Teacher of Chemistry
Haberdashers' Girls' School
Hertfordshire
- New
- Expiring soon
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 4 December 2024
Job overview
Who are Habs?
We are a diverse community, and we nurture a global perspective and a deep sense of responsibility for the world in which our pupils will lead and succeed. Our broad curriculum and co-curricular provision prepare pupils for success wherever their passion may take them. Ambition, Curiosity, Courage and Community are the core beliefs that we stand for here at Habs.
Join our team and unlock your potential!
We are looking for an ambitious and intellectually curious teacher of chemistry to join our highly successful and renowned science department.
This position will be for a fixed-term contract, covering two terms starting January 2025.
Further details of the role can be found in the attached candidate pack.
What We Look For:
- Strong, degree level qualification directly relating to the main subject(s) to be taught
- 3 A-Levels at grades C and above (or equivalent) Successful candidates generally exceed this requirement.
- Strong sense of scholarship in all taught subjects
- Strong passion for the subject and its energetic and accessible delivery in the classroom
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to deliver engaging and inclusive lessons that support, stretch and challenge pupils of all backgrounds, abilities, needs and dispositions
- An ability to present information clearly, adapting style to suit individual situation and needs
- An ability to inspire confidence in the pupils so that they may ask questions and articulate their own understanding
What we are offering:
- A competitive salary, commensurate with the candidate’s experience and the size of the School
- Additional life insurance cover, access to Employee Assistance
- Financial assistance for obtaining further qualifications
- Extensive professional development training opportunities
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Free lunch and refreshments during term time
- Free onsite parking or access to travel on the schools extensive coach network
- Provision of a laptop
- Free access to state-of-the-art sports facilities including the gym, swimming pool, and fitness classes
- Wellbeing initiatives and programmes, such as yoga, mindfulness sessions, and health checks
- Access to an online GP service, providing quick and convenient healthcare advice
- Access to Vivup, the staff benefits platform, featuring discounts, financial advice, and wellbeing resources
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme and other green travel incentives including Octopus Electric Vehicles
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Haberdashers’ Boys' SchooI is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Attached documents
About Haberdashers' Girls' School
Founded in 1875, Haberdashers’ Girls’ School, Elstree is a leading independent day school for girls aged 4–18. The School’s academic results place it amongst the highest-ranked schools in the UK.
It provides a challenging, positive, stimulating and secure community in which students enjoy working hard to fulfil their potential. The co-location of the School with Haberdashers’ Boys’ School provides the best of both worlds: an excellent single-sex education within a co- educational environment.
The School traces its roots back to the 17th century when its founder, Robert Aske, established the principles that guide it to this day – to give talented and ambitious young people the opportunities they need to succeed in life. Its priority is the education of the whole person, amongst other bright, well- motivated students, taught by a highly qualified, committed staff. In partnership with parents, it aims to provide every student with the intellectual, cultural, physical, moral, personal and spiritual resources she needs to give her confidence to go forward in a changing world.
The School is a diverse community which nurtures a global perspective and a deep sense of responsibility for the world in which its pupils will lead and succeed. Its excellent pastoral care, broad academic curriculum and far-reaching co-curricular provision prepare students for success, wherever their passion may take them.
Today the School educates approximately 1,250 girls from the age of 4 to 18, including 320 in the Junior School and 220 in the Sixth Form. Admission to the School is by competitive selective assessment, and students enter at 4+, 7+, 11+ and 16+.
On its most recent visit in March 2022, the Independent Schools Inspectorate rated the School “Excellent” in all areas.
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