Head of Lower School Science
Wimbledon High School
Merton
- New
- Salary:
- Competitive plus benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April or September 2025
- Apply by:
- 20 January 2025
Job overview
Wimbledon High School is seeking to appoint a Head of Lower School Science to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and inspirational teacher to lead and shape science education at one of the UK’s leading girls’ schools.
About the role
As Head of Lower School Science, you will take on a key leadership position, reporting directly to the Senior Deputy Head and working as part of the Science Faculty Board. You will oversee and drive the delivery of high-quality, innovative science teaching to students in Years 7 and 8, ensuring that the Lower School Science curriculum is rigorous and engaging.
A core aspect of the role will be leading the development and delivery of an exciting new Lower School Science Diploma, which will act as the primary form of assessment designed to equip students with the foundational skills and knowledge for success at GCSE and beyond.
Additionally, you will play an integral role in championing Wimbledon High School’s reputation as a national leader in science education for girls. This includes fostering partnerships, enhancing cross-curricular STEAM opportunities, and developing relationships with other schools, universities, and scientific organisations.
About you
We are seeking an exceptional, qualified teacher with substantial experience in teaching Science at Key Stage 3 and a proven track record in contributing to innovative curriculum development and assessment frameworks.
Strong leadership and management skills are essential, and you should be adept at leading, motivating and coordinating teams, with a demonstrable track record of improving teaching and learning outcomes.
About the School
Since 1880, Wimbledon High School GDST has been educating girls to go out into the world and make a difference. Our acclaimed pastoral programme GROW, enriching co-curricular opportunities, character-forging partnerships and our 'playful scholarship' approach to academic life make for a compelling environment where every individual can flourish and be herself. Located in the heart of Wimbledon, we are less than 20 minutes from central London.
Benefits
As part of the Girls' Day School Trust, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- GDST Flexible Pension Plan (Details from: https://workplace.aviva.co.uk/gdst/)
- Training grants for qualifications
- Free life assurance benefit
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
For further details and an application form please click the apply button.
The closing date for applications is 9.00am on Monday 20 January 2025
Interviews will take place on Monday 27 January 2025
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening including online searches will apply to this post.
About Wimbledon High School
An academically successful school, with meaningful partnerships placing us at the heart of our community, Wimbledon High School is a hub of intellectual activity, fun and laughter.
We are proudly a flagship school of the Girls' Day School Trust, experts in educating girls, from 4 to 18. We like to challenge and inspire our students through an innovative focus on 'play' in our Junior School and 'playful scholarship' in Seniors, which sees us embrace problem-solving, critical and disruptive thinking and creativity in and out of the classroom. It may seem a contradiction but at Wimbledon High we are as serious about play as we are about academic rigour – and indeed, believe that the one cannot exist without the other. A highly selective school, with outstanding results, our students do nine GCSEs and 3 A levels, giving them time and space to explore around, over and above the curriculum. We go off-timetable one afternoon a week for our partnerships work, which sees over 200 visiting pupils get involved in activities and which was noted as a significant strength of the school in our recent ISI inspection.
A vast array of co-curricular clubs and activities allow students to find their thing: passions and interests that they will take with them through life, as on their journey of discovery about themselves, they learn what is important to them. Excellent pastoral care, under our GROW programme, is embedded in everything we do; we teach girls to believe in their own agency and use their voices for good.
Our school aims:
Stepping in: we aim for every girl to feel known, supported, confident and able to shine at Wimbledon High.
Striding out: we aim for every girl to leave us prepared to shape the society in which she lives and works.
We will do this, across the school by:
· Encouraging resilience, independence and kindness
· Nurturing curiosity, scholarship and a sense of wonder
· Promoting excellent teaching and learning
· Running a broad, inspiring co-curricular programme
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