Teacher in Charge of Biology
The Bushey Academy
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS + fringe allowance TLR: 2b
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 16 March 2015
Job overview
The Bushey Academy seeks an enthusiastic and inspirational Teacher in Charge of Biology to deliver across the age and ability ranges and to join the team driving the academy to outstanding. Successful candidates will join the happy and committed staff of 120 as the academy grows from 900 to 1050 students from September 2014 to September 2015, catering for high levels of parental demand.
This position would suit those who believe that anyone can excel and that everyone deserves the best.
The academy has a strong vision and ethos which has led to a rapid expansion in student numbers, and impressive examination results. In 2013 we were in the top 2% of schools nationwide for Value Added, and in 2014 our GCSE results rose again. We have a positive reputation in the local area, benefit from strong parental support, are heavily oversubscribed and moved into our double award winning £30 million new building in January 2013. In December 2013 Ofsted judged The Bushey Academy to be ‘Good’ in every category. The Education Business Awards recognised us as an ‘Outstanding Academy’, and we are a case study with the Department for Education twice over. Most importantly, students and staff at the academy share a commitment to its success and are “Proud to Belong”.
The academy has an active wellbeing committee, all colleagues benefit from free gym membership and also have the opportunity to exchange ideas and develop their careers through the Meller Educational Trust.
Please visit our website http://www.thebusheyacademy.org/staff-room/vacancies/ for a job description and application form. You can read more about us on Facebook and LinkedIn, or read the Principal’s blog: http://thebusheyacademyprincipalsblog.blogspot.co.uk/. Your application form and letter of application should be sent to the HR Officer, The Bushey Academy, London Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire WD23 3AA. Applications by e-mail are welcomed and should be sent to recruitment@thebusheyacademy.org.
CVs are not accepted.
Closing date: 16th March 2015 at 11am
The Bushey Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
About The Bushey Academy
The Bushey Academy is 20 minutes by train from London Euston and enjoys a leafy setting close to the urban environment of Watford. We are a successful and popular 11-19 mixed secondary school that provides the highest quality of education for all learners. Our mission is to ensure that every one of our young people leave the academy fully equipped for their next stage in life, be it university or the world of work. We want all learners, on leaving, to possess excellent exam results, a well developed character, and great employability skills.
We focus on the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom, plus the high levels of care and support we offer every child. Our hard working, dedicated and skilled staff ensure that our learners are happy, safe and achieve well. We have high aspirations for all and we expect our learners o be ambitious for themselves. We want our learners to live up to our motto of 'Proud to belong' and we expect or students to show pride in their work, their appearance and in how they conduct themselves.
The facilities at The Bushey Academy are excellent and all areas of the curriculum are very well catered for in our modern building opened in 2013. We value all subjects highly, placing an equal emphasis on success in academic subjects alongside creative and vocational areas. We also have a wide and varied range of extracurricular clubs that we encourage our students to attend. We are part of the Meller Educational Trust (MET) which gives us opportunities to collaborate with other local schools, sharing best practice and learning from one another.
In July 2018 the school was awarded the Investors in People Good Practice Award for the Health and Wellbeing of our staff.
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