Teacher of Science
Fortis Academy
Birmingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 24 February 2020
Job overview
The Department and the Role:
Great Barr Academy provides the perfect environment for an ambitious, driven Teacher of Science to refine their practice and to gain in-depth knowledge and experience of strategies for improving progress.
The Candidate:
- Ability to teach Biology, Chemistry & Physics at KS3, and your own specialism at KS4. There may be an opportunity for the right candidate to teach KS5.
- Is passionate about your subject and an appetite to inspire young scientists
- Be able to contribute to a successful team.
We can offer:
- Our most valuable resource is our staff and we invest heavily in your development and well-being
- A forward looking school where excellent teachers can transform lives.
- We offer a well-established and successful NQT programme.
We welcome applications from NQTs
For informal discussions about this post, please contact Melissa Hunt, Assistant Head - Curriculum, email at m.hunt@greatbarr.bham.sch.uk
How to Apply:
Applications using the TES application form will be accepted on this occasion. Alternatively (and preferably), Shaw Education Trust application forms & further details are available to download from our website at http://greatbarracademy.org.uk/; please email your completed application form and covering letter to secretariat@greatbarr.bham.sch.uk
Great Barr Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
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About Fortis Academy
- Fortis Academy
- Aldridge Road, Great Barr, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B44 8NU
- United Kingdom
About Us:
Fortis Academy is sponsored by Shaw Education Trust. We are based in north Birmingham and have a large, diverse and vibrant community of students. We have a well-established and very successful Sixth Form.
We pride ourselves on our strong ethos which values inclusion, good citizenship, mutual respect and collaboration. We aim to provide a wide range of stimulating opportunities to expand our students’ horizons within an environment in which they feel safe and well cared for and in which they can achieve their best, develop self-confidence and flourish as individuals. We encourage the active participation of parents/carers in their children’s education; only when the school, the child and parents/carers are working together will children excel.
Our large and established Sixth Form, which is rated as ‘Good’ by OFSTED, specialises in providing high quality Level 3 qualifications and Level 3 ‘applied general’ qualifications. Year on year we are getting more students into the top Russell Group universities and are significantly exceeding the national average in doing so. The breadth of subjects offered provides both our students and our staff with great development opportunities.
Our students are drawn from a diverse community and, as OFSTED have noted, there is “comfortable cohesion” and our students “work together and play together well.” Visitors frequently comment on the pleasant, lively and friendly atmosphere in the school and the great sense of energy and purpose among staff and students.
The school has strong, mutually beneficial links with local schools, universities, employers and community organisations.
Working at Fortis:
We are very committed to the continuous professional development of our staff, and have worked hard to embed sophisticated, innovative strategies to improve teaching and pupil outcomes across the school. Many of our staff have chosen to develop their careers at the school or have returned to more senior roles after a period working in other schools.
We have a highly developed and well established programme for providing NQT’s with the necessary support to achieve a successful and smooth first year in their new careers. It has been described as ‘an exemplar of good practice’ and is frequently praised by our partner teacher training institutions. Fortis Academy is an excellent place to build a career.
Fortis Academy’s website offers candidates a wealth of up to date information about the Academy; its ethos and aims, day to day life, and news items covering a wide range of events and activities.
Vacancy details, application forms and guidance notes can all be downloaded from the website. Applications can also be emailed directly to the School through the website.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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