Teacher of Biology
Mulberry Stepney Green Maths, Computing & Science College
Tower Hamlets
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- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- December 2024
- Apply by:
- 20 September 2024
Job overview
Teacher of Biology
Salary: MPS/UPS
(Trainee Teachers welcome to apply)
Required for December 2024
Mulberry Stepney Green Maths, Computing & Science College is looking for a Teacher of Biology. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic and proactive professional who will be responsible for providing excellent teaching in the classroom for Biology.
A career at Mulberry Stepney Green offers a rewarding future, with the opportunity to make a real change to the lives and outcomes of our young people. Our aim is to develop creativity, leadership and a life-long love of learning in all our pupils whatever their age so that they are prepared for the next stage in their learning journey. We want our students to lead enriched, happy and fulfilled lives, making a contribution to their own community, to British society and to the lives of others. We understand the importance of providing a supportive and nurturing workplace for our staff to enable them to deliver the best possible outcomes to our students. We are proud of our inclusive ethos.
Investing in you:
• A vibrant and strong supportive culture;
• Embedded strategies for improving the work-life balance for staff;
• Each school has its own resources and activities available to look after staff. This ranges from:
o Free counselling service
o School fitness gym
o Cycle to work scheme
o Quality CPD system
o Early Finish on Fridays for Teaching Staff
You will need to complete the application form on the online TES application form which includes your letter of application explaining why you are the perfect person for this rare and exciting opportunity.
Please be aware that we can’t accept any CV’s for this post.
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@mulberrystepneygreen.org
Closing date: 20th September 2024 by 12:00pm
Interviews will start from Monday 23rd September 2024
The school 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 an enhanced DBS clearance. We are dedicated to equality and valuing diversity.
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 will seek references on 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.
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About Mulberry Stepney Green Maths, Computing & Science College
- Mulberry Stepney Green Maths, Computing & Science College
- Ben Jonson Road, Stepney
- London
- E1 4SD
- United Kingdom
Mulberry Stepney Green Maths, Computing & Science College is a vibrant and exciting place to teach, with staff who are extremely supportive of each other. We are very pleased with the improvements we have made but we are also determined to make further progress in the future. We are committed to the idea of continuous school improvement, providing all staff (particularly those new to the school) with excellent training and support and building a learning community for all
Mulberry Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College is first and foremost a 'learning school', vibrant, global in perspective, innovative in its teaching and learning. The school is focused on the development of the whole child and the continuous professional development of all our staff.
Mulberry Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College has now become a 11-19 mixed comprehensive school situated in Stepney Green, Tower Hamlets. At its most recent inspection there were over 1200 student on its roll. There are excellent transport links and the nearest London Underground station is Stepney green, on the District and Hammersmith & City lines. Mulberry Stepney Green Maths, Computing & Science College is a mixed comprehensive school and one of the top schools in the Borough. We are heavily over-subscribed with long waiting lists.
The majority of families are from Bangladesh and therefore most of the students are members of the Muslim faith. We have a small but increasing number of students from other communities. The school is located in the East End of London, close to Canary Wharf and docklands, in an area of social and economic disadvantage but also exciting new opportunities. It is close to residential riverside developments and no more than a mile from the City of London.
Values and vision
The vision for the school is for all individuals to enjoy learning, make progress and achieve. We aspire to become creative, confident people who live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives. The school is recognised by Ofsted as a 'Good' School. We treat children as individuals and we are strongly committed to equality of opportunity.
We introduced girls into Year 7, from September 2020. This will see the school develop into an outstanding co-educational learning institution. The school has created a state-of-the-art learning environment by adding new buildings and refurbishment of the existing. There are over 800 computers throughout the school which demonstrates the role IT plays in our learning and the world of work.
Standards of achievement at the school have steadily improved over time. At Key Stage 3 results have risen in all the core subjects and there is a rising trend in Key Stage 4. The school has been a Specialist School in Mathematics and Computing since September 2005. Standards within mathematics are outstanding, with some of our students studying A’ level at the age of 15 years. In 2021, our KS3 and KS4 attainment was above national standards.
Our sporting accomplishments are outstanding, our parents are extremely supportive and our staffs are committed to improving their practice. The Governing Body is fully supportive and keen to see Mulberry Stepney Green realise its potential as a centre of excellence for learning and achievement.
The school benefits from a variety of funding including Excellence in Cities, National Grid for Learning, Behaviour Improvement Plan and is part of the Building Schools for the Future programme.
The curriculum structure is currently a two-year Key Stage 3 (Years 7 & 8) and a three-year Key Stage 4 (Years 9, 10 & 11). This enables us to offer a broad curriculum with two option subjects in each year of Key Stage 4, alongside the core subjects of English, Maths, Science, PE, History/Geography, Modern Foreign Languages and Religious Studies.
Our 6th is very successful and are almost full to capacity. We have built on our success at KS4 and results are good at KS5. The vast majority of our students go on to University each year, many to the most competitive courses and universities. We have also proved very successful at placing students on post-18 apprenticeships.
Ofsted report
“Students in the sixth form have very positive attitudes to their studies and confidence in their ability to succeed. Teachers have an excellent awareness of examination requirements so that students have a very good understanding of what they need to do to be successful. Teachers are very conscientious and highly committed.”
Mulberry Stepney Green – Maths, Computing and Science College
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