Would you thrive in a highly collaborative team of dedicated subject specialists?
Are you ready to take on a rewarding, full-time challenge that shapes young futures?
Do you want to work in an environment that actively encourages consultation, review, and continuous professional growth?
About the Role
This is an exceptional opportunity for an enthusiastic, dedicated, and forward-thinking educator to join a highly successful science department on a full-time basis starting this September. Operating in a third-person capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for maximising the academic progress of students across Key Stages 3 and 4, with the exciting potential to teach advanced Key Stage 5 classes depending on experience.
About the School
The school boasts state-of-the-art learning facilities, including exceptionally well-equipped science laboratories and modern resources that allow practical learning to take centre stage. Guided by strong, supportive leadership and a shared commitment to world-class teaching, the school fosters a culture where both students and staff are highly motivated to reach their full potential. It is an inspiring community that values diversity, encourages collaboration, and celebrates a collective passion for learning.
Key Requirements
... - Qualified Teacher Status (QTS): Holds QTS, QTLS, or an equivalent recognised UK teaching qualification.
- Enhanced DBS: A valid Enhanced DBS clearance registered on the Update Service (or a willingness to apply for one).
- Curriculum Familiarity: Thorough understanding of the UK National Curriculum, including GCSE and ideally A-Level physics syllabi.
- Eligibility to Work: Valid legal entitlement to work full-time in the UK.
Core Skills
- Advanced Subject Expertise: Deep, comprehensive knowledge of core and advanced physics concepts.
- Classroom Management: Proven ability to maintain a positive, safe, and highly focused learning environment.
- Differentiated Instruction: Skill in scaffolding lessons for lower starting points while stretching high-achieving learners.
- Practical Demonstration: Expertise in setting up, supervising, and delivering safe, engaging laboratory experiments.
- Cross-Curricular Innovation: Capability to link physics concepts to other disciplines, such as the thermal physics and fluid dynamics found in Food Technology.
- Data-Driven Assessment: Proficiency in monitoring student data to target interventions and boost academic progress.
Key Responsibilities
- Lesson Planning: Prepare and deliver well-structured, stimulating physics lessons appropriate to all student abilities.
- Student Monitoring: Assess, record, and track the academic progress of pupils in line with faculty guidelines.
- Laboratory Safety: Enforce strict health and safety protocols during all practical physics experiments and demonstrations.
- Curriculum Alignment: Ensure all educational content satisfies exam board and national curriculum requirements.
- Parental Engagement: Provide high-quality, constructive, and targeted feedback during parent's evenings and in formal reports.
- Departmental Collaboration: Share best practices and contribute to the collective development of learning resources within the science faculty.
- Behaviour Management: Promote high standards of organisation and proactive behaviour using positive reinforcement.
- Inclusive Education: Liaise with Learning Support teams to modify lessons for students with special educational needs (SEN).
- Cross-Departmental Synergy: Collaborate occasionally with practical departments like Food Tech to design engaging, interdisciplinary STEM projects.
- School Representation: Attend staff meetings, briefings, and open evenings, upholding the professional values of the academy at all times.
What We Offer:
- A supportive, collaborative working environment.
- Opportunities for career progression and ongoing professional development.
- The chance to make a significant impact on the lives of students.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- A Refer a Friend scheme where you could earn a £300 Love2shop voucher (subject to terms and conditions).
Could this be the ideal role for you?
Click "Apply Now" to submit your application for the role of a Physics Teacher. For more information, please contact leeds@randstadeducation.co.uk or call 01132462500 to speak to the secondary team.
