Head of Science Faculty

Job Overview

Our School

Mulberry School for Girls is an 11-18 comprehensive community school with 1,600 students on roll, close to Whitechapel and Shadwell in the London borough of Tower Hamlets.  A successful and popular school in the local area, Mulberry’s accolades include Leading Edge, Training School, Arts School, International School and Healthy Schools’ status. The school is fully inclusive in all year groups, including the Sixth Form, and in April 2024 Ofsted graded the school ‘Outstanding’.

Our Community

We are committed to supporting young people to overcome the barriers that poverty and social exclusion create, ensuring that all students are able to achieve their full potential. This has inspired us to build up a broad network of partnerships, incubating and invigorating student experience, opportunity, drive and success. 

There should be no barriers to a child’s future and society should, and can, be a level playing field. Aspiring for this to be reality we promise to:   

• Emphasise high quality subject teaching, reinforced by excellent support for learning and intervention.  
• Deliver inclusion services that assist personal development.  
• Provide excellent pastoral care so no student goes unsupported.  
• Continually develop strong leadership and have high levels of expertise in education

Our partners

We want our students to have access to the same professional connections which young people from more privileged backgrounds can utilise. To make this a reality we have a wide range external partners in higher education, business, industry, the arts and the sciences who contribute extensively and fundamentally to our extra-curricular activities.

• Bank of America
• Barts Health NHS Trust
• British Film Institute
• London Stock Exchange Group
• Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd
• National Theatre
• The Prince’s Trust
• Southbank Centre
• WOW Foundation

Bringing Down Barriers to Success

We are proud to inspire our students through a diverse and representative teams and welcome applications from all of the communities we serve. 

If you have the experience and passion to energise Tower Hamlet’s next generation of leaders, creators and innovators, then we want to see how we can support you in that pursuit.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and ethnic minorities. We want the best staff and we know that means a diverse staff.

Encouraging a happy and healthy work environment

We take staff wellbeing seriously at Mulberry Schools Trust, here are just some of the great benefits for all staff.

• Local Government Pension scheme
• Employee assistance programme and support
• Free breakfast 
• Free gym onsite 
• Paid sabbatical opportunities
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised staff restaurant with outdoor roof terrace
• Ride to work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Annual service award
• Long service award
• Long service awards 
• Seasonal ticket loan
• Annual programme of conferences and Trust wide events with high profile speakers

How to Apply 

Please complete your application directly online via TES. If you have any questions about the role or the process, please get in touch with us at hr@mulberryschoolforgirls.org 

Applications are evaluated as they come in and if your application is considered, you will be contacted before the closing date.

Closing Date:             9am, Monday 6th January 2025

Interview Date:          TBC

Start Date:                  ASAP

Applications are evaluated as they come in and if your application is considered, you will be contacted before the closing date. Please note that all our interviews have a two-stage process.

Candidates who are selected for interview will be informed following the shortlisting process and full details of the interview will be provided. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date of the position, unfortunately, you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We want the best staff and we know that means a diverse staff in our Trust.

Mulberry Schools Trust are dedicated to equality and valuing diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and actively encourage people from a wide variety of backgrounds, experience and skills to join us and influence and develop our working practice. We particularly encourage applications from Black and global majority people, and candidates who are disabled. All candidates who are disabled and who demonstrate that they meet the shortlisting criteria will be invited for an interview, in line with the Equality Act 2010.

We welcome applicants to inform us if you need any particular adjustments, arrangements or access needs as part of the recruitment process. We are also able to provide a large font print job pack, BSL interpreters, and can arrange for audio versions of our job pack on request. We will also accommodate alternative application methods should they be requested.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will require a satisfactory Enhanced DBS clearance and will be a condition of your employment with us. Candidates who are selected for interview will be informed following the shortlisting process and full details of the interview will be provided in advance. We will seek references on all shortlisted candidates and may approach previous employers for information to verify experience or qualifications before interview. Any relevant issues arising from references will be taken up at interview.