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Teacher of Science

Teacher of Science

Astrea Academy Dearne

Goldthorpe, Barnsley

Salary:
Teacher pay scale, potential for TLR2A £2587 for an exceptional candidate. (Plus access to a tailored CPD package)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2015
Apply by:
11 May 2015

Job overview

Main scale Teacher of Science (Potential for TLR2A £2587 for an exceptional candidate)

‘The new ethos of high expectation and ambition for success has been ‘bought in to’ by both staff and students. They said, ‘great things’ were happening in the school’ Ofsted 2014

The Dearne Advanced Learning Centre is a learning community where great things are really happening! Ofsted confirm our high expectations, our ambition and our drive for our students’ success. We serve the communities of Goldthorpe, Bolton upon Dearne and Thurnscoe in Barnsley and we are within easy access, via the M1, M62 and A1 of Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield and surrounding areas.

This is a time of great innovation and forward thinking at The Dearne ALC and we celebrated our best ever GCSE results in 2014. The pupils, staff and governors are all making rapid progress towards providing an outstanding provision for our community and to achieve this we are rapidly accelerating student outcomes and we continue to grow our talented staff team. To aid this, we are currently seeking to appoint an inspiring and creative Teacher of Science to join our hardworking and committed staff team.

The science team are enthusiastic advocates of learning for all and students enjoy their lessons and engage positively with their learning as a consequence. At key stage 4, we currently offer Additional Science and Further Additional Science as option subjects alongside Core Science which is studied by all students. In 2014 45% achieved A*-C grades in Core Science; 75% of those entered for Additional and 80% of those entered for Further Additional. We have ambitious targets for the current year 11 cohort to make significant improvements on these figures.

As a colleague we will nurture, support and challenge you in your career. By working closely with other leaders within the Faculty we will encourage you to develop your skills towards becoming a future middle leader.

You will be:

  • An inspiring and outstanding teacher
  • Able to motivate and inspire colleagues and students – sharing best practice and raising aspirations
  • Inspirational to students and colleagues – sharing best practice and raising aspirations

We can offer:

  • A faculty and senior leadership team that will encourage you to be creative, forward thinking and play an active part in our school improvement
  • Tailored CPD with a strong commitment on developing individual career paths
  • Committed teams of staff at all levels

We welcome applications from all qualified teachers, including those in their NQT year for whom we would provide support in completing the course through our well established training programme. In joining The Dearne ALC you can expect a supportive culture within a school with very high aspirations, moving forward at pace. If you believe that instilling aspiration and ambition can transform the lives of young people that we would love to hear from you.

We actively encourage candidates to visit us, meet the faculty and learn more about the ‘Dearne’ family. If you would like to visit or require further information please email dearnealcrecruitment@barnsley.org

The closing date for applications will be 9am on Monday 11 May.
Interviews will take place on Friday 15 May.

Details regarding interviews will be confirmed with short listed candidates.

As safer recruiters, an enhanced disclosure from the DBS will be required for this post.

THE DEARNE ADVANCED LEARNING CENTRE
Goldthorpe, S63 9EW | Principal: Chris Robinson | NOR: 975

About Astrea Academy Dearne

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+44 1709 892211

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Do you want to be part of a team where you will help make a lasting impact on our students and rapidly accelerate their progress?

Do you want to work in a school where you are free to teach, with impeccable student behaviour and unhindered by bureaucracy?

We are looking to recruit outstanding staff who share our vision and passionately believe that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.

Astrea Academy Dearne is an 11-16 secondary academy situated in Barnsley, with around 1150 students. We are within commutable distance from Wakefield, Leeds, Doncaster and Sheffield and are a proud member of the Astrea Academy Trust family of schools. We have the highest aspiration for our students to achieve their very best and grow both as individuals and as members of their community. We are a truly comprehensive and inclusive academy. This is reflected in our approach to all areas of our work.

What we offer:

  • Huge support and progression opportunities
  • A knowledge rich curriculum, built on ‘powerful knowledge’ and a traditional T&L approach built around Rosenshine and TLAC
  • Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
  • An excellent curriculum and resources, co-ordinated by the Astrea National Leads
  • A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies
  • Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm/strict’ behaviour system
  • Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who have your back
  • Centralised detentions, including homework detentions (you do not need to organise/run/chase them at all)
  • No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ instructional coaching, helping you to continuously develop
  • Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the Astrea South Yorkshire region
  • Opportunity to complete NPQs
  • An unrivalled professional progression model

What we are looking for:

· Highly effective teachers with excellent subject knowledge

· Both teaching and support staff who do not make excuses for what children can achieve

· Candidates who are totally aligned with our vision and values. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here.

We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our Academy, so you can fully appreciate our learning environment. Please contact Hannah.peace@astreadearne.org to arrange a visit.

Visit our website

https://www.astreadearne.org/

Visit our Twitter Page

https://twitter.com/AstreaDearne

Vacancies

See all our current vacancies here.

About Astrea Academy Trust

We are a part of Astrea Academy Trust, a thriving family of 27 academies committed to inspiring our pupils beyond measure. Our aim is that every child gets a brilliant education, we will do this by pursuing aspirational standards with tenacity and drive, and by never settling for second best and not tolerating something that does not live up to our standards. We will remove performance barriers and develop a scholarly culture of behaviour and learning from students and of pedagogy and curriculum from our staff to ensure our children learn, thrive and lead successful lives.

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