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Teacher of Science

Anthony Gell School, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 4DX

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• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  16 May 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 May 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
• Working pattern: Full time: 1.0fte
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS or UPS depending on experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

Post

The post holder will be expected to teach across the full age and ability range.

Role

To play an important part in the school’s drive to achieve our goals; primarily focusing on facilitating high quality teaching and learning alongside the provision of outstanding care and support to allow all of our students the chance to achieve high levels of personal fulfilment.

Main duties and responsibilities

Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge students

• Establish a safe and stimulating environment for students, rooted in mutual respect.
• Set goals that stretch and challenge students of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions.
• Demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour which are expected of students.

Promote good progress and outcomes

• Be accountable for students’ attainment, progress and outcomes.
• Be aware of students’ capabilities and their prior knowledge, and plan teaching

to build on these.

• Guide students to reflect on the progress they have made and on the next steps in their learning.
• Encourage students to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study.

Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge

• Have a secure knowledge of Biology, Physics and Chemistry in Key Stages 3 and 4 and a very good knowledge of one of these disciplines at all Key Stages.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of developments in Science at all Key Stages.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy.

Plan and teach well-structured lessons

• Impart knowledge and develop understanding through effective use of lesson time.
• Promote a love of learning
• Set homework and plan other out-of-class activities to consolidate and extend knowledge and understanding.
• Reflect systematically on the effectiveness of lessons and approaches to teaching.
• Contribute to the design and provision of an engaging curriculum within the relevant subject area(s).

Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students

• Know when and how to adapt teaching and learning appropriately, using approaches which enable all students to be taught effectively.
• Have a secure understanding of how a range of factors can inhibit a student’s

ability to learn, and how best to overcome these.

• Be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support all learners.

Make accurate and productive use of assessment

• Know and understand how to assess the relevant subject and curriculum areas, including statutory assessment requirements.
• Make use of formative and summative assessment to secure students’

progress.

• Use relevant data to monitor progress, set targets, and plan subsequent lessons.
• Give students regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encourage students to respond to feedback.

Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment

• Have clear rules and routines for behaviour in classrooms/learning areas, and take responsibility for promoting good and courteous behaviour both in classrooms and around the school, in accordance with the school’s behaviour policy.
• Have high expectations of behaviour, and establish consistency in the use of a range of strategies, using praise, sanctions and rewards effectively.

Fulfil wider professional responsibilities

• Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school.
• Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues.
• Deploy support staff effectively.
• Engage in appropriate professional development
• Communicate effectively with parents with regards to students’ achievements

and well-being.

Form Tutor

• Offer guidance and support to tutees over routine problems they may encounter
• Deliver aspects of spiritual, moral, social and cultural education
• Deal with minor disciplinary matters referred to the Form Tutor
• Accurately record attendance of students
• Promote and actively monitor the safeguarding of all students.
• Challenge and motivate students, promote and reinforce self-esteem and engagement.
• Establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model.
• Guide students to make choices about their own learning/behaviour/attendance.
• Promote positive values, attitudes and good student behaviour, dealing promptly with conflicts and incidents in line with established policy and encourage students to take responsibility for their own behaviour choices.
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Monitor student behaviour and implement policy when standards are not adhered to.
• Promote the use of the school’s rewards system to promote student achievement and self-esteem.
• To actively promote the development of students’ individual and collaborative study skills necessary for them to become independent learners, through structured activity

What the school offers its staff

The science team is a welcoming, friendly, and supportive group of dedicated staff who strive towards excellence across all Key Stages with high aspirations for all. The science team consists of seven teachers, who all teach in their specialist areas for separate science at Key Stage 4 and/or Key Stage 5. Additionally, we have a very knowledgeable and experienced laboratory technician and an excellent part-time technician. We pride ourselves on the cohesive working atmosphere within our team, and our enthusiasm for science teaching and learning is vital for motivating our students and facilitating their subsequent success.

We have five well-equipped laboratories, including one which has recently had a £50k renovation. We also have a sixth teaching space which is a dry classroom. In addition, there is a teachers’ working area for planning and marking, and a well-resourced prep room. As an Office 365 school we utilise a school intranet to share information, OneDrive to store resources digitally, and use Teams to assist our teaching. All teachers are provided with a laptop that is used to teach in any classroom; with each teaching space having a large screen 4K ultra high definition television, as well as the usual whiteboard.

During Key Stage 3, students are taught in mixed ability groups in years 7, 8 and 9. We have a carefully sequenced and scaffolded Key Stage 3 curriculum, drawing on the BEST framework for STEM teaching from York University. At Key Stage 4 we currently follow the Edexcel schemes of work for both Combined and Separate Science, although we are looking to move to AQA in the future. Students will begin studying their GCSE courses during the second half of year 9 and based on each student’s individual potential and future aspirations we select the course most suitable for them to follow. There is a good uptake for the science subjects at Key Stage 5, where we follow the AQA course for all three sciences.

We have strong links with our partner primary schools. Teachers have had the opportunity to visit and carry out practical sessions with pupils from Key Stage 2. We are

now in our second year of hosting a primary Science Fair linked to Science Week, which has been a very positive experience for staff and students.

We currently run two extra-curricular clubs. Our current club offer includes CREST and a science club, although we are looking to expand this over the coming year.

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 Anthony Gell School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: Up to 825 pupils
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Anthony Gell School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: fcalladine@anthonygell.co.uk
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Arranging a visit to Anthony Gell School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email fcalladine@anthonygell.co.uk.

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