Teacher of Science

Position: Teacher of Science (Chemistry Specialist)
Teacher of all science across Key Stages 3, Teacher of Chemistry at GCSE and A-Level

Location: Cambridge

Contract type: Permanent, part-time (0.7 FTE)

Pay: £35,000 – £50,000 (FTE) (schools own pay scale)
Salary is dependent on experience, training, and qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are QTS/QTLS

This role is suitable for Early Career Teachers (ECT)

Contract start: September 2024

The role

Vision for Education are proud to be working in partnership with a highly desirable independent school in the Cambridge area to recruit a Teacher of Chemistry for a permanent position.  This role is a part-time position with a work pattern that is 0.7fte (3 and a half days a week).  This exciting role will consist of teaching all sciences at Key Stage 3 and teaching Chemistry at GCSE and A-Level.  You will be joining an experienced, supportive, and high achieving science department.

The main purpose of the role is to impact positively on student achievement and attainment through planning and delivering high quality lessons.

Main duties of this Teacher of Chemistry role include:

Plan teaching to achieve good or better progress in student learning
To bring to life the practical and investigative nature of the subject
Use data and assessment information to inform planning
Set high expectations of student behaviour and develop positive relationships with both learners and colleagues
Collaborate with other departmental members to develop schemes of work
The school

The successful candidate will be joining a leading co-educational independent school in the Cambridge area.  The school is proud to have cultivated a close-knit and friendly community where pastoral care is a top priority.  The school strives to get to know all learners as individuals, with unique strengths and characters, whilst also being in a privileged position to offer a huge range of opportunities to cater for these individual strengths.

Traditional values of respect, tolerance, and decency combined with dedicated staff and excellent facilities, makes the school a highly desirable place to work.

Requirements
Experience and qualifications required for this Teacher of Science position:

PGCE (or equivalent) with QTS/QTLS is essential
Recent experience of teaching the current British national curriculum in schools
Be a strong practitioner with the ability to teach Chemistry to A-Level
Confident with assessment and reporting
To safeguard young people by following school policies at all times
In return, they offer:

Competitive salary
Pension scheme
Supportive leadership team
Development and training opportunities
Vision for Education, Smart Teachers and ABC Teachers are market-leading education recruitment businesses providing both permanent and supply staffing solutions to primary, secondary and SEND schools, as well as multi-academy trusts and colleges across the UK.  We are committed to the learning and development of young people and are an employer of choice for high-quality teaching and support staff

How to apply

If you are suitably qualified for this role, can enthuse, motivate, and engage students and would like the challenge of working in a rewarding environment, in this permanent position - then we want to hear from you.  Please apply with your current CV via this website.

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