Waverley School

Yardley Green Road

Bordesley Green

Birmingham

B9 5QA

                                                                                                              Teacher of Science - Full Time - Permanent

MPS/UPS Pay Scale

Start Date: September 2024

Waverley Education Foundation (WEF) is a Multi Academy Trust, which operates both Waverley School and Waverley Studio College. WEF has over 1900 pupils on roll across the trust. It develops, brokers and delivers a range of services which support learning and leadership & management and improve outcomes for children and young people.

 Waverley School is an all through school for pupils aged 4-19.  It also has a Resource Base for pupils with cognition and learning difficulties.  In its recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021, Waverley School was graded as a ‘Good’ School. Waverley Studio College is a specialist academy catering for 14 – 19 year old students which offers both academic and vocational qualifications. The secondary phase of Waverley School has 1174 pupils including those in the Sixth Form. We have state of the art facilities for learning, teaching and training and a strong staff team that are committed to the learning and development of all our students.

                                             

Our core values of Humanity, Equality, Aspiration and Respect support our vision to create a learning community where we work together to achieve excellence in everything we do.

We are looking for a highly motivated and committed individual to join our team as a Science Teacher.

The ideal candidate will have an excellent track record of teaching and student progress within a successful secondary school.  They will be expected to provide outstanding lessons to ensure excellence and achievement for all learners, with a true commitment to raising standards.   You will need to have experience of using a variety of approaches to continually enhance teaching and learning of general Science across full age and ability range for KS3. Teaching and learning for KS4 will be combined Science and also within the triple Science option. You will also need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to forge strong working relationships within the Science team and Trust as a whole. 

“Pupils have a strong understanding of diversity, respect and tolerance, including for different family lifestyles” – Ofsted 2021

 

The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the school application form will be accepted.

Waverley Education Foundation is committed to the protection and safety of its students.

Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’

Closing date: Monday 17th June 2024 at 10.00am

Completed applications should be sent to Applications@waverley.bham.sch.uk Applications received after this date and time will not be considered.  If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.