Lead Practitioner for Science

Tes is supporting the appointment of a Lead Practitioner for Science to join a Academy based in Birmingham.

Location: Birmingham, West Midlands 

Salary:  Lead Practitioner scale LP1-LP5 (£47,882 - £52,842)

Start date: January 2025 or earlier if possible

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time

About the role:

The Academy is looking for a passionate and knowledgeable leader to join their excellent Science department.

As Lead Practitioner, you will develop and manage the effective delivery of their KS3/4 curriculum, overseeing assessment and progress tracking. You will be responsible for leading a dedicated team of Science teachers, providing guidance and support and ensuring that as a team, you are committed to raising achievement. You will also demonstrate high quality teaching that ensures all students achieve results in line with, or better than, key stage and other value-added predictions.

Considering making a move to Birmingham? They are able to offer relocation allowances of up to £5,000 to support you with the process. Get in touch to find out more.

Their ideal candidate will have:

• Motivation to continually improve standards and achieve excellence
• Genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every student
• High expectations for accountability and consistency
• Effective and systematic behaviour management
• Evidence being an excellent classroom practitioner.

About their school:

The Academy is a seven-form entry secondary school in the heart of Sparkhill. Their approach is summed up in the African proverb - “It takes a whole community to bring up a child”. They work together to ensure that each of their children can overcome barriers to learning, catch up where needed and achieve at the highest levels by working harder, behaving better and making faster progress than children in other schools and academies. They support their students to develop a lifelong love of learning; a sense of personal and civic pride and the confidence to not just navigate the modern world, but to shape it. 

At the Academy, their staff are a valuable and integral part of their community and are given the room to grow and develop in an encouraging, challenging and rewarding environment. They are their role-models and ambassadors on a professional and public level. They reflect the virtues they promote which include courage, self-discipline, commitment, and honesty. Therefore, staff wellbeing is at the heart of what they do at the academy and they will help you to be the very best that you can be, throughout your entire career.

By becoming a member of their school family, you will embrace multiple opportunities for personal and professional development, not just within the school, but from the internationally renowned family of schools they are a part of. Through the Academy, their staff can share best practice and receive training from some of the most talented individuals in the country. 

They offer:

• Staff wellbeing is one of their main priorities. They provide breakfast for staff each morning, soup for lunch and lunch for those on duty. They have parking available, a gym on site and a well-equipped staff room including a pool table.
• Their systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches they take are research led and based on the needs of their local context. For instance, at present they do not use traditional book marking across the school.
• On Fridays, children finish at 1.20pm, giving time and space for professional development amongst staff.
• Staff voice is important to them; they like to listen to their staff. They are always seeking feedback and input from their staff. 

All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

By applying to this job advertisement, you are providing consent for the Tes Recruitment team to propose and discuss your application with the employer.

Tes Recruitment Services (UK) represent Schools and Academies across the globe, supporting them to secure a great teacher/leader for every role. 

To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

Please include REF: LC2086998 in the email subject line. Please note that we are unable to accept CVs sent to us via email so please use the stated application route.