Vacancy Reference
JOB002617
Job Title
Second in Science
Job Start Date
January or April 2025
Salary Range
MPR/UPR + TLR2 Top £8,279
Hours Per Week
Full time
School Address
Queensbridge School
Queensbridge Road
Birmingham
B13 8QB
Telephone number: 0121 464 5566
Contact Email
recruitment@queensbridge.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
27 November 2024, 9:00am
Job Information

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Second in Science who will share our determination to transform the life chances of our pupils. Queensbridge School is an 11 to 16 comprehensive, friendly and oversubscribed all-ability Foundation School of 900 pupils.

Students are taught by experienced and passionate team of specialist teachers. We are looking to appoint a new member of the Science team who will be the Second in Science. Science is a popular subject and students consistently achieve excellent results.

The successful candidate will:

• be an excellent classroom practitioner and committed to being an integral part of the school

• be a passionate and creative role model, with high expectation both in and beyond the classroom

• actively contribute to the long-term vision and practice of both the whole school and Science Department

• have experience in supporting students to achieve excellent outcomes in Science

• be committed to providing opportunity for students develop their talents to outside of the main curriculum

We are committed to excellence in teaching and learning and to support this we have a high quality bespoke programme for teachers at all stages of their professional career.

Informal visits to our school welcome.

How to apply:

Should you require an application pack, then please visit our website

Potential applicants should ensure that they read our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and our Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy.  

Interviews: Week commencing 2 December 2024.

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and Conditions
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.