Teacher of Science and Lead for Chemistry
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Hyde High School
Hyde
- Salary:
- MPR/UPR + TLR2a - £3,214
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- April 2025
- Apply by:
- 20 January 2025
Job overview
Vacancy: Teacher of Science and Lead for Chemistry
Full time - 12 months maternity cover from April 2025
MPR/UPR + TLR2a - £3,214
Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 20th January 2025
A leadership development opportunity…
For April 2025, we are seeking to appoint a talented teacher with a passion for Chemistry, to join our skilled, enthusiastic and very well-resourced Science Department to cover a period of maternity leave. The successful candidate will support the leadership of a friendly, ambitious and collaborative team where new ideas are welcome and good practice is willingly shared. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated teacher who wishes to develop their leadership skills and really make a difference to the pupils in their care. Applications are invited from creative and ambitious colleagues who can make a positive contribution to our continuous school improvement.
Additional Information
Hyde High School is a co-educational 11-16 school with approximately 1150 pupils on roll. This is a proudly multicultural school with almost a third of pupils having Bangladeshi heritage and typically thriving at Hyde. The school serves two of the most deprived wards in Tameside and a large proportion of pupils are supported by Pupil Premium funding. SMSC is a strength and permeates our school; positive relationships underpin our harmonious and aspirational ethos. Pastoral systems are strong and a wide variety of support measures are effectively employed to enable pupils to access learning.
Hyde is proud to be an educationally inclusive school, one in which the teaching and learning, achievements, attitudes and well-being of every young person matter. We have a strong, committed and stable staff team; a low staff turnover speaks volumes about the well-resourced working environment and positive culture within our school.
This really is a great opportunity to work alongside an experienced and inspirational Subject Leader to drive forward the Chemistry curriculum at Hyde. If you feel that you are ready to take on a new challenge, fully guided by talented colleagues, we would be delighted to hear from you.
How to apply
Please complete an application form, including within your application a supporting statement explaining how your experience and qualifications meet the person specification for this role.
Please note – CVs are NOT accepted.
Closing date: 9.00am – Monday 20th January 2025
Applications forms should be emailed to r.fawcett@hydehighschool.uk
The school is currently in the process of converting to an Academy. This role will be affected by the transfer, meaning that the successful applicant will transfer to the Academy, along with all other school staff. The conversion to an Academy will be undertaken in accordance with the DfE and legal requirements.
Hyde High School is committed to safeguarding and equal rights and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A copy of our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available on our website.
The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
It is an offence to apply for the role if a person is barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
For more information please see:
Tameside Council policy on the employment of ex-offenders
Attached documents
About Hyde High School
Hyde High School is a co-educational school based in Tameside for students aged 11-16. It is a non-denominational school.
Headteacher
Rorick Houghton
Values and vision
Hyde High School is a popular and improving co-educational school with 1150 learners from a range of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Our proudly multicultural school is recognised as having a harmonious ethos where pupils show positive attitudes to learning, kindness to others and where they achieve well. We have high expectations of all members of our school community and strive to promote a true sense of pride and team spirit, where mutual respect and support are unequivocal and where learning is truly valued and at the heart of everything we do. A dedicated and talented team of staff work hard to secure the best possible outcomes for all pupils; staff morale is good and our latest Ofsted report shows a clear upwards trajectory.
Behaviour is good at Hyde. Ofsted reported:
“Pupils enjoy coming to school. They say that teachers listen to them. Pupils told us that they feel safe.”
“Teachers have high expectations of pupils' behaviour. Pupils respect staff and each other. Pupils feel valued in the school. They say that it is OK to be different and value the differences between people in the school. Pupils say that bullying rarely happens but is always dealt with well by staff.”
“Pupils have a positive approach to their learning.”
We are proud to offer a broad and balanced curriculum that promotes pupils’ spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development and that prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of 21st century life. In the context of our school, this means offering an academically robust curriculum, enhanced by more creative and practically based courses; we believe that the arts, physical education and technical subjects should be promoted as vital facets in the development of well-rounded pupils.
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