Teacher of Science (Physics an advantage, but not essential)

We would like to extend a warm welcome from all pupils, staff, governors and trustees of Rhyddings. Rhyddings serves the East Lancashire old mill town of Oswaldtwistle and surrounding area. It has been at the heart of the community for nearly 90 years and enjoys good transport links via the M65 corridor and adjoining networks of M6 and M66.

The school has been in a period of transition, quite literally with a recently completed capital building programme. Uniquely, whilst this was taking place the school was temporarily off-site for the academic years’ 2019-2021, returning in September 2021 to an impressive multi million pound refurbished and new build campus boasting excellent facilities.

We are also a founding member within a newly formed Multi Academy Trust – LET Education Trust https://let-edu.org/ . This includes two primary and two secondary schools within Hyndburn. This post will be with the school, but as part of the Trust, and this will afford the successful candidate greater opportunity to work collaboratively.

The school is also expanding and has moved from 4 form entry to 6 form entry within the last 18 months.

The school continues to work hard to prepare the young people we serve and help them realise and reach their potential, providing them with the very best educational experiences.

Pupils are well supported through our Pastoral Year and House Continent systems. This provides the support pupils need to perform well across the curriculum as well as healthy competition throughout the year.

We have an active extra-curricular programme and run a number of annual residential trips both here and abroad. Close links with the local Rotary Club provides access to bespoke programmes, community work and charitable activities. Large numbers of pupils complete their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award.

Our curriculum areas are largely suited in a combination of specialist facility and traditional classroom space. We have a 3-year KS3 and 2-year KS4, offering EBacc, should pupils choose to do so. We have a 25 period week of 1 hour lessons.

Rhyddings, part of the LET Education Trust, are seeking an enthusiastic, committed, qualified Teacher of Science to join our successful and expanding team and school.

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is both creative and challenging in their teaching. They will be passionate and committed to ensuring pupils maximise their potential and achievement. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach across our whole 11-16 age and ability range and will be well supported by our Lead Subject Teacher of Science along with the 2nd i/c. This post is suitable for experienced applicants looking for their next challenge or from ECT’s seeking their first post.

As a key member of the team you will be expected to have experience in teaching across both KS3 & KS4, including the delivery of the GSCE specification.

We want a teacher who strives for excellence, builds fantastic relationships and maximises pupil progress.

This post is therefore for a suitably experienced teacher or new entrant to the profession and the Trust operates full salary portability on the Main Professional Scales (M1- UPS3).

We are seeking, as part of the LET Education Trust, to appoint a specialist Science teacher to our well-resourced department, Physics would be an advantage but not essential. The Department currently has 4.5 full-time staff led by the Head of Science. In addition, there is a second in department and the school works with trainees from the Pennine Lancashire SCITT and University of Cumbria. This post is suitable for both an ECT or experienced candidate.

Our specialist science facility is a state-of-the-art new build (opened September 2021) and our laboratories are superbly appointed and well-resourced, supported by an experienced Senior Laboratory Technician, in this bespoke science block; you will be joining a likeminded, supportive and ambitious team.

We offer a GCSE in both Combined Science and separate sciences (triple option - Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and at KS4, results in 2022 have risen significantly. We follow the Edexcel Specifications. At KS3 all pupils have three 60-minute lessons per fortnight and 10 hours across KS4 per fortnight from September 2023.

The school is part of a wider Science Enthuse project with all schools in the trust plus an additional 4 local primaries.

All members of our community have access to and use Office 365 including collaborative learning tools such as MS Teams and OneNote. The successful teacher will have some responsibility for collaborative curriculum design and delivery as well as being supported by the Head and second in Department.

We have access to regular CPD both in school, external courses and through our local membership of the East Lancashire School Alliance (ELSA). At the heart of forming a new MAT is to provide the best career support, development and opportunity to all staff. The Trust retains national terms and conditions and follows the ‘Burgundy’ Book.