Science Teacher

SchoolBrowse; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop & phone

Competitive salary

Training opportunities

Small classes

National organisation

Sickness scheme

Pension

Supervision

Wellbeing services

Job summary

Compass Community School Boleyn Park in Westcliff-on-Sea seeks a Science Teacher dedicated to understanding and supporting SEMH needs. You will deliver the Science curriculum across Entry Level to GCSE, building strong relationships and motivating students with challenging behaviours.

Join a trauma-informed, expanding national organisation that values professional development, flexible pension, and extensive training, with small class sizes and TA support.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Science curriculum across Entry Level, Functional Skills, Key Stage 3 and GCSE.
• Build professional, nurturing relationships with students and manage complex behaviours.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop academic and extracurricular opportunities.

Job description

About the school

Compass Community School Boleyn Park is located in Westcliff on Sea, Essex. Our children come from a wide range of backgrounds, but all have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH). Many will also have other Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) such as Autism, ADHD, and communication difficulties.

The work we do is both varied and challenging and, as a trauma and attachment informed organisation, all staff are provided with extensive therapeutic training and support. Our closely triangulated approach places the child at the centre of decision making, ensuring that education and therapy professionals, parents/carers, local authority teams and, most importantly, our students can work together to secure outstanding outcomes for all.

The role

We are looking for a Science Teacher to join Compass Community School Boleyn Park. We are all primarily teachers of children before teachers of subjects. Central to this role is knowing the child, building professional, nurturing and positive relationships and motivating students.

We are looking for a Science specialist. Our Science curricula span Entry Level, Functional Skills, Key stage 3 and GCSE. You will be supported by national subject champions who can support the work of non-subject specialists to be experts in how best to facilitate learning for the children they know best.

Compass Community School teachers inspire children, creating a sense of awe and wonder and making subjects and lessons real and relevant to them. They plan exciting and engaging learning opportunities which challenge and push students, whether they are working on the very basics or they have a special talent or passion for the subject.

Our children require very special teachers who are able to manage some complex and challenging behaviours. They will know that our children require lots of attention, the right sort of communication, consistency and flexibility in equal measure, and a non-judgemental approach.

We want our teachers to be part of the decision making that drives our school, provides outcomes for children and advocates for every child. We welcome their input in developing both the academic curriculum and the opportunities in our extra-curricular offer.

Benefits & package

• Staff laptop and mobile phone
• Competitive salary
• Extensive training and professional qualification opportunities
• Small class sizes with specialist TA support
• The chance to be part of an expanding, national organisation that recognises skill, effort and potential and grows its own leadership teams
• Enhanced occupational sickness scheme
• Flexible pension
• Regular therapeutic and supportive supervision
• Employee benefit service with access to wellbeing services, salary sacrifice schemes, high street vouchers, money off eating-out and takeaways