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Lead Practitioner (Chemistry or Physics)

Lead Practitioner (Chemistry or Physics)

Bolingbroke Academy

Wandsworth, London

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
23 March 2015

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join our science department in a brand new school in Wandsworth.

Bolingbroke Academy, a secondary school for 11-18 year olds, welcomed its first year 7 pupils in September 2012, with another 120 pupils joining every year until the school is fully subscribed in 2018. This is a rare opportunity to work in a new academy, located in refurbished Bolingbroke Hospital buildings next to Wandsworth Common, and play an important part in its success.

We are looking for an outstanding Lead Practitioner (Chemistry or Physics) to guide and advise on best practice within the academy. This role is critical to the department and the school’s continuing progress; it is integral to how we will achieve the highest standard of learning and teaching in every classroom. The Lead Practitioner will do everything possible to raise the quality of teaching and learning in science and directly with the people they coach. This will be achieved through individual coaching and delivering inset or modelling as required.

Our ideal candidate will:

  • be a skilled practitioner with a track record of teaching consistently outstanding lessons
  • have experience of providing professional development to teachers, including coaching, mentoring and training
  • have proven experience of positively impacting on student progress and raising attainment and developing excellence
  • be fully committed to Ark’s ethos of high expectations and no excuses
  • ave the resolve to make a real difference to the lives of pupils

For further information or any queries regarding your application, please contact the recruitment team on schools.recruitment@arkonline.org or 0203 116 6345.

To apply, please visit our website: http://arkbolingbrokeacademy.org/vacancies.

Deadline: By 11am on Monday 23 March

Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

About Bolingbroke Academy

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+44 20 7924 8200

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Bolingbroke Academy

Although we are privileged and proud to be part of the wider Ark network with the ethos and benefits that come with it we have our own culture and values that is at the heart of all that we do.

We are a courageous, compassionate community – empowering excellence.

Training Opportunities

Our HR and Teaching and Learning teams are dedicated to offering the best development for all staff joining the academy, challenging and supporting staff to excel in their roles. In order to deliver exceptional training, we offer twice as many training days as standard. For teaching staff, we offer weekly CPD sessions which are held on a vast array of topics and run by many staff all showcasing their expertise. To develop the trainers, we ensure all sessions are reviewed retrospectively providing feedback and suggesting presentation and content improvements. We also offer weekly line management for everyone, additional coaching sessions for new and trainee staff and a more regular and developmental appraisal system.

Wellbeing and Inclusion

At Bolingbroke we value the individual and encourage difference. To achieve this, we start with inclusive recruiting practices. Starting from our job descriptions to blind recruiting, structured shortlisting and scoring we ensure that all employees applying are only measured against their skills, achievements and values. We want all our employees to have a voice, these can be heard through the wellbeing committee or diversity group. The Diversity Group promotes diversity within the curriculum, pupil’s school experience and for staff whilst the Wellbeing committee consists of representatives from all departments in the school and highlights issues concerning the staff and supporting in creating achievable and beneficial solutions. All staff are involved in co-planning meaning their input into the curriculum and teaching strategies are implemented. An employee will also have a 360 aspect to all appraisals ensuring peer review and employees to contribute to their managers appraisals. The school is dedicated to training and develop their leaders and staff on diversity and inclusion through a programme of CPD sessions and online training.

We recognise our outstanding talent through half termly staff voted awards and our annual Above and Beyond award.

Specialisms

Like all Ark academies, Bolingbroke Academy will specialise in mathematics. We also have a strong focus on music, which helps develop self-expression, self-discipline, performance and team work as well as building a strong sense of community through collective participation. Our aim is for every pupil to play an instrument confidently and to take part in regular performances.

Be part of a network

Joining our school means becoming part of a network of education experts who are all united by the same purpose - a commitment to making a difference where it matters most. You will have the opportunity to come together with your peers locally, nationally and sometimes even internationally, to share resources, learning and good practice.  You'll also be supported to focus on what you do best. We are always looking for ways to take away additional pressures, to give you more freedom to concentrate on improving education outcomes for young people. We offer support beyond the classroom; from prioritising strong behaviour management strategies to giving you access to our award-winning data management platform.

Ofsted

Bolingbroke Academy was inspected by Ofsted in December 2013 and was graded as "good". Read the full report here. You can also read our short 2018 inspection report here

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