Waynflete Academic: Biology
Magdalen College School
Oxfordshire
- £22,000 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive Salary, TPS, Cycle to Work Scheme, Fee remission, gym and swimming pool facilities (please check MCS website for more)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 6 July 2022
Job overview
Magdalen College School, Oxford, founded by William Waynflete in 1480 is one of the country’s leading independent schools. Each year we employ a small number of graduates, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, in a part-time capacity, to provide up-to-date, scholarly and expert knowledge as part of our Waynflete Studies programme. Recent appointees have found the role fits well alongside their current research commitments.
We are looking to appoint a Waynflete Academic in Biology to commence in September 2022 and to continue throughout 2022-2023 academic year. The precise nature of the role will be shaped in accordance with departmental needs to fit the strengths of the candidate appointed, with responsibilities including offering enrichment activities for pupils in the form of running the department’s successful Biology Society, assistance with university preparation and arranging talks by visiting speakers. A willingness to contribute to the School’s extensive partnerships programme is desirable.
The salary for Waynflete Academics is £22,000 per annum (full-time equivalent) and it is likely that the Biology Academic would be appointed for the equivalent of between half and one day per week.
Those interested should download and complete the Teaching Staff application which can be found above, or on the vacancies page of the website. This should be emailed together with a CV and covering letter of application to the HR Officer, Gail Workman (recruitment@mcsoxford.org) as soon as possible. We reserve the right to interview and appoint at any time.
About Magdalen College School
MCS has a rich and distinctive history. The school was founded in 1480 by William Waynflete who believed in education as a facilitator of social mobility, and as such wanted to found a school of an entirely new kind. MCS quickly flourished as a school which firmly connected school education with a newly emerging university education and it soon became one of the country’s leading schools.
Today MCS provides a first-class education for boys aged 7-18 and sixth form girls. The school is small enough to develop every young person’s character and talents, yet large enough to provide a wide range of subjects and activities. MCS encourages a respect for learning whilst developing in every pupil a close interest in a wide range of extra-curricular interests.
MCS pupils enjoy a stimulating curriculum which is designed both to provide academic stretch and challenge, and to equip pupils with the skills for success beyond school.
In the early years, the emphasis is on exposing pupils to a wide range of subjects in order to discover their interests and talents. Pupils are put in sets by ability in French at 11 and in Mathematics at 12, no other subjects are set. There is an additional intake of pupils from prep and maintained schools at 13 and it is at this stage that boys make their first subject choices. Almost all pupils take ten (I)GCSEs, an increasing number of which are now reformed 9-1 (I)GCSEs.
Although MCS consistently secures outstanding public examination results, the real priority in the Sixth Form is on teaching beyond the syllabus, and the formation of habits of mind for life. In the Lower Sixth all pupils study at least four subjects, research and write their Waynflete Project (a 5000 word essay on a subject of their choice), undertake a community service or CCF placement, and participate in Games. From September 2017 all A Level (or Pre-U) courses will be linear; MCS pupils will no longer sit AS Levels. In the Upper Sixth, between one third and one half of Sixth Formers gain four or more A Levels, and there is a programme of lectures from visiting speakers, as well as UCAS applications and Games.
The School was last inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in 2017 and was recognised as “excellent” in both of the assessed outcomes: “Quality of Pupil Achievement” and “Quality of Pupil Personal Development”.
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