Biology Teacher
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Hertfordshire
- £43,270 per year
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- up to £43,270 per annum depending on experience, plus benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 03/01/2025
- Apply by:
- 15 September 2024
Job overview
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: up to £43,270 per annum (dependent on experience)
Job Start Date: 3 January 2025
Closing date: 15 September 2024 (applications will be reviewed on receipt and we may appoint before the closing date)
Interview date: Ongoing
Introduction
Tring Park School is one of the country’s leading vocational and academic schools, situated in glorious countryside just half an hour from London. Tring Park offers a wide range of benefits including free school lunches during term time, a pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free onsite parking and enhanced maternity and paternity schemes.
The School is looking to appoint a dynamic and inspirational Biology Teacher to join our successful science department. Year 7 and 8 pupils study integrated science, Year 9 – 11 follow the AQA GCSE courses and for A-level the AQA Biology course. A degree in Biology is essential and the successful candidate will be required to teach across all key stages including A level.
The successful candidate should have a genuine passion for science and the ability to convey this to pupils is essential. You will join a dedicated and supportive staff environment and will enjoy the use of specialist science labs and teaching equipment. The school also offers the advantage of small classes, talented and committed students with strong public examination results.
Main duties:
To teach Biology across the age range, according to departmental planning schemes of work and examination syllabi.
To promote, monitor and support student learning and progress within the Biology Department.
To contribute to the development of the science curriculum and the Department as a whole.
Teaching and Learning:
Deliver the curriculum as relevant to the age and ability group that you teach
Be responsible for the preparation and development of teaching materials and teaching programmes as appropriate.
Be accountable for the attainment, progress and outcomes of pupils you teach.
Be aware of pupils’ capabilities, their prior knowledge and plan teaching and differentiate appropriately to build on these, demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn.
Work closely with teaching assistants and the Learning Support Department in delivering ‘personalised learning’ whenever reasonably possible.
Set work for pupils absent from lessons in line with the school’s teaching policies.
Maintain standards of discipline according to the school’s codes of conduct and in line with the school’s rewards and sanctions programmes.
Assessment and Recording:
Maintain a ‘teacher planner’ and planning documents, including the recording of attainment and effort marks, Prep/homework set, student attendance.
Use an appropriate range of observation, assessment, monitoring and recording strategies as a basis for setting challenging learning objectives for pupils of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions, monitoring learners’ progress and levels of attainment.
Give pupils regular feedback, both orally and through accurate and timely marking, and encourage pupils to respond to the feedback, reflect on progress, their emerging needs and to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study.
Use relevant data to monitor progress, set targets, and plan subsequent lessons
Set Prep/homework to consolidate and extend the knowledge and understanding pupils have acquired as appropriate.
Participate in arrangements for examinations and assessments as requested by the Director of Academic Studies or their deputy.
Communicate effectively with parents/carers with regard to pupils’ progress, achievements and well-being using school systems/processes as appropriate.
Other duties:
Attend departmental meetings, parents’ consultations and whole school events.
Cover for absent colleagues.
Be responsible for improving your teaching through participating fully in training and development opportunities identified by the school or as an outcome of your appraisal.
To have professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards in your own attendance and punctuality.
Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school, raising any concerns following school protocol/procedures.
Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school.
Perform any reasonable duties as requested by the Principal of the school.
Person Specification
Clear commitment to implementing whole school/staff policies relating to the safeguarding of children
Degree level qualification and high academic achievement
Experience of planning and teaching secondary curriculum
Experience of teaching to a high standard
The ability to promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
The ability to manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
ICT competent
Positive values and attitudes
A commitment to equal opportunities and inclusion
Highly effective communication skills with both children and adults, including parents and carers
Highly effective time management skills
Commitment to professional development
Reliability and integrity
Commitment to effective assessment and feedback for pupils
Additional Information
Tring Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration form relating to any criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.
Tring Park School aims to create an inclusive culture that encourages and values diversity within its workforce, building on the differences individuals bring, enabling the School’s ongoing success. We seek to embrace diversity drawing on a wide range of views and experiences to provide equality, fairness and respect for all in our employment whilst observing our commitment and responsibility to current legislation.
Please note: for information on how we will use your personal information during the recruitment process, please see the Staff Privacy Notice on the School website.
About Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
- Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
- Tring Park, Tring
- Hertfordshire
- HP23 5LX
- United Kingdom
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts is one of the UK’s leading vocational and academic schools. Pupils receive rigorous training in the performing arts, that is combined with an extensive academic programme of study. Our balanced curriculum sets us apart from other schools and provides pupils with a well-rounded education, enabling them to achieve high academic excellence and versatility as a performer.
Working with 360 boarding and day pupils, aged 7 to 19, you will join a dedicated and supportive staff team within a school that offers the advantage of small classes with talented and committed students and strong public examination results.
Housed in a former Rothschild Mansion and set in beautiful grounds, the school is located in Tring, Hertfordshire, only 33 miles from Central London.
We offer a wide range of benefits including a pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free school lunches during term time, free onsite parking and enhanced maternity and paternity schemes.
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