Science Teacher
Wapping High School
Tower Hamlets
- New
- Salary:
- Main Teacher Pay Scale (inner London)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 8 November 2024
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a Teacher of Science to join the department and support in delivering the highest quality Science education to our pupils Wapping High School is committed to the safeguarding of all learners within our school community; consequently, the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced disclosure, barring check and other relevant employment checks.
The successful candidate will be:
● An effective and inspirational teacher with strengths in delivering Biology, Chemistry and Physics
● Up-to-date with curriculum developments in Science, including those at KS3 and GCSE
● Committed to developing their own pedagogical skills
● Excited by the opportunities presented by different learning methodologies and new technologies
About Wapping High and the Science Department
● Inclusive multicultural 11 – 16 Free School located in East London.
● An innovative digital and flexible 21st century learning environment.
● Small school with only 84 students in each year group.
● We offer GCSE Biology, Chemistry and Physics as well as GCSE Combined Science.
● Fully planned schemes of work that are adaptable to suit your teaching style
● We actively engage with the wider scientific community through trips, visits and projects.
We offer:
● Competitive salaries based on experience and skills
● The chance to learn from the best practitioners in this country and around the world to develop new approaches in learning
● Outstanding CPD opportunities
● A supportive environment where staff are valued as an integral part of the Wapping High family
Visits to the school are warmly welcome as are informal discussions with our Head of School, Mr Tom Raw, or Head of Science, Mr. Sam Wiles. Please contact the school on 020 3597 3670 or via email nosheenahmad@wappinghigh.org if you wish to arrange either of these.
Wapping High is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to undertake a criminal DBS check.
Wapping High School is an 11-16 free school serving its community at the heart of East London. Recognised in its most recent OFSTED report (November 2023) as ‘Good’ with an ‘outstanding’ feature in Personal Development, there has never been a better time to join our ever-growing and dynamic team.
Both students and staff benefit from opportunities to travel across the globe (India, Costa Rica and China to name but a few) as a part of our International School status and our commitment to broadening pupils’ horizons. Furthermore, staff benefit from a growth culture at the school where professional development is something that we heavily invest in.
Upon joining Wapping High School, you will see that this is a place where everybody, including staff, truly matters with ‘kindness’ and ‘community’ at the heart of our shared values with everyone’s well being at the centre of what we do.
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About Wapping High School
Ethos and Values
Wapping High School promotes an inclusive ethos, in which diversity of need and ability is acknowledged and nurtured. Every aspect of school life will be guided by a strong ethical code, which encourages social awareness to help students understand and meet with confidence the challenges of a diverse and changing society and the world of work. This isl be achieved by establishing a Learning Pathway for each student.
Wapping High School is small and we have a strong sense of school community. Students are divided into ‘houses’ to encourage interaction across the school. Teachers know all their students individually. Families form part of the school community and are fully involved with their children’s education. Outcome-focused home-school contracts are made with both students and parents & carers.
Wapping High School’s ethos and values ensure that children are safe, healthy, positively contribute to their whole community, and achieve economic and academic well-being in adult life. Importantly, all students enjoy attending school.
Premises
Wapping High School is be located at 153 Commercial Road, London, E1 2DA, 15 minutes walk from the centre of Wapping. This former office block has been extensively renovated and reconfigured. The cutting-edge redesign is in line with Wapping High School’s commitment to provide personalised teaching methodologies to engage learning and develop inquisitive minds. Conversion of empty office space for education is successful and widespread in other parts of the world. The building includes specialist facilities for science, dance, drama, music and performance and a 5th floor roof garden with spectacular views across London.
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