Teacher of Science - possible TLR available to lead on Chemistry across KS4 and KS5
Downham Market Academy
Norfolk
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- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 20 September 2024
Job overview
Downham Market Academy
Science Teacher - all specialisms considered but the ability to teach Chemistry to KS5 would be advantageous
Salary range: MPS/UPS
Required January 2025
We are looking for a passionate teacher of science, ideally with a specialism in Chemistry. There is the opportunity to teach our most able students A Level Chemistry where results in 2024 were strong. There may be a TLR available for the right candidate to support further improvements in our Chemistry provision.
We are an ambitious school that has high aspirations and expectations for our students. We want to provide an education that is challenging yet accessible and relevant to the young people in our care. We want to inspire them to become life-long learners that empowers them to be valuable members of society. We offer all of our students many opportunities to enhance their learning through trips and visits that are both local and further afield. Our extensive extracurricular programme provides all students with opportunities to learn new skills and improve on existing ones outside of the normal classroom environment; make new friends and develop life skills such as communication, teamwork and resilience.
Knowing each student and member of staff individually allows us to build positive, mutually respectful relationships that support learning and create a culture of academic aspiration where success is celebrated. Promoting inclusivity, equality and diversity is fundamental to our academic curriculum and personal development programme. We want our students and staff to feel valued, respected and safe and we place great emphasis on their personal development and welfare.
We are growing in popularity in the local community and we are now the top choice school for children in our catchment. We are oversubscribed in some year groups and need for a larger staff team to support this expansion.
Downham Market Academy can offer you:
• An aspirational culture where students and staff are encouraged to maintain high standards and be at the forefront of education
• Students who are ambitious, polite and hard-working
• The chance to contribute to planning an inspirational and knowledge-rich curriculum that is inclusive and enhanced by opportunities to learn outside the classroom
• A supportive and collaborative staff body that works closely with colleagues in other schools within our Trust
• Excellent facilities and equipment where all staff have their own laptop; students have their own iPad to use in lessons and at home and where the school community makes excellent use of IT to communicate, collaborate and learn more effectively
• A commitment to providing extensive and tailored CPD that allows all our staff to flourish
• The opportunity to teach sixth form.
• A wellbeing package including reduced gym membership rates, partnerships with local restaurants, cycle to work scheme and a comprehensive mental health service
Whilst there is a published closing date for this vacancy, if a suitable number and calibre of applications are received in advance of this, we reserve the right to close the advert early and invite candidates for interview. Therefore, we strongly advise interested candidates to apply early to avoid disappointment.
Our Trust is committed to equal opportunities, to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff are expected to share this commitment and undergo the appropriate checks. All positions within the Trust are subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references. Only applications submitted on using the ELA application form will be accepted. We do not accept applications by CV.
We welcome informal visits or discussions from potential candidates prior to application, to arrange please contact Kate Coupland on 01366 389124.
Downham Market Academy Safeguarding Policy: https://dma.tela.org.uk/safeguarding-policy
All shortlisted applicants should expect to be called for interview no more than 5 working days after the closing date. If you have not heard from us by then you can expect your application to be unsuccessful.
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About Downham Market Academy
About Downham Market Academy
Graded as "Good" in all areas by Ofsted in April 2022 - inspectors highlighted the strong ethos and curriculum at the school.
- Co-educational, 11-18 mixed comprehensive with approximately 1100 students, including 100 in the Sixth Form in the town of Downham Market, Norfolk.
- Now part of The Eastern Learning Alliance, a visionary and unique multi academy trust where there is a strong sense of community and collaboration.
- Our students really want to learn and are genuinely delightful young people to spend time with.
- We offer an exceptional CPD programme; relocation packages; reduced timetables and an exciting creative environment within which to work.
- Our staff retention rate is excellent as we offer an exceptional environment within which to thrive and enjoy teaching.
- As well as a stimulating curriculum for all students, staff are committed to offering a large number of extracurricular activities.
Values and vision
- Downham Market Academy goes to great lengths to ensure that its pupils show respect and understanding towards each other and their school.
- There is a community-agreed set of basic principles that all students and staff are expected to follow.
- These principles include: respect for their environment; a willingness to learn; acting as role models for the people around them; and being polite and courteous to all.
About Downham Market
- Downham Market is a market town set in beautiful Norfolk, with excellent fast train links to the cultural centres of both Cambridge (33 minutes) and London (1 hour 27 minutes).
- Housing is relatively inexpensive and the area boasts many opportunities for sport and leisure activities.
- Beautiful North Norfolk, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is only around 45 minutes away and is home to much of The Broads National Park, Britain's largest protected wetland. The area is great for walking and is a haven for wildlife and birds. North Norfolk is also home to unspoilt, award-winning beaches; market towns and villages boasting eateries, shops and artisans as well as museums, stately homes and places of cultural and historical interest.
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