Teacher of Science

Oxford Spires Academy; Packmoor; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing support

Professional development opportunities

Financial benefits

Job summary

Oxford Spires Academy invites applications from teachers to deliver a broad, balanced curriculum and support students in reaching their potential. The role includes teaching, setting and marking work, tracking progress and contributing to school improvement.

You will work within Anthem Schools Trust, embrace high expectations, and participate in ongoing CPD, safeguarding and assessment activities to support personal and academic growth.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students
• Monitor and support the progress and development of students as a teacher and tutor
• Facilitate and encourage learning experiences to help students reach their potential
• Use the OSA assessment cycle to collect and report accurate student data
• Implement appropriate interventions to enable all students to achieve their best
• Contribute to raising standards of student attainment
• Promote personal and academic growth within the school community
• Attend team and whole-school meetings and maintain records for students
• Communicate with parents/carers and co-operate with external bodies
• Maintain discipline in line with school policy and ensure high-quality learning experiences

Job description

Our school is proud to be part of Anthem, a multi‑academy trust that creates ambitious and successful schools where every child thrives.

Oxford Spires Academy aims to be a beacon of excellence at the heart of its local community, with a firm belief that all students are capable of making outstanding progress whatever their starting point. Oxford Spires Academy provides a safe, supportive and ambitious environment built on high expectations, strong relationships, pride, community and family, and is proud of its multicultural, multi‑faith community where diversity is celebrated.

Purpose of Role

To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant, and differentiated curriculum for students

To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher & tutor

To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential

To use the OSA assessment cycle to collect and report accurate student data and to share with all parties

To implement appropriate interventions to enable all students to achieve their very best

To contribute to raising standards of student attainment

To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth

Main duties and responsibilities

Personal development

To take part in the school’s CPD programme by participating in arrangements for further training and professional development including your own personal development.

To engage actively in the Performance Management Review processes

Teaching responsibilities

To teach students according to their educational needs, including the setting and marking of work completed by the students

To assess record and report on the attendance, progress, development, and attainment of students and to keep accurate records as required

To provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and to target set and provide references relating to individual students and groups of students

To ensure that ICT, Literacy, Numeracy, and the school subject specialism are reflected in the teaching/learning experience of students

To undertake a designated programme of teaching, plan, structure, and resource teaching and learning effectively.

To ensure a high‑quality learning experience for all students

To use a variety of delivery methods which will stimulate learning appropriate to meet all student needs and demands of the syllabus

To maintain discipline in accordance with the school’s Behaviour Policy, and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework

To undertake assessment of students as requested by external examination bodies, departmental and school policies and to mark, grade and give written/verbal and diagnostic feedback as required

To ensure the effective/efficient deployment of classroom support

To implement the school policies re Homework

General responsibilities

To attend team and whole school meetings in accordance with the school calendar as required

To maintain up to date and appropriate records and tracking for students within your area of responsibility

To communicate effectively with the parents/carers of students as appropriate and where appropriate, communicate and co‑operate with persons or bodies outside the school

To be a Tutor to an assigned group of students, to register students and support students and to escort tutor group and attend school assemblies

To promote the general progress and well‑being of individual students and of the tutor group as a whole

To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage staff and students to follow this example

To promote actively the academy’s Policies & Procedures

To comply with the school’s Health and Safety policy and undertake risk assessments as appropriate

To undertake any other duty as specified not mentioned in the above

To comply with the academy’s procedures concerning safeguarding and to ensure that training is accessed

Benefits

As part of Anthem Schools Trust, staff benefit from a supportive working environment and access to a range of employee benefits, including health and wellbeing support, professional development opportunities and financial benefits.

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, visitors and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, suitable references and other essential checks. Staff involved in recruitment and selection are trained in safer recruitment, and all staff and volunteers undertake child protection training.