Teacher of Science
Blaise High School
Bristol, City of
- £30,000 - £41,333 per year
- New
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 17 October 2024
Job overview
We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic Teacher of Science to join our popular and successful department that delivers an engaging and exciting KS3 and KS4 curriculum. The Science team embodies our values and ethos, they ensure that teaching and learning practices are research led, they provide engaging content through explicit instruction, and ensure that the most recent research on cognitive science is at the forefront of their teaching practices.
Blaise High School is a disruption free environment. This ensures that teachers can teach and students can learn every second of every lesson, day by day. Teachers at Blaise High School are the experts in the room; our school is set up to ensure that teachers can teach in an environment in which they are truly able to make a difference. We prioritise knowledge, delivering a knowledge rich curriculum that is carefully selected based on knowledge that students will study at University.
We believe in direct instruction, and understand that the quickest way for children to learn something is to be told it. We work closely with The Greenshaw Learning Trust in the design and development of our curriculum. We teach in a traditional fashion; hard work and effort are emphasised and we have extremely high expectations of our children every minute of every day.
Our lessons, and units of work, are structured in line with cognitive science, and we lean heavily on Rosenshine’s principles, and the Teach Like a Champion series. We are genuinely inclusive, and we expect that all children will access every aspect of our school day. Our school is a fantastic place to work for those who are committed to the eradication of the disadvantage cycle.
We are committed to our values of Aspiration, Integrity and Pride. This means we expect the very best outcomes for all our students and we expect that all of our students will work exceptionally hard every day. Our students show their pride in our incredibly high standards in uniform, the quality and quantity of work that we expect of our students, and our focus on manners in our interactions with children. We are a school rich in diversity and we celebrate this daily. All of us believe that all of us can be successful no matter our background or starting point. We work together as a teaching team to ensure we are consistently able to improve our practice, as a school to celebrate and have fun together and as an entire community to be sure all of our students are ready to be successful every day. All teachers have access to a weekly professional development session, alongside a programme of personalised development via our 1:1 coaching sessions. Blaise High School is privileged to be part of the Greenshaw Learning Trust. Everything that we do is focussed on improving outcomes, character and life chances for our children. We firmly believe that our children deserve the same quality of education as those children who attend the country’s most expensive fee paying schools.
We are looking for colleagues who share our commitment to the breaking down of the disadvantage cycle. At Blaise High School we work with a shared moral purpose; that is to close the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and take the school into the top 1% of all schools in the country for progress made. Our school is staffed by people who feel morally driven by teaching, who want to genuinely break the cycle of disadvantage. We recognise that this comes with challenges, however we relish these challenges, work together to overcome them and through our fun and togetherness programme, enjoy working whilst we do this.
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About Blaise High School
- Blaise High School
- Station Road
- Bristol
- BS10 7QH
- United Kingdom
Blaise High School
Blaise High School is on a journey of rapid improvement to becoming one of the very best schools in the entire country for progress made. The staff at the school share a common purpose; that is the eradication of educational disadvantage in North Bristol. The staff at the school are committed to the school’s values of Aspiration, Integrity and Pride. The school’s leadership are not only committed to developing a school grounded in academic success, and the development of character, but also want to build a school in which workload for teachers is sensible, manageable and well thought out. In our most recent staff survey 96% of staff said that they were proud to work at the school and planned to be here in two years time. Blaise High School serves a diverse, and vibrant community, with high levels of deprivation. It has a Resource Base within the school and this is something we are very proud of. At Blaise High School we teach in a completely disruption free environment. We believe in evidence led approaches to teaching, and we teach in a traditional manner built around explicit and direct instruction. We firmly believe that teachers are the experts in the room, and teach from a high quality, knowledge - rich curriculum. For us, knowledge - rich does not mean knowledge heavy. We carefully select what we teach our children as we know that this is the most important decision we can make in a school. All of the knowledge that we teach children enables them to climb their own personal mountains to the very best universities in the country, or careers of their choosing.
How do we reduce workload for teachers?
- High quality centralised curriculum resources.
- Live marking in lessons rather than work taken home
- Centralised behaviour systems
- Visible and supportive SLT
- No after school meetings
- Carefully planned deadlines
- Free lunch for every duty.
These are only some of the things that we have introduced to allow teachers to focus on the main thing, teaching great lessons to our children.
Greenshaw Learning Trust – About us
The Greenshaw Learning Trust (GLT) provides an effective structure for schools to achieve real benefits from school to-school collaboration, and a culture of trust and openness that promotes honest and transparent dialogue and mutual support.
At the heart of the Trust is proven school improvement advice and guidance – with regular meetings with school leaders, input from specialist primary and secondary experts and staff training and development in all our schools.
All schools in the Trust receive expert advice and fast -response support on budget planning and monitoring, payroll, human resources, employment and legal advice, purchasing, capital projects, admissions, policy development and audit. Our catering team provides advice and guidance on meeting the statutory responsibilities for food standards, healthy eating and safety, and helps our schools achieve higher take-up of meals and significant cost savings through quality improvement and the central procurement of food supplies.
Each school’s local governing body receives support and advice to ensure that they can contribute effectively to the governance and leadership of their school, including tailored guidance to chairs and clerks and governor training.
The Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to meeting the needs of every student – our schools offer a wide range of special needs provision and across the Trust we have extensive expertise in behaviour, attendance, family liaison and therapies to support our students and their teachers.
Greenshaw Learning Trust Mission Statement
We are ambitious for our schools and their students. We believe that there is no ceiling on what can be achieved by anyone, regardless of their circumstances or background.
We are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive learning environment, giving every young person the opportunity to fulfil their potential now, and in the future.
We seek to realise the power of individuals and organisations working together in collaboration whilst retaining their individuality, and we recognise that we can always improve.
Greenshaw Learning Trust Employee Benefits
The Greenshaw Learning Trust recognises that our employees are our most important asset and we are aware that the quality and commitment of our employees is critical to our success. We offer all our employees the following staff benefits:
Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression.
Employer contributions to Teachers Pension Scheme.
Cycle to work scheme.
Gym membership scheme.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Eye Care Voucher Scheme.
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