the reason why Gordon’s is the most over-subscribed state school in Surrey with over five applications for every place.
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