Teacher of Science (Potential for TLR. Part-time considered)

Teacher of Science (Potential for TLR. Part-time considered)

Salary: United Learning scale

Location: Castle View Academy

Closing date: 20 June 2023

Start date: September 2023

The Vacancy

We wish to appoint an outstanding practitioner who can offer vision, energy and creativity in the teaching of science. The science department are a cohesive team who demand the best from each other and from their students. The right candidate would benefit from entering a supportive environment with a blend of skills, innovation and experience. There is opportunity for additional responsibility plus part-time working will be considered.

Castle View Academy is a rapidly expanding (12 -16) academy based on the edge of Portsmouth, serving the community of Paulsgrove. We are part of the United Learning group, the largest multi academy trust in the UK, and we are seeking a driven, ambitious and aspiring leader to join our team.

Awarded ‘Good’ by Ofsted in all categories in June 2022, inspectors praised the school’s ambitious curriculum, high-quality pastoral care and positive environment for learning. Ofsted’s report was clear that “at the very heart of Castle View Academy is a desire for all pupils to achieve excellence”. Among the areas singled out for praise was our curriculum, which has been developed in recent years to ensure it is “ambitious and well-structured”. This is supported by high-quality teaching and planning that gives pupils the support they need to progress, including those with additional needs. We have a consistent and effective approach to behaviour which means teachers can focus on the main thing – teaching.

Teaching and Learning is at the heart of what we do. Every decision is driven by its potential to impact on student learning. Our approach to teaching and learning is informed by robust research, constantly reviewed, and tailored to our unique context.

What we offer:

• An exceptional salary, above the maintained sector by 5% on average
• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion
• Potential for additional responsibility
• Part-time working considered
• Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm-strict’ behaviour system
• Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
• A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies
• A centralised homework system at KS3 – you do not need to mark KS3 homework
• Centralised detentions, including homework detentions
• No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ feedback, helping you to continuously develop
• Up to 9 INSET days per year, dedicated to personal wellbeing, subject knowledge development and planning/resource development
• An unrivalled professional progression model to enable great teachers to remain in the classroom via our Lead Practitioner route and/or progression routes to middle and senior leadership.
• An opportunity to work with the Trust’s Science Advisor, have a full and well implemented Science curriculum and resources to work with, and be able to network with subject leaders across the whole trust
• The opportunity to save money across hundreds of major retailers, through Perkbox
• A very pleasant location in beautiful Portsmouth

You will be:

• A highly effective leader with excellent subject knowledge and an excellent track record of outstanding teaching and learning
• See tasks, plans and ideas through to completion with a relentless focus on high standards
• Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs. Someone that does not make excuses for what children can achieve
• Up to date with the latest curriculum developments in science

We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our academy to fully appreciate our excellent learning environment.

Castle View Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

Note – We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their application as soon as possible.

The School

Castle View Academy is located in the north of Portsmouth and we are proud of the education and training we offer students and staff in our new building. We have a track record of continuous improvement in GCSE results with this year’s results setting a new record. Excellence in all we do lies at the heart of the education we offer and we are eager to meet like minded colleagues who share this vision. We believe in traditional values, respect, hard work, determination and resilience and strive to instill these values in our students who learn by example from the staff they interact with.

Our staff are happy, dedicated and hardworking individuals. We offer bespoke Continuing Professional Development programs for PGCEs, NQTs, Teach First, School Direct and qualified staff and encourage participation in CPD opportunities offered through United Learning.

If you are looking to contribute to the excellent education we offer to the young people of Paulsgrove we would be delighted to meet with you and show how we work at Castle View Academy.

United Learning

Castle View Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are open to discussing flexible working options.

United Learning values diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating and sustaining a more diverse workforce. We welcome applications from professionals of minority ethnic origin and from majority ethnic professionals who share our commitment to inclusion and diversity.

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following link: https://castleviewacademy.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3123828?cid=1567

Where teaching is better shared

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