Teacher of Science/Lead Practitioner
Accrington Academy
Lancashire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2016
Job overview
Teacher Salary: £23785 to £35569, depending upon experience
Lead Practitioner salary: £35570 to £44556
Due to the promotion of existing teachers of Science, a fantastic opportunity for an outstanding Science Teacher/Lead Practitioner has arisen.
The Academy is on the road to outstanding with high expectations and an unswerving commitment to ensure that every student achieves their goals at the heart of our rapid improvement.
Science is a thriving and popular subject at both Key Stages 4 and 5. A full range of courses, including Additional, Triple, BTEC and A-level, run within the department. As a result of demand in Science we have recently added a £750,000 Science block extension to our already outstanding facilities.
As a school we encourage our staff to work creatively; we believe our success is from a willingness to take risks and look at things from a very innovative angle. Our status as a national school of creativity and Apple training centre, evidence our approach to ensure outstanding learning is at our core.
This is the perfect opportunity to help to build and extend a major strand of the Academy’s curriculum provision in a popular, successful and oversubscribed school. If you would like to see more, then please contact us and we would be delighted to welcome you for a visit.
Being part of United Learning, one of the leading school groups in the country, we offer unrivalled career development opportunities and support to ensure you achieve your ambitions.
For further information and to apply please visit https://www.networxrecruitment.com/Jobs/Advert/311097
Closing date: Monday 22nd February 2016.
“Accrington Academy is a good school with outstanding features” – Ofsted March 2015
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. A DBS (previously CRB) check is required for all successful applicants.
About Accrington Academy
We are a popular, vibrant and successful 11-18, non-selective school. Our motto as part of the UL family of academies is “The Best in Everyone”.
In March 2015 OFSTED identified that we were a ‘good’ school. The cornerstone of our success is that students enjoy school. “Students’ attitudes to learning are positive. Students want to do well at the academy”. – OFSTED MARCH 2015
We have developed a culture of “hard work” and “dedication” from our students and staff alike, where high expectations and a desire for success are standard and everyone is proud to belong to Accrington Academy.
We believe that everyone at the academy can be outstanding and we seek to draw out the full potential in everyone. We do this by instilling the following values in all our students:
- Ambition
- Determination to succeed
- Respect for others, ourselves and the environment we live and work in
- Enthusiasm
- Confidence
- Creativity
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