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Teacher of Science

Teacher of Science

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form

Birmingham

Salary:
MPR/UPR (potential TLR 2a for suitable candidates)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2015
Apply by:
1 May 2015

Job overview

Bordesley Green Girls’ School is a high-achieving ‘outstanding’ and oversubscribed girls’ school in Birmingham. ‘The school provides an exceptionally high quality of education for its students. Students make outstanding academic progress in their academic and personal achievement.’ Ofsted March 2014

We are currently looking to appoint a Teacher of Science to join our department of Science specialists in September 2015. The department has a strong reputation for success with students making outstanding levels of progress in Science and has an exceptional track record of examination success, curriculum design and developments in teaching and learning.

The successful candidate will:

  • Have excellent interpersonal skills,
  • Be an outstanding teacher who inspires colleagues and students,
  • Have the drive and commitment to make a real contribution to whole school,
  • Be confident in teaching across the Science Curriculum up to GCSE level, and
  • Have the experience of teaching a science subject up to A Level, or the potential to do so

The BGGS Science department is an outstanding team: pupils make outstanding progress in the full range of Key Stage 4 courses and in A Levels Biology, Chemistry and Physics. We are an expanding team: this year we have our first cohort in A Level Applied Science and are building a new laboratory. Our Sixth Form is very popular with a large and thriving Science team. In September 2015 our Year 12 will have three groups in A Level Biology and A Level Chemistry and one group each in A Level Physics and A Level Applied Science.

We are honoured that BGGS has been invited to be the only UK school exhibiting at the 2015 Royal Society Summer Exhibition. Our Year 12 Physicists will be showcasing the HiSparc cosmic ray detection project which we run in association with the University of Birmingham and the Institute of Physics. Other initiatives include the CLIL ‘European curriculum’ scheme: this year we have begun teaching some KS3 Science through the medium of French. Ongoing development of teaching and learning beyond outstanding is a perpetual focus of our team, and the school as a whole. We are a supportive and collegiate team, striving to achieve the very best outcome for all our students.

Closing date: Friday 1 May 2015 at 12 noon
Shortlist date: w/c 4/5/15
Interview date: w/c 4/5/15

Further details and an application pack are available from our website at www.bordgrng.bham.sch.uk.

Please post your completed application form to the school at the address below or email it to HR@bordgrng.bham.sch.uk.

If you have not received a response within 10 working days of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Bordesley Green Girls’ School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

Bordesley Green Girls’ School
Bordesley Green Road, Birmingham, B9 4TR
Tel: 0121 464 1881

Attached documents

About Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form is a school based in Birmingham for girls aged 11-18. It is a non-denominational school.

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form has roughly 1,013 students on roll including approximately 390 sixth form students, The school has 74 teachers (62.75 FTE).

Headteacher

Pritpal Hyare

Values and vision

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form stresses the importance of providing a supportive pastoral structure, insisting on challenging and effective classroom practice, and providing opportunities for its pupils to be recognised for a range of achievements. The school also expects to make “critical interventions” in students’ learning and to monitor, review and evaluate their progress.

The school also prides itself on the fact that its staff believe success breeds success and therefore look for and aim to build on the positive previous achievements of students while addressing areas of concern. At the school, it is also expected that staff be committed to raising achievement and recognising the strengths of linguistic, social and cultural diversity at the school.

Ofsted

“Leaders have developed a curriculum that is flexible and inclusive...Pupils’ outcomes are good....Non-qualification activity is varied and exciting. The school has a cosmic ray detector, engineering projects and plenty of ways in which students can become involved in work experience and community service. Pupils gain a range of personal skills from these activities. ”

View Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form's latest Ofsted report

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Applications closed