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Head of Biology

Job details
Posting date: 03 October 2024
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 14 October 2024
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 5JU
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: c4be24cd-1ac4-49da-9ba9-df73a6e79f6c

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What skills and experience we're looking for

Head of Biology

MPS/UPS + TLR2B £5324

Full Time/Permanent

William de Ferrers school is looking to appoint an enthusiastic teacher with high ambitions for all pupils to join our dynamic and collaborative science department with a TLR responsibility for overseeing the biology curriculum.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly successful and experienced department in a warm and supportive school which values the contributions and ideas of all stakeholders and strives for high achievement for all its pupils. The successful candidate will inspire young people to aim high and give them the tools and resilience to achieve their dreams.

Ofsted rated William de Ferrers a ‘Good School’ in December 2018. We are committed to giving the highest standards of education for the young people in our care. We encourage all staff to contribute their ideas to improve the school on its journey to outstanding.

Deadline for applications: Midday 30th September 2024. Date of interviews to be confirmed.

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs

and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.

As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. In line with recommended practice the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available on-line. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• A friendly and supportive working environment
• A commitment to Professional Development
• Opportunity to collaborate across Trust schools
• Access to a 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible and family friendly policies and we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements at the point of hire.
• Benefits platform which offers valuable discounts
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech Scheme

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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