Teacher of Science
Gaynes School
Upminster
- Expired
- Salary:
- Main Scale plus Outer London
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 15 May 2015
Job overview
Salary Main Scale plus Outer London allowance plus the possibility of a TLR 2.2 responsibility (£3,806) based on performance
Staff Benefit package
The Associate Head of Science is determined to build an excellent Science Faculty which develops enthusiastic young scientists’ amongst our students. She is very keen to recruit like-minded colleagues who want to be involved in creating a new vision for Science in our school.
You will:
- Be passionate about Science as a subject at both KS3 and KS4, being confident to share your teaching methods with colleagues in the Science Faculty.
- Be committed, flexible and able to motivate and challenge students of all abilities appropriately to achieve their best
- Personally keep up to date with developments and new ideas related to Science
- Be a role model to students through personal presentation and professional conduct
We are an ever improving school and have a three year average for GCSE results of 68% A*-C including English & Maths.
- Recent Ofsted Report graded Gaynes School as ‘Good’. We aim to be deemed outstanding for our teaching
- Our key focus is to achieve 95% good or better lessons with 40% outstanding
- We currently hold the Full International Schools, NACE Challenge, IIP, Healthy Schools, Leading Parent Partnership and Achievement Through Well-Being Awards
We encourage visits from prospective candidates to meet members of our school community and to experience our school at first hand. Please contact Ann Miles, HR Manager on 01708 502900 or via email at amiles@gaynes.havering.sch.uk for further details.
Please apply online. If you experience technical difficulties please contact Education HR on 01708 434255.
Please contact Ann Miles for details.
This post is exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and, the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an Enhanced disclosure.
Closing date for applications – Noon Friday 15th May 2015
Gaynes School
Brackendale Gardens, Upminster Essex – RM14 3UX
Tel: 01708 502900 Fax: 01708 502901
Head Teacher: Mr W Edgar, MA, MBA
About Gaynes School
- Gaynes School
- Brackendale Gardens, Upminster
- Essex
- RM14 3UX
- United Kingdom
Gaynes School is a mixed non-denominational secondary school for pupils aged 11-16. It is located in Upminster, Essex, and has capacity for about 900 pupils.
The school was founded in 1936. In 2016, it announced that it intends to convert to academy status and become a member of the Multi Academy Trust, operated by Life Education Trust. This will result in Gaynes entering a formal collaboration with Frances Bardsley Secondary Academy and Benhurst Primary Academy.
Headteacher
Mr W Edgar
Values and vision
The school’s ethos and vision include: learning for all; global citizenship; sense of belonging; self-evaluation; and a positive environment.
Gaynes School promotes a lively and positive atmosphere where the whole community of adults and students care about learning because they know the power it has to change lives. The school aims to cultivate a well-ordered and respectful environment and believes that examination success is important in providing young people with a range of positive choices when they leave.
Gaynes has an Applied Learning specialism, which demonstrates its ambition to provide clear links between the whole curriculum and the world beyond the school. Students, all staff, parents and governors care about their own learning and are encouraged to make the effort to learn new things.
Ofsted
“As a result of good, enthusiastic teaching and very positive relationships, students enjoy school and want to do well. Students make good progress over their time in the school.”
“Those who find learning difficult are helped to learn as well as possible. Students do well in their GCSE examinations, particularly in English and mathematics.”
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