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Lead Teacher of Chemistry

Lead Teacher of Chemistry

King Solomon Academy

Westminster

  • Expired
Salary:
Ark Main Scale (MPS + 2.5%) + TLR 2a
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2015 (or earlier)
Apply by:
24 April 2015

Job overview

A unique opportunity to be part of an outstanding academy, which seeks to redefine what is possible for a school serving an inner-city community.

As a growing school, we are now recruiting for an enthusiastic and talented science teacher and leader to join our passionate team of teachers.

Science is a vital part of academy life, with 75% of pupils studying triple science at GCSE. We invest time and effort into teaching science to mastery, so that our pupils can have the best possible life opportunity that academic scientific excellence brings. Our mission is to provide a rigorous education that prepares our pupils for success at university and beyond, irrespective of their starting point. This mission is lived and breathed by our staff who do whatever it takes to change the lives of the pupils we serve.

We achieved exceptional results in 2014 with our first GCSE cohort (85% of our pupils achieved B or above in Core Science, and 84% of our pupils achieved B or above in Additional Science) and we want to hire an exceptional Chemistry teacher who can sustain and push the achievement of our pupils in Chemistry, particularly at Key Stage 5, inspiring our aspiring Chemists to achieve great things in the subject at A-level and University.

King Solomon Academy is a place where teachers learn how to improve their teaching, constantly striving to be the best they can be. Each teacher has a coach who supports their teaching with frequent observations and action steps. Our teachers rapidly progress into being exceptional classroom practitioners. Our school is one which is transformational for staff and pupils alike.

The academy opened in September 2007. The secondary school opened in September 2009 with just 60 Year 7 pupils and now serves students up to Year 12, expanding to Year 13 in September 2015. As a new start, all through academy, we are excited that our primary pupils are now feeding into our secondary school for the first time. We are preparing pupils well for rigorous A-level study, with our academic focus at A-level meaning pupils are well prepared for university study.

The lead teacher of Chemistry will provide outstanding teaching and learning to ensure high attainment of their students. We are looking for an individual with a genuine passion for working at King Solomon Academy, a belief in the potential of every child and that through hard work all pupils can access and benefit from a university education. There is the opportunity for increased responsibility and progression over time.

King Solomon Academy has achieved two successive outstanding ratings from Ofsted. It is a pioneering school looking to hire exceptional people.

In this role you will:

  • Become part of a team of like-minded individuals led by an exceptional Head of Science
  • Be responsible for ground-breaking educational outcomes for pupils from a economically deprived background
  • Have the opportunity to take on additional leadership responsibilities
  • Join the Ark network, with comprehensive in-school CPD as well as the unique opportunity to apply for international exchanges, Masters bursaries and other scholarship prospects

For further information please go to www.kingsolomonacademy.org.

To apply, please complete the application form via http://kingsolomonacademy.org/vacancies by 11am on Friday 24 April. Applications will be considered as they are received. If you would like any further information or wish to discuss the role, please contact Christie Brown on 020 7563 6921.

Reports to: Head of Science

Application Deadline: by 11am on Friday 24 April.

King Solomon Academy

About King Solomon Academy

King Solomon Academy is an all-through school for 3 - 18 year olds in Lisson Grove.

Pupils and their immense potential are at the heart of the academy. They live and work by the philosophy that there are no excuses and no short cuts to success, and promote excellence in every aspect of academy life.

Aims, Vision and Values

Our mission is to provide our pupils with a rigorous and transformational education which prepares them for success at university and beyond. We ensure that every pupil achieves academic success and has the real option of going to university. We want to make university education something which is accessible, exciting and aspirational. We believe our pupils work hard towards this goal because we make it real for them. We name our classes after well-known university cities and we name each year group by the year in which they will graduate from sixth form. We run residential trips to universities to open their eyes to the opportunties that university study can deliver.

In order to make our dreams for our pupils a reality, we foster values and approaches that transform the lives of our pupils. At the heart of our approach is that we are an all-through school with a thriving nursery provision. We believe in investing in knowing our pupils and their families extremely well, and we prioritise our pupils making extraordinary progress in the early years of their education. This sense of long-term commitment is core to our approach.

We have high expectations for all of our pupils, and believe that with great teaching and a lot of love and care, every child here can fulfil their potential.This both warm and strict approach means pupils feel safe and secure in the school but also confident to contribute to the future of the school and their community.

Long term, we aim to play our part in removing the educational disadvantage currently experienced by those born into economic deprivation our country. We strive to create role models and leaders in our community and through them to create a safer, fairer, and happier society.

Our vision 

High expectations We are climbing the mountain to university

Excellent teaching We love teaching and learning and place it at the heart of all our work.

A rigorous and transformational curriculum Our all-through curriculum is carefully designed and implemented to ensure that our pupils have a journey from nursery to university

Exemplary Character Our focus on high quality relationships creates a powerful culture which ensures that our pupils develop exemplary behaviour and character.

A long-term commitment to every pupil As one of a handful of all-through schools with consistent cohorts of children across primary and secondary, we are able to develop a unique team and family orientated culture which ensures that each of our pupils and families are known and cared for as individuals.

Investment in our team We choose to work at KSA because we know we will work together to address educational inequality.

Efficient and effective organisation We carefully organise the operational and educational activities in our school to maximise our collective impact and make our work sustainable.

Specialisms

Like all Ark academies, King Solomon Academy has a maths specialism.  Proficiency in maths is essential in every sphere of adult life, so we invest in the resources to attract and train the best maths teachers. We aim to produce confident and proficient mathematicians. We will ensure that pupils acquire skills as early as possible. We will help every student to maximise their skills and qualifications and offer those with particular ability the chance to accelerate their achievement in maths and further maths.

King Solomon Academy is a music specialist school.  We chose music as a specialism because it is fun and inspiring and can involve every pupil. We believe that being part of the KSA orchestra will create a great sense of shared identity as well enabling our pupils to benefit from the known academic, intellectual and social advantages of musical training.

Ofsted

King Solomon Academy was inspected by Ofsted in May 2013 and was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. You can read the full report here.

Among the points highlighted by the Inspectors in the academy's first full inspection report since opening, they say:

“King Solomon Academy is an outstanding and unique 21st century school". Among many other points Ofsted praise KSA's creation and inspiration of "a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence."

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