Teacher of Science
Cowley Academy
Lincolnshire
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- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 9 December 2024
Job overview
South Lincolnshire Academies Trust is seeking to appoint an inspirational, highly motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic Teacher of Science to work at Cowley Academy in Donington.
This is an excellent opportunity for ECTs or experienced teachers to join a thriving and highly motivated Trust (all our ECTs are well supported by an excellent induction programme).
The successful candidate will have:
· Qualified teacher status;
· The ability to teach Science at KS3 and KS4;
· The opportunity to teach OCR Cambridge National Sport Science;
· Enthusiasm and commitment to extra-curricular responsibilities;
· The ability to motivate students and achieve excellent results;
· Excellent organisational and ICT skills;
· Inspirational leadership skills;
· An awareness of effective assessment and use of data to track student progress;
· The capacity to work collaboratively as part of a team;
· A passion for the subject and the ability to share this with young people.
This is an exciting time to join our Trust. Staff retention is excellent; staff work collaboratively across the Trust supporting colleagues and sharing best practice. All Trust schools have a strong pastoral team and there is a strong focus on staff well-being and reducing workload.
The Department for Education have ranked South Lincolnshire Academies Trust as the 12th top performing Trust in the whole of England out of 213 Multi Academy Trusts with three or more schools.
The Trust offers exceptionally pleasant working environments. Our school sites offer a calm and safe place, where staff and students work hard, achieve a great deal and enjoy excellent working relationships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks undertaken are in line with “Keeping Children Safe in Education”. All post holders are subject to satisfactory clearances prior to taking up an offer of employment.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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About Cowley Academy
Cowley Academy is an oversubscribed non-selective mixed 11-16 secondary school and joined South Lincolnshire Academies Trust in September 2022.
- The school has over 600 students with a pupil admission number (PAN) of 120.
- The school is performing ABOVE national average (based on a Progress 8 score of +0.08 in 2023).
- Cowley Academy is the top performing school locally in the Boston area (along with Giles Academy) and outperforms local grammar schools.
- The school has made incredible progress since joining the Trust in 2022. Cowley Academy currently has no Ofsted grading as a new school under the Trust (formerly The Thomas Cowley High School), but is set to emulate the success of our other schools.
Join our highly successful Trust
South Lincolnshire Academies Trust has over 550 teaching and support staff working in the four schools (Bourne Academy, Spalding Academy, Giles Academy and Cowley Academy) that make up our highly successful Trust.
There has never been a better time to become part of our team with the rapid growth of the schools, where student numbers are increasing due to local demand and there is an expansion in our curriculum and facilities.
We pride ourselves on creating an environment that benefits from high staff retention as we offer realistic routes for progression for both teaching and support staff. We nurture and reward our staff and will help you develop and succeed.
Our Trust ethos is Aspire, Challenge, Achieve and this is embedded in everything we do for our students and staff. This common goal reflects why our schools are so popular as our students and staff work towards the same objectives.
Not only are we successful, but the working environment is a rewarding and enjoyable place to be.
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