Our Vacancies

Second in Science

Required ASAP

The post will be paid on the Schools Main Teacher Pay Scale MPS/UPS + TLR 2B

Permanent

Kingsway Park High School was established in 2010 and joined the Altus Education Partnership in February 2022. We are now a very popular oversubscribed school (1350 students in years 7-11 and 190 staff) located in central Rochdale. We are very proud of the high-quality facilities, resources, and environment that we provide for both staff and students.

At Kingsway Park High School we strive to transform students’ lives. Through our relationships, we endeavour to instil both resilience and an intrinsic motivation to become confident, creative and highly skilled students, capable of meeting tomorrow’s challenges head on. We strive to establish a culture rooted in achievement and progress that encourages our students to grow academically, personally and socially; equipping them with the values of equality, fairness and openness. We pride ourselves on our relentless drive to achieve outstanding, high quality teaching that provides a safe, supportive and encouraging environment for all our students to be able to realise their academic potential in pursuit of educational excellence.

We are currently looking to appoint an experienced, passionate and motivated teacher to become our Second in Science. The ideal candidate must have a real passion for their subject and be equipped with the skills to maximise outcomes for students in Science at both KS3 and KS4. At KS3 we have a sequenced curriculum which enables students to build their knowledge and skills sequentially leading into KS4 following a bespoke curriculum. Science at Key Stage 4 follows the AQA specification where we teach both Trilogy Combined and Triple Science.  Recently Triple Science has become an option subject where the numbers of students opting to study this subject has increased immensely. The new Second in Science would work closely with the existing Faculty Lead to develop and enhance the existing curriculum, foster a love of Science whole school and contribute to the popularity of each qualification and outcome at KS4.

The Science team at KPHS is a warm and welcoming team, with a wealth of experience across all three sciences.  We are a large team which currently consists of 13 full time teachers, two part time teachers and two technicians.  Due to the popularity of Triple Science and an internal promotion we are now looking to expand our team further. We take great pride in our support of ECTs and equally in providing in-house CPL for staff to constantly develop. We currently run our own CPL sessions to increase capacity to teach at grade 7-9 and offer expert training to enable staff to deliver content outside of their specialism.  We have developed a strong ethos around developing staff whether that be in their pedagogy or in increasing opportunities for responsibilities for those looking for career progression. The ideal candidate would be confident in creating and delivering a subject specific CPL programme to further enhance the team. The Science department also offers extensive extracurricular sessions for students and we are looking for someone to contribute to this provision and help to further inspire a future generation of scientists post Kingsway Park High School.

To apply, please complete the Altus Education Partnership application form and return to recruitment@altusep.com.

For more information visit: www.kingswaypark.org. or www.altusep.com or email recruitment@altusep.com for an application pack.

Applications should be returned no later than 9.00am on Wednesday 11 October 2023.

Interviews are expected to take place W/C 16 October 2023

Altus Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

In accordance with the recommendations set out in KCSIE the Trust carries out online searches on shortlisted candidates.

References will be requested if you are shortlisted for interview.