Head of Biology
Bromley High School
Bromley
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 16 March 2015
Job overview
Opportunity for an experienced Biology Teacher to lead and manage the Biology Department at Bromley High School, a school with excellent resources, inspirational teachers and students with a love of learning.
As the Head of Biology, reporting to the Head of Science, you will be responsible for the success of the Biology Department. This will include developing a stimulating, imaginative and intellectually challenging curriculum for Biology; developing a rich programme of co-curricular activities to enhance the teaching of Biology and the broader educational experience of students; and overseeing rigorous quality assurance through out the department.
Biology is a popular subject at all levels and a high number of our students go on to study biology-based degrees and medicine at a range of universities including Oxbridge. The department also benefits from a large number of external links and we offer regular extra-curricular activities.
For this key role you will be a creative, inspirational and confident leader with excellent up to date subject knowledge and a track record of outstanding success in enabling optimal student progress.
In return we offer a competitive salary scale with excellent benefits. In addition to our support you will also benefit from the wider GDST network.
For a full job description and an application form please visit http://www.bromleyhigh.gdst.net/Job-Vacancies. Please apply by sending a covering letter and completed application form to bhs@bro.gdst.net.
Applications must be received by 9am Monday 16th March 2015.
Interviews will take place on Friday 20th March 2015.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
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About Bromley High School
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Bromley High School has been offering an exceptional education to bright and talented girls since 1883.
A leading GDST and HMC girls’ school with superb facilities spread across a leafy 25-acre site, Bromley High School educates approximately 870 girls from pre-prep to Sixth Form.
The school’s academic results are consistently excellent earning a rare ‘Exceptional’ rating for Learning and Achievement from the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate. Achievement at A-level in 2022 was 34% A*s, 68% A*-A and 91% A*-B.
Bromley High girls are resilient and well-rounded young women participating with enthusiasm and commitment in music, drama, art, sport, Duke of Edinburgh and an overabundant range of activities – and where they have interest or talent or enthusiasm, it is nurtured so that they learn to excel.
As the first all girls’ All-Steinway School in the world, the school continually invests in the music department, and offers its own Musician in Residence and specialist music wing. In 2020, the school launched a Steinway Scholarship and Mentoring Scheme offer the winning recipient coaching sessions throughout the year, a masterclass from a Steinway artist at Steinway Hall, private lessons with a Steinway artist and a solo recital at Steinway Hall. In 2021, the school’s first ever Steinway Scholar won a place to read Music at Oxford.
Sport is also exceptional: with 25 acres of top class facilities including a beautiful pool, new fitness suite, sports hall, gym, track and floodlit courts and pitches, providing the perfect environment in which to develop girls’ love of sport. Bromley High School has achieved huge successes in sport at regional and national level. The school’s under 16 team reached the National Hockey finals and were placed 3rd in the country and in 2021, Year 12 pupil Evie Davis won two gold medals with Team GB at the European Swimming Championships.
Pastoral Care is of paramount importance at Bromley High and the school offers an outstanding supportive and caring pastoral system. In 2021, the excellence of the school’s pastoral care was recognised by the Wellbeing Award for Schools.
Bromley High School provides a beautiful and vibrant environment where bright girls flourish.
The Girls’ Day School Trust
The GDST is the leading network of independent girls’ schools in the UK, with nearly 4,000 staff and 20,000 students in our 24 schools and two academies. The majority of GDST schools take girls all through, from the age of three to 18 (there are about 6,000 pupils in GDST Junior schools).
Founded in 1872, the GDST has a long history of pioneering innovation in the education of girls, and is the largest single educator of girls in the UK (and the UK’s largest educational charity).
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