Teacher of Science
King's Lynn Academy
Norfolk
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS (salary is dependent on experience, training and/or qualifications)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020, or as soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 17 January 2020
Job overview
Position: Teacher of Science
Salary: MPS/UPS (salary is dependent on experience, training and/or qualifications)
Contract: Full time, Fixed Term until August 2020
To start: January 2020, or as soon as possible
Qualifications: Applicants must have a relevant teaching qualification and hold QTS or QTLS
This is an exciting role suitable for candidates looking to work within a progressive and rapidly improving Science department. We are expecting a significant increase in GCSE results this year and we have only just begun our improvement journey.
We have 7 fully equipped classrooms and laboratories – each with an interactive smartboard TV. There are two excellent full-time technicians and our teachers have a wide range of experience and backgrounds.
The Science department follows the Triple Science and Trilogy GCSE courses from the AQA Awarding body. We are currently implementing a new Key Stage 3 scheme of work designed to lighten workload and improve student understanding of fundamental science concepts. This is a time of real change and improvement within the department.
Our students range from age 11 to 16 and have a range of backgrounds and abilities and are a true reflection of the local area. Our existing staff, whether support or teaching, work well together as a team with the best interests of all our students at heart. You will work closely with other members of the academy to ensure that all students receive the best possible support to enable them to achieve their full potential
Kings Lynn Academy is a positive place of learning, our Mission is ‘Learning without Limits’. We do not put any ceilings on how high our students can go and have high ambitions for everyone here. We support every student to make great progress and want every student to be the best they can be by setting challenging targets for their future success. We support each student from their own starting point and believe that success is best achieved by doing the little things well, every day through a consistent desire from every student to make continual progress focusing on daily personal bests to help students to go further faster.
By getting to know every student well and providing the assistance each person needs to succeed, we create a strong community where our staff and students truly pull together. Come and join us.
Skills & Experience
- It is essential that you are Degree qualified with passion, drive and enthusiasm within the relevant subject area.
- The successful candidate will have previous classroom experience, knowledge of current issues and developments in education, a good awareness of strategies to improve the learning and achievement of students and a desire to raise standards in teaching and learning to improve achievement.
- You will be committed to supporting learning, able to relate to students in a pleasant and sympathetic manner and have an enthusiastic and engaging approach.
- An enhanced DBS check is required for all of our roles
- Please ensure that you tailor your application to meet the minimum essential criteria of the Person Specification attached to this advert.
How to apply
To request an application pack or to arrange a visit at the school please contact Tracy Harrison at Vision for Education on 0191 267 6555 or email permanent@visionforeducation.co.uk.
The closing date for applications is Friday 17th January 2020 at 3pm and these should be returned via email to permanent@visionforeducation.co.uk.
Vision for Education are a recruitment business and work in partnership with Eastern Multi Academy Trust to support their permanent recruitment and the application process will be managed by Vision for Education.
Attached documents
About King's Lynn Academy
- King's Lynn Academy
- Queen Mary Road, King's Lynn
- Norfolk
- PE30 4QG
- United Kingdom
Welcome, and thank you for your interest in King’s Lynn Academy (KLA).
We are incredibly proud to have been recognised by Ofsted as a “Good” school in May 2022. This is an incredible achievement and we are very pleased to have the hard work and determination of the students, staff and KLA community, recognised.
At KLA we are lucky to have an energised, skilful and committed staff who work together to continue to make our school better. Relationships between staff, pupils and families are very strong, and our phenomenally energetic pastoral team are proactive in their communication with families and dedication towards the pupils.
We believe that this is a great place to be and to learn. Our motto is ‘success in all we do’. We do not put any ceilings on how high our students can go and we have high ambitions for everyone here. We are committed to a simple but powerful message: ‘achieving our full potential together’.
Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our innovative ‘Forward Step’ base, created in 2018. The programme offers an outstanding educational provision, delivering support and a broad and balanced curriculum which meets the needs of each individual student, linking the academic and therapeutic through a wholly holistic approach. We are proud of its huge success, which has strongly contributed to our being able to reduce all forms of exclusion by over 95% in just two years.
Alongside curriculum and enrichment opportunities, KLA embraces community fund raising; together our students, parents and staff have raised more than £9000 for Macmillan and have welcomes more than 100 local elderly residents in for a celebratory Christmas lunch, cooked and provided by KLA staff and students.
The curriculum that we plan for our pupils is ambitious, with its aim being clear that all pupils, regardless of their circumstances or needs, are enabled to be as successful as possible both academically and socially. There are many ways that we support each pupil individually to achieve their goals, including support for the development of their character, resilience, community-spirit and mental health. Our innovative system of ‘Personal Development Plans’, including an entitlement to at least three developmental face to face meetings for every pupil every year, is designed to make sure every pupil gets the individual advice, guidance and support they need to be successful, and that parents are included at every step.
Everyone is constantly learning in our academy – including our staff. Regardless of how long you have been teaching, or where you are in your career, you are guaranteed first class professional development at KLA. We aim to support teachers in developing their subject knowledge as well as refining their teaching practice within their discipline. Alongside this we develop colleagues’ understanding of wider teaching theory more generally - their pedagogical content knowledge. Our aim is to put theory into practice, and our CPD programme looks to make tangible differences in the classroom.
About the Trust
We are proud to be part of the Eastern Multi-Academy Trust (EMAT), which consists of 12 primary schools and 1 secondary school across West Norfolk. As part of the Trust, we share their core values to Empower, Motivate, achieve and Transform our pupils. The trust seeks to offer mutual support from one academy to another, to develop shared learning and understanding, collaborate to achieve better outcomes, recognise unique qualities and differences, be positive and aspirational, focus on the successes of individuals and develop a culture of healthy competition.
For more information about Kings Lynn Academy and the Eastern Multi-Academy Trust, please visit www.kingslynnacademy.co.uk and www.eastern-mat.co.uk/
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