Technician
Southfield School for Girls
Northamptonshire
- New
- Salary:
- Orbis Scale Points: 9-11 £24099 - £24,913 FTE. Actual pro-rata salary: £20,921 - £21,628
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Jan
- Apply by:
- 2 December 2024
Job overview
POST TITLE Technician
RESPONSIBLE TO Curriculum Support Coordinator & Senior Science Technician
Hours: 37 hours per week (with a 30 mins unpaid lunch break each day)
Duration Permanent
Working Pattern: 8.00am to 4.00m (Monday to Thursday), 8.00am – 3.30pm (Friday)
Number of Weeks Worked: 38 weeks per year (Term time only) plus 2 training days and 3 other days as required
We are seeking to appoint a positive, proactive, and confident technician who will work predominantly in the science department but will also offer technician support to other subject areas as required.
The technician will be involved in preparing practical equipment for lessons alongside offering support with practical’s in lessons under the direction of the class teacher. There will be some responsibility for ensuring equipment is stored away correctly and that consumables are kept well stocked.
Ethical leadership is at the core of all decision making at Southfield. As such, staff are valued, treated with respect and afforded a diverse range of opportunities that come with professional trust. We place significant emphasis on working collegiately as a staff to share our expertise and subsequently enhance the learning experience with our students. Every member of the staff is involved in a variety of professional learning programmes that take place every Wednesday across the academic year. All teachers are members of the Chartered College of Teaching providing access to the latest evidence and research.
You would be joining a friendly, hard-working team, with an ethos of collaborative planning and shared resources.
We would like the successful applicant to start as soon as possible.
With our trust growing, we are likely to have many more career development opportunities coming up in future.
We may interview suitable candidates prior to the closing date.
Closing date for applications is Monday, 2nd December 2024
To apply for this role, please visit the Southfield School vacancies page on our website or apply through the My New Term link found within the Applicant Info Pack attached.
Please note the school cannot accept CVs.
If you have any queries, please contact the school.
t: 01536 513063
Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undergo enhanced DBS clearance. The school is committed to Equal Opportunities in Employment.
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About Southfield School for Girls
- Southfield School for Girls
- Lewis Road, Kettering
- Northamptonshire
- NN15 6HE
- United Kingdom
Southfield School is a girls-only, comprehensive, non-denominational secondary school with co-educational sixth form situated in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
The school first opened in 1976 as an amalgamation of Kettering High School for Girls and Rockingham Road Senior Girls School. It fought off closure declarations from the local authority and went on to thrive, gaining specialist sports status in 2004 and science college status in 2009. In 2021 Southfield School became part of Orbis Education Trust which comprises of:
- Southfield School, 11-18 years of age, single sex (mixed sixth form), 1,200 place secondary school (Ofsted rating – Good, with outstanding features (April 23).
- Kingsthorpe College, 11-18 years of age, mixed sex, 1,500 place secondary school (Ofsted rating – Good, December 2019).
- A third school will soon join the Orbis family: Hanwood Park School, 900 place secondary school.
Headteacher
Scott Nevett
Values and vision
Southfield aims to provide for the future needs of our students. Careers and types of employment opportunities are evolving and changing continually. Some are yet to be created and so we see it as our obligation to prepare our students to be competitive in anticipation of the unknown. Therefore, our strong focus on academic attainment is equalled by our commitment to develop transferable skills and personal characteristics through the many opportunities we provide.
We provide an education that prepares our young people for a future in which they will need to be adaptable, resourceful and ethical in facing complex challenges. Being a Southfield student will mean the chance to be successful and have a positive influence on the global community. We aim for all of our students to be able to make an impact and leave a positive imprint on the world.
We nurture our students with the future in mind today.
Our shared values of Optimism, Resilience, Balance, Individuality and Synergy.
Ofsted report
As you will read, we continue to be a good school with two aspects of the inspection judgements deemed to be ‘Outstanding’. The first is the superb Personal Development our students receive, which includes opportunities such as; our bespoke Healthy Living and form time curriculums, careers guidance, our enrichment and electives programme, clubs, trips, DofE, and the CCF. The second area is the exemplary Sixth Form provision we provide for all of our Post-16 students.
We are immensely proud of the wealth of positive aspects of our school highlighted in the report and would like to thank the whole school community for their continued support and positive engagement with our journey.
Even though we are proud of how this report shows the best of Southfield, we are not complacent. It goes without saying that everyone involved with the school wants to continue moving the school forward, positively, with high expectations across the board.
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