Head of Biology
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
Croydon
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS (Outer London) + TLR 2b
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 8 June 2015
Job overview
Salary Range - MPS/UPS (Outer London) + TLR 2b + a generous benefits package including private medical cover
Are you a Science Leader or aspiring Science Leader looking to play a key role in a high achieving department in one of the most over-subscribed and popular Academies in the country?
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace are seeking a Head of Biology to join the team from September 2015. Science is an exceptionally successful and high performing department at all key stages.
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a mixed Academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18. The Academy has three consecutive outstanding judgments by Ofsted, with the most recent inspection in 2014 finding the Academy to be outstanding in every aspect. This thriving Academy also has a large sixth form with over 300 students. It is one of the most oversubscribed comprehensive schools in the country and in the top 5% for performance.
As an Investor in People and with a first class programme of professional development for staff, the Academy is a vibrant learning community giving all the potential to excel.
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is part of the Harris Federation, a leading group of 36 primary and secondary Academies. This enables us to offer you a comprehensive induction programme and training and development opportunities to support your career development.
For more information, please download the Candidate Information Pack above, which includes the Job Description and Personal Specification, or contact Amy Hannah, HR Advisor, by phone on: Tel: 020 8771 2261.
The Harris Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
To apply please follow the link below: https://careers.harrisfederation.org.uk/vacancy/head-of-biology-214632.html
Closing Date - 08/06/2015
Attached documents
About Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
- Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
- Maberley Road, Upper Norwood
- London
- SE19 2JH
- United Kingdom
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace opened as Harris CTC in 1990 and converted to an academy in September 2007. The academy is a mixed school for 1,300 students aged 11-18 recruiting students from Croydon, Bromley, Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth. The academy has twice been judged to be outstanding by Ofsted, with the most recent inspection judging the school to be outstanding in every aspect. It is one of the most oversubscribed comprehensive schools in the country, with performance in the top 5% and student progress in the top 3% nationally.
We are an ambitious school, delivering a high quality education for each one of our students. At Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, we aim to prepare young people for an ever-changing world that values self-confident, well-educated and enterprising people.
Academy Ethos
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace has a long established, distinctive and positive ethos which guides our work and the education of our students. Preparation for adult life underpins our Academy aims and the well-developed culture which is established across all aspects and functions of the Academy. We are committed to the success of each of our students and this is reflected through the Academy's values and aims to deliver:
• Exam success - we want our students to get the best possible qualifications
• Challenge, relevance and engagement - we want our students to be fully involved in their learning
• Appropriate skills for living, for work and for happiness
• Active citizens
• Self-identity and a feeling of self-worth
• Opportunities and experiences that ignite our students
• Healthy habits that are embedded for life
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