Job Description
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Are you a passionate teacher or current 'Post-Holder' looking for your next step in your career?
We are looking for a well-qualified, experienced teacher or middle leader to join our school as Head of the Science Faculty.
You should be an outstanding practitioner of Science who can ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area.
This is an excellent opportunity for an exceptional teacher ready to take on additional responsibilities or someone who is leading a subject area in a Science Faculty looking for an increase in their leadership role.
Applications from current Heads of Science, already in post, but looking to increase the size of their role, responsibility and aiming for Senior Leadership would also be very welcome.
The Science Faculty is a large and successful team. We currently have 21 teaching staff with 3 full time technicians who support them. We have a full compliment of teachers of all three subject areas and currently the teaching of GCSE students is delivered by individual subject specialists for all classes. The Faculty has its own area within the school with 17 rooms, divided into 'Wet' and 'Dry' laboratories. All laboratories have their own interactive touch screen televisions, as opposed to interactive whiteboards. Several members of the school's Leadership Team teach within the Faculty and the Head Teacher was Head of Science in the school!
We run very well-established A level programs in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, with all classes having between 10-20 students. There are very popular and well attended extra-curricular clubs run by both staff and students.
As Shoeburyness High School is the only secondary school in the SECAT, we have a unique position in being able to inform, influence and shape the Science curriculum across our Trust primary schools. The next Head of Faculty therefore will have the opportunity to contribute towards the Trusts vision of all-through education from EYFS to A level.
Information about the School
Shoeburyness High School is a very successful, large and oversubscribed 11-18 Community Academy and a member of the Southend East Community Academy Trust (SECAT).
First and foremost we are a place of learning and high aspiration but we add value to this core purpose with our focus on developing the whole individual; there is something for everyone at Shoeburyness High School and we remain very proud of our fully inclusive ethos.