Temporary Teacher of Biology and Applied Science

Holy Cross College is seeking to appoint a Temporary Teacher of Biology and Applied Science (0.8 - 1.0 FTE) to commence from 23rd August 2023.

You will join us on a salary of £28,125 to £44,256 per annum, plus excellent benefits! 

The Biology subject team believe that active learning, especially the where practical work plays a key role in teaching and learning. A highly qualified and experienced technical support team facilitate this. The Biology team takes great pride in the quality of its teaching and the support that it gives to students. Therefore, reviewing teaching and learning strategies to provide opportunities for students to maximise their potential, enjoy and become motivated by the subject, is an integral part of the subject area’s ethos. Many of our students go on to study Medicine and other Biology related degrees at some of the country’s top universities. The area has three dedicated laboratories and a theory teaching room with interactive white board facilities. The use of ILT is also important across the department, with access to class sets of laptops for specific tasks.

We teach the AQA syllabus.

The subject area currently has 10 groups in the lower sixth and 11 in the upper sixth. Student numbers in 2022/23 are:

Year 1 - 209

Year 2 – 232

Similarly, the Applied Science subject area consists of 7 members of teaching staff, some of whom also teach in the A Level sciences. The department is housed in the science division with access to 7 well equipped laboratories and 5 theory classrooms. All rooms are fully resourced with interactive whiteboards and linked to the College network. There are laptop trolleys and a dedicated computer room. It is one of the larger departments in the college as well as one of the top performing.

The department currently delivers the following qualifications:

• NQF Level 2 First Award in Principles of Applied Science

• NQF Level 3 Extended Certificate in Applied Science

• NQF Level 3 Extended Diploma in Applied Science Staff in across the Science cluster actively promote extra-curricular activities to enrich our students experience at Holy Cross.

The successful candidate will be required to teach year one of the A level Biology course and a small amount of Applied Science. Experience in teaching BTEC Applied Science at Level 2 and/or 3 would therefore be desirable.

We are seeking to appoint an innovative, enthusiastic and skilled Teacher of Biology and Applied Science to join our successful team, here at Holy Cross, and very much welcome applications from those working in either the school and college sectors.

The post is offered on a temporary, 0.8-1.0 basis

Working at Holy Cross College:

We believe Holy Cross Sixth Form College is a great place to work as we genuinely care about all our staff and want them to be happy working here.

In return our staff can expect:

• Generous holiday entitlement

• Option to apply for sabbatical leave

• Family friendly policies

• Free car-parking (on and off-site)

• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme

• Excellent opportunities for CPD and individualised induction programmes for new staff

• Cycle Hire scheme (subject to terms and conditions)

• VDU eye sight test vouchers (subject to terms and conditions)

• Various health and wellbeing benefits (including an on-site gym, staff well-being initiatives, staff badminton and football)

• Counselling service – face to face counselling as well as access to a confidential telephone counselling service

If you relish innovation and excellence in supporting learning and pastoral care, allied to a sense of community, then we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from all those who could enthusiastically support this vision and ethos.

Further details and an application form are available from the College website:

Job Vacancies - Holy Cross College

Closing Date: 08.00 a.m. on 12th June 2023

Interviews will take place on a date TBC shortly after

Holy Cross College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In this respect all applicants are advised that any offer of appointment will be subject to Enhanced Clearance through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) as well as other relevant checks.