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Teacher of Chemistry

Teacher of Chemistry

Mander Portman Woodward

South Kensington, London

Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2014
Apply by:
20 August 2014

Job overview

Mander Portman Woodward (MPW) was founded in 1973 and is one of London's best known independent colleges. Situated in South Kensington, the college is fully co-educational and accepts over 500 students each year. Students are prepared for GCSE, A level and Oxbridge Entrance. In its October 2013 ISI inspection report, the college was judged as excellent in all eight areas assessed.

MPW is seeking to appoint a well-qualified and dynamic person to teach in our expanding and highly successful Chemistry Department. Many of our students go on to read Chemistry-related courses, including Medicine, at Russell Group universities.

Completed application forms should be sent to:

Georgina Wilson
MPW
90-92 Queen's Gate
London
SW7 5AB
Telephone: 020 7835 1355
Email: jobs@mpw.co.uk

Application closing date: Wednesday 20th August 2014.

The college is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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About Mander Portman Woodward

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+44 20 7835 1355

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Mander Portman Woodward London, commonly referred to as MPW, is one of a group of independent colleges providing GCSE and A-level education for 14- to 20-year-olds. The other mixed, non-denominational colleges are located in Birmingham and Cambridge.

The school was established in 1973 by Robert Woodward, Rodney Portman and Nicholas Mander, which is where MPW gets its name. In 2016, the group was sold by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Incorporated, a Los Angeles private equity firm, to the education firm Kaplan International.

Principal

Sally Powell

Values and Vision

Mander Portman Woodward believes in giving students as much personal attention as possible, and ensures that there are fewer than 10 students in every class. The college's mission is to work with students to turn their academic aspirations into reality.  It takes students from Year 10 and has a particularly strong reputation for its sixth-form provision. It has also forged partnerships with local higher education institutions, and considers pupil entrance to prestigious universities one of its key objectives.

Each Mander Portman Woodward student is allocated a director of studies, whose role is to monitor their general welfare and assist them in making informed choices about their next educational steps.

ISI report

“Students are very well educated and the college successfully fulfils its aims. The quality of the students’ academic achievement and progress throughout the college is excellent. The provision for and achievement of those students with SEND or EAL is excellent and the provision for able gifted and talented students is good. The academic curriculum is broad and flexible timetabling allows individual programmes of study to be developed.”

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Applications closed