Teacher of Science
Appleton Academy
Bradford
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 11 May 2016
Job overview
Appleton Academy is an all through learning environment for pupils aged 3 to 19 and our building provides a wonderful environment for lifelong learning, in South Bradford.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, dedicated and passionate Teacher of Science who shows the potential to be outstanding, to work across the academy. We are seeking a Science practitioner with a commitment to excellence and the desire to develop their career, where there is a real opportunity to inspire our students.
The successful applicant will teach Science principally in KS3 and KS4 with the opportunity to contribute to the teaching of younger learners across the academy. The successful candidate will also have the potential to teach A level courses.
The successful applicant will:
- Be a consistently good to outstanding practitioner
- Plan, prepare and deliver lessons with a focus on high quality, imaginative and innovative teaching
- Be committed to the ideals and potential of all-through education
- Be familiar with the Science National Curriculum GCSE Science syllabus (knowledge of Level 3 BTEC and A Level Science would also be desirable)
We can offer:
- A committed staff team
- Opportunities for innovative ways of working
- Excellent CPD
- An opportunity to build and further develop good practice
- High quality professional development opportunities
Appleton Academy is part of Bradford College Education Trust. The Trust provides staff with excellent opportunities for professional development, training and support through a specialist school improvement team. Being part of a multi-academy Trust also means that our staff are able to rapidly progress in their careers through opportunities to work across the Trust academies, sharing best practice and developing skills that enable our staff to gain promotions within and beyond the organisation.
If you feel you are up to the challenges ahead and would like to share in our continued success, then please contact our recruitment partner Paula Read at Hays Education for an application pack and further details. Telephone 0113 200 3710 or email paula.read@hays.com.
The closing date for completed applications is Thursday 12th May 2016 at 9am
Visits to the academy are warmly welcomed and can be arranged by contacting Paula Read at Hays Education
Appleton Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check
About Appleton Academy
Our Vision
The Appleton Academy vision is to positively transform the achievement, education, skill levels and progression of children and young people from predominantly the Wyke area, so that they achieve their full potential as citizens, leaders and employees in a rapidly changing world.
This will be achieved through close collaboration and in partnership with staff, parents, our local community, other education establishments and our key stakeholders.
Appleton Academy will ensure that children and young people develop the skills in addition to the understanding required to be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve in their learning and in their chosen progression pathways post 16.
Our Ethos
- Underpinning our vision is a set of core beliefs and values.
- The Academy beliefs include:
- All our learners, and those who support them, will benefit from having their horizons and expectations extended
- All our learners can achieve to these personal horizons
- All our learners should have access to the ‘best’ opportunities and teaching available
- Success comes from active engagement with, and ownership of, their own learning
- Learning must be appreciated as a lifelong process that will continually open up new opportunities
- All young people need to have self confidence, a strong sense of personal and social responsibility, and eventually ‘work’ and life skills
- Staff are our most important resource
- The best results come from a ‘culture’ of collaboration and partnership
The values that underpin our beliefs and actions should include respect for ourselves, respect for and tolerance of others and respect for the environment. These are seen as the key aspects of citizenship. Appleton Academy will also value:
- Openness
- Honesty
- Creativity and inspiration
- A healthy, critical perspective on new ideas
- A “can do” attitude and approach
- Hard work, perseverance and striving for excellence
- Empathy and being prepared to listen to what others have to say
- Helpfulness and a thoughtful attitude and approach to others
- Being responsive to feedback
Appleton Academy was formed in September 2009 by the merging of a local primary and secondary school. We moved into our new, state of the art, building in November 2012 which provides a well thought out purposeful and inspirational learning environment. It provides a wonderful environment in South Bradford for lifelong learning and is already a landmark which can be seen many miles away as it is in a prominent position overlooking the Pennines.
We are an expanding all through Academy and are looking to appoint exceptional staff to join us on a journey that we are confident will be highly successful, making a real difference to the education and well-being of our community.
Appleton Academy is part of the Bradford College Educational Trust, part of the Bradford College family. This offers progression onto a range of courses for students from the age of 14.
Our building is built into the hillside and as well as offering facilities for “traditional sports” we are able to offer such activities as climbing, mountain biking, and BMX biking. We have a flourishing outdoor education department and our Dragon boaters have recently been recognised for their outstanding contribution and have been awarded elite crew status. Our out of school activities are numerous and varied: Duke of Edinburgh Award, Wiggle & Jiggle for Parents and Toddlers, Breakdancing, Trampolining and Story Corner. Our clubs include: Art, Chatterbooks, Cookery, Spanish, Football, Cheerleading, PE & Badminton. The activities mentioned are by no means finite and you can find members of both teaching and support staff actively involved in such clubs which shows the dedication of our staff outside the parameters of classroom teaching.
We will be recruiting from March to June 2014 as we continue to grow in both the primary and secondary areas. We will be looking for candidates who believe in our vision of positively transforming the achievement, education, skill levels and progression of children and young people so that they achieve their full potential as citizens, leaders and employees in our rapidly changing world.
The values that underpin our beliefs and actions should include respect for ourselves, respect for and tolerance of others and respect for the environment. These are seen as the key aspects of citizenship.
If you truly believe in our striving for “Aspiration and Achievement in Wyke” then we would like to hear from you.
Helen Jones
Principal
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