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St Martin's School
Hanging Hill Lane
Hutton, Brentwood
Essex CM13 2HG
Tel: 01277 238300
NOR: 1834 including 361 sixth form students
Executive Headteacher: Jamie Foster
Role - Science Teacher
Salary Range - MPS / UPS
Start Date - January 2024
We are looking to appoint a conscientious and committed teacher to join our science faculty to ensure that all students not only reach their academic potential but also recognise the importance and intrinsic fascination of science. We welcome applications from newly qualified or experienced teachers, in any science discipline.
St Martin's is an over-subscribed, friendly, co-educational, fully comprehensive school located in Hutton, Brentwood. The school is on one site with extensive grounds which also includes a large sixth form block. Our ethos is a non-bureaucratic approach to all aspects of school life, while maintaining a relentless focus on learning and teaching, to ensure outstanding achievement for our students.
It is our policy to only recruit staff to permanent positions via a direct application, not through an agency placement. Application can be made via TES.com or http://www.essexschoolsjobs.co.uk
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon appointment of a successful applicant.
St Martin's School is an academy that forms part of the Discovery Educational Trust.
The Local Schools Committee will ensure that all staff, job applicants, and students seeking admission to the school do not suffer direct or indirect discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or belief, and are not disadvantaged by any other condition or requirement which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
Closing date: Friday 15th December 2023 at midday
St Martin's School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Information about the School
St Martin's is a large co-educational comprehensive school located in Hutton, Brentwood. The school benefits from a pleasant semi-rural environment with agricultural land to the rear. The school, which also includes a large sixth form block, is situated on an open, attractive 30 acre site. Parking is available on-site and there are good transport links by both rail and bus. Hutton is five miles from the M25 and 19 miles from London, which is easily reached by road or train (25 minutes to Liverpool Street Station).
This is a large, but friendly school in which all staff are helped to develop their talents. This is supported by an extensive and wide ranging in-house continual professional development programme (CPD). We have high quality mentoring and induction programmes for staff with excellent opportunities for training and professional development.
2022 - 79% of students achieved grades 9-4 in both GCSE English and Maths and ALPS 3 progress in the sixth form
2023 - 84% of students achieved 9 - 4 in English and 80% achieved 9 – 4 in Maths
Over Subscribed - 1184 applications for 292 year 7 places in 2023
Ofsted 2024 - Good with outstanding leadership