This position is full time, permanent and to commence in September 2025
Applications from ECTs are welcome
Our School is a popular school for students aged 11-18 with approximately 1000 students on roll including a thriving sixth form. We are situated in a highly desirable location in Buckinghamshire in the Aylesbury Vale area with a wide range of available amenities. To complement the surrounding rural location, the school is well placed for commuting to London with an excellent rail service, we are also well served by the M40 which directly links to Oxford.
The Science department is a strong and passionate department, who are dedicated to delivering scientific concepts and skills to young people so that they can gain the confidence to critically question and evaluate the world around them. We believe that students should be guided to think deeply in their science lessons, and all year groups are expected to communicate their ideas and what they have learned through extended written responses to thought provoking questions. Science here is relevant, current and innovative, and our staff deliver our bespoke curriculum which equips our students to be lifelong learners.
Scientific enquiry and practical work runs deeply throughout our curriculum, and students will be expected to complete Required Practicals and write them up in a scientific way at all key stage levels. Feedback to students is regular and consistent, with an expectation that they, the students, respond to feedback in order to improve their knowledge.
We can offer you:
-A dedicated and talented team of practitioners
-A strong commitment to your own professional development
-The opportunity to work as part of a Multi-Academy Trust where best practice is shared.
We would like you:
-To be a good teacher, ambitious to improve to outstanding with our support
-To have high expectations of yourself, your staff and our students
-To be/become an effective leader with a passion for improving the delivery of your subject’s curriculum
-To be committed to improving the life chances of young people
-To be willing to commit to life beyond the academic curriculum
If you would like more information on this vacancy please contact Helen Doubler asap via email at helendoubler@appleteachers.com or on 07867654459. ECTs will be well supported and we follow the Early Teacher Framework.
