Teacher of Science

We are seeking to appoint a Teacher of Science at Gospel Oak School who is aligned with our mission to support social justice through exceptional schools, our values and Our Distinctive Culture. You must have a passion for working in challenging circumstances, in an area of high deprivation and be keen to improve the life chances of all the students.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious teacher looking for your next challenge. Leadership responsibility available with a TLR for a suitable candidate. As a small but growing Trust we are continually developing roles, we invest in our staff and can provide a clear pathway along with the appropriate level of support suited to your experience level.

We will work with you to create an individual professional development plan with specific CPD which is appropriate to your career stage.

Job Description

• To safeguard and promote the welfare of young people.
• To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
• To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher/tutor.
• To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.
• To contribute to raising standards of student attainment.
• To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.
• To contribute to the delivery of the key outcomes of Every Child Matters.

Main Teaching:

• To teach students according to their educational needs, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the student in school and elsewhere.
• To ensure the additional educational needs of all students are catered for.
• To assess, record and report on the attendance, progress, development and attainment of students and to keep such records as are required.
• To provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students.
• To ensure that ICT, Literacy, Numeracy and school subject specialism(s) are reflected in the teaching/learning experience of students.
• To undertake a designated programme of teaching.
• To ensure a high quality learning experience for students that meets internal and external quality standards.
• To prepare and update subject materials.
• To use a variety of delivery methods, which will stimulate learning appropriate to student needs and demands of the syllabus.
• To maintain discipline in accordance with the school’s procedures, and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework.
• To undertake assessment of students as requested by external examination bodies, departmental and school procedures.
• To mark, grade and give written/verbal and diagnostic feedback as required.

Student Support System (Pastoral):

• To be a Tutor to an assigned group of students.
• To promote the general progress and well-being of individual students and of the Tutor Group as a whole.
• To liaise with the Student Support Team to ensure the implementation of Student Support systems.
• To register students, remain with students in assemblies, encourage their full attendance at all lessons and their participation in other aspects of school life.
• To contribute to and deliver the school’s tutorial programme.
• To evaluate and monitor the progress of students and keep up-to-date student records as may be required.
• To contribute to the preparation of Action Plans and progress files and other reports.
• To alert the appropriate staff to problems experienced by students and to make recommendations as to how these may be resolved.
• To communicate as appropriate, with the parents of students and with persons or bodies outside the school concerned with the welfare of individual students, after consultation with the appropriate staff.
• To contribute to PSHCE, enterprise education and SMSC according to school policy.
• To apply the Behaviour Management Systems so that effective learning can take place.

Operation/Strategic Planning:

• To assist in the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies and teaching strategies in the Curriculum Area and Department.
• To contribute to the Curriculum Area and department’s development plan and its implementation.
• To plan and prepare courses and lessons.
• To contribute to the whole school’s planning activities.

Curriculum Provision:

• To assist the Curriculum Lead and SLT link, to ensure that the curriculum area provides a range of teaching which complements the school’s strategic objectives.

Curriculum Development:

• To assist in the process of curriculum development and change to ensure the continued relevance to the needs of students, examining and awarding bodies and the school’s Mission and Strategic Objectives.

Please refer to the attached candidate pack for a full job description.

Next steps

If you are excited by this role and believe you have the vision and values to fulfil this challenge, then please contact the HR department on GOSHR@gospeloakschool.co.uk or by calling us on 0121 556 1351.

A visit to the School and an informal chat with a member of the SLT team is welcomed and encouraged prior to making your application.

Closing date: Tuesday 22nd October 2024 @ 10am

Interviews will take place on Thursday 24th October 2024

Want to know more about Gospel Oak School?

Please visit our website www.gospeloakschool.co.uk, the Central Region Schools Trust website www.centralregionschoolstrust.co.uk and don’t forget to take a look at our promotional video.