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Head of Science

Head of Science

Ark All Saints Academy

Camberwell, London

Salary:
Highly competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as available
Apply by:
7 November 2014

Job overview

An exciting opportunity at a new school.

ARK All Saints Academy opened in September 2013. The school started with an intake of 120 year 7 pupils, and will grow year on year to become an 11 - 18 school by 2019, serving 800 students. Our staff team is deeply committed to the new academy's transformation and future, and looking to create a vision for success, a culture of academic achievement and a nurturing environment in which students can thrive.

We are seeking to recruit an outstanding science teacher with a commitment to academic excellence and passionate about helping every child succeed. The head of science will help to shape and deliver our science curriculum and play an integral role in our vision for success. This role represents an excellent development opportunity for an outstanding teacher looking for their first experience of middle leadership.

Our ideal candidate will:    

  • have experience of teaching at an outstanding level
  • have demonstrable evidence of raising attainment in an urban, multicultural setting
  • be committed to ARK's ethos of high expectations and no excuses
  • have the resolve to make a real difference to the lives of pupils
  • possess a strong desire to help us develop an outstanding department where learning is greatly valued by all
  • have experience of working in a challenging classroom environment, implementing and developing schemes to improve behaviour

For further information or a confidential discussion please contact the recruitment team on schools.recruitment@arkonline.org or 0203 116 6345.

To apply, please complete the online application form at: https://application.arkschools.net/vacancy/JfZVyJgb.

Please complete your application by 11am on Friday 7 November 2014. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so please do apply early to avoid disappointment.

Closing Date: 11am on Friday 7 November 2014

We value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment checks.

ARK All Saints Academy

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About Ark All Saints Academy

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Ark All Saints Academy is a four-form entry academy in Camberwell, south east London, which opened in 2013 as part of Ark Schools. We are a mixed Church of England school with strong values and a Christian ethos. We welcome children aged 11-16 of all faiths and none, and ask that all members of our family respect each other’s faiths and participate in all aspects of academy life.

Our four key values are integrity, responsibility, confidence and success. Hence, it is our aim to ensure both students and teachers are confident, responsible, successful and honest in every aspect of our school’s systems. This will enable our scholars to be well prepared for the next phase of their life, whether that is to go to university or in pursuing the career of their choice. Ark All Saint Academy aims to treat pupils as individuals and is keen to work with parents to develop and nurture the talents of each pupil. We want our students to succeed academically and socially.

As part of this preparation we expect scholars to manage their path to success. We believe that creating a supportive environment will help them immensely in that. Hence we make sure everyone at our school knows and follows our safeguarding and behaviour policies. The latter outlines what is appropriate conduct, that will allow each scholar to be successful each day. We believe that good and positive behaviour is achieved through relationships and an understanding of the impact that this has on individuals. At Ark All Saints we expect all scholars to behave well, all the time. There are no excuses for poor behaviour.

At All Saints, we have created a caring and collaborative environment throughout our school and encourage our teachers to support and help each other. We hold staff development in high regard and offer twice the standard number of training days – including our network-wide ‘Hub Days’ where peers join together to learn and share best practice. There are also opportunities for online training and bespoke learning and mentoring programmes. Please see our six points on what it's like to work at Ark All Saints Academy.

Curriculum

Our curriculum is designed back from the intended end point - enabling students to reach university. Ark All Saints Academy specialises in Mathematics and all Year 7 and 8 scholars follow the Mathematics Mastery programme. At KS3 there is a strong emphasis on the teaching of core subjects, every scholar in the school, regardless of age or ability gets at least one lesson of Maths, English and Science every day. If scholars are behind in these subjects we will give them extra time and support so that they can catch up and keep up.

Ofsted report

Ark All Saints Academy was rated as good in our 2015 Ofsted inspection with outstanding areas, such as safety and behaviour of students.

"Achievement is improving in English, mathematics, science and several other subjects. Teachers focus on scholars understanding work in depth and learning how to master problems. The provision for scholars’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding. Citizenship days extend scholars’ horizons, their awareness of how to be safe and their understanding of British values. Scholars are happy and proud to be part of the academy ‘family’. They feel safe and secure and behave extremely well. They value the tolerance and respect promoted by all staff."

Read more about Ofsted's observations or see the the full report.

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