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Teacher of Science

Wrotham School, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD

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• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  12 May 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  29 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
• Working pattern: Full time, part time, flexible: Full time required, part time considered
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

Required for Sept 2024, we are currently looking to recruit a Science teacher to join a highly successful department in delivering courses at KS3, 4 and 5 in single and combined sciences (GCSE/ A Level). The Science department is a well-established, highly effective and successful department that aims to instill students with a lifelong love of scientific process and learning. We teach science as a core subject throughout the school and offer combined and individual science pathways at KS4 and 5.

We welcome applications from science specialists that can demonstrate high levels of creativity and innovation. The ideal candidate will be emotionally intelligent, highly motivated and will be willing to take measured risks to deliver an exciting and engaging curriculum that develops high levels of scientific knowledge and application. We offer an additional pay award for staff that perform at an outstanding level as part of our appraisal review process.

Our students make excellent progress and are well behaved as recognised in our Ofsted reports, which also report that the school works at an outstanding level and regularly receive high praise and support from parents. We are proud to have a committed and stable staff team who are highly thought of by students and parents.

We make no excuses for having high expectations of our students, teachers and leaders and we are proud to have strong progression routes for middle and senior leaders; a supportive team of staff and a low staff turnover. We work closely with our teachers to ensure that unnecessary paperwork and admin are kept to a minimum and that a healthy and productive work life balance is maintained. We have an innovative programme of action based professional development opportunities that contributes to a 2 week October half term that has been very well received by our students, parents and staff.

What the school offers its staff

• -A supportive and caring staff, parent and student community.
• -A behaviour policy that supports staff and reduces workload.
• -Opportunities for self-led CPD and internal promotion in a range of specialisms and job roles.
• -Recruitment bonuses for staff (when not recruited through agencies) including accelerated pay progression for exceptional performance.
• -Access to "pay point plus" awards for exceptional performance.
• -3 days paid per year for family/ personal commitments
• -Staff Voice, regular staff welfare surveys - leading to improved workload/ wellbeing.
• -Free staff lunches - everyday
• -An open, honest and transparent leadership ethos and style. Commitment to the Nolan Principles of public office.
• -Access to mental health support and on site fully qualified psychotherapists.
• -A commitment to flexible working.
• -Cross trust opportunities for work and professional development.
• -Access to NPQ and trust based Aspirant Leadership Courses
• -A 2 week October half term.
• -Weekly Coffee Mornings/ Social
• -A fair and reasonable marking and assessment policy.
• -On site parking with excellent transport links via car/ train.
• -Opportunities for self-led CPD and promotion.
• -A school that is passionate about EDI and equity in all aspects of our work.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Wrotham School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1029 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Wrotham School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: bsanchez@wrotham.kent.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01732905860
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wrotham-school-sevenoaks (opens in new tab)

We are a pleasant semi- rural school just outside of London with good access to the capital via a mainline train service into Victoria. Unlike areas closer to the city, the local area provides more affordable house prices and rental as well as benefiting from beautiful local countryside.

Our students make excellent progress and are well behaved; this is made very clear in our Ofsted report from May 2018. We have a committed and highly appreciated staff team who are highly thought of by students and parents.

We are an academy and whilst having high expectations of our teachers and leaders we have strong progression routes for middle and senior leadership; a supportive team of staff and a low staff turnover. We work closely with our teachers to ensure that unnecessary paperwork and admin are kept to a minimum and that a healthy and productive work life balance is maintained. We have an innovative programme of action based professional development opportunities that contributes to a 2 week October half term that has been very well received by our students, parents and staff.

We respect experience and excellence in our teachers and encourage experienced staff to apply for vacancies, we remunerate this accordingly. We offer an additional pay award for staff that perform at an outstanding level as part of our appraisal review process.

Arranging a visit to Wrotham School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bsanchez@wrotham.kent.sch.uk.

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