Teacher of Science

Gordano School; Portishead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Employee assistance programme

Discounts on shopping

Cycle to work

On-site gym

On-site parking

Job summary

Gordano School in Portishead near Bristol is seeking a Teacher of Science to join our dynamic Science Faculty, with emphasis on Biology at GCSE and general science at KS3. The postholder will also tutor a tutor group and contribute to wider school life.

The school prides itself on high academic achievement, extensive CPD, and a supportive community with opportunities for progression within our large team.

Qualifications

• Excellent classroom teaching and learning in science.
• Ability to enthuse, engage and motivate students to raise standards.

Responsibilities

• Be an excellent classroom teacher with a real commitment to high quality teaching and learning.
• enthuse, engage and motivate students to raise standards to achieve at all levels.
• Willing to demonstrate commitment to Gordano School values.

Skills

Classroom teaching

Student motivation

Commitment to high quality teaching

Job description

We are seeking a Teacher of Science to join our existing team and help develop this dynamic and successful Science Faculty. The emphasis will be on teaching Biology at GCSE along with general science at Key Stage 3. The person appointed will also be a tutor and responsible for a tutor group.

Gordano School, part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, is a large and successful 11-18 comprehensive secondary school approximately eight miles outside Bristol. Our school includes a thriving Sixth Form of approximately 350 students that is strongly integrated into the life of the school and offers significant opportunities for sixth form teaching in over 30 courses. We are the sole secondary school serving the popular town of Portishead and benefit greatly from being a central part of our community.

We view education as something bigger than just academic achievement. We have a record of considerable academic success but wholeheartedly believe that a student's education should be about preparing young people for their future lives in the complete sense, developing our young people's key skills and behaviours that set them up for a successful future pathway. As well as consistently strong outcomes at GCSE and A Level, we place great emphasis on the opportunities available to our students including developing student leadership across our student body, offering an unparalleled extra-curricular programme and ensuring clear guidance for students when considering progression to their next steps of their educational journey.

We pride ourselves on high-quality support for colleagues at all stages of their career through internal and external CPD, including our membership of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, with staff involved in a range of developmental opportunities across schools in the Trust as well as supporting staff in bespoke training such as completing different levels of the NPQ programmes. We maintain significant involvement in Initial Teacher Training and deliver a comprehensive ECT induction in association with the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance and Ambition Institute. Our very large staff body allows regular opportunities for progression into leadership roles at all levels.

Importantly, beyond the wider experiences on offer to our student body, we seek to be a very happy school community with a big heart. This has never been more evident than through our recent work in delivering our core principles of 'Dream big, do your best, give back', fostering a community filled with kindness and respect.

This post would be equally suitable for ECTs and teachers with more experience.

The postholder will engage in regulated activity.

The successful candidate will:

• be an excellent classroom teacher with a real commitment to high quality teaching and learning.
• be able to enthuse, engage and motivate students to raise standards to achieve at all levels; and
• Willing to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours of Gordano School

• Gordano School offers an excellent benefits package including contributory pension scheme, a comprehensive employee assistance programme and benefits (offering discounts on shopping), cycle to work scheme, discounted on-site gym membership and on-site parking.