Total 5 Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Birmingham, , B5 4BH

Computer science teacher

Location: North Birmingham
Postcode: B72 1RB
Contract: Full-time, ongoing
Working Days: Monday to Friday

Your new school
A forward-thinking educational institution dedicated to providing high-quality education and fostering a supportive learning environment. The school is committed to inspiring students and helping them achieve their full potential.

Your new role
As a Computer Science Teacher, you will be responsible for delivering engaging and effective lessons to students across various year groups. You will develop and implement innovative teaching strategies, assess and monitor students' progress, and collaborate with colleagues to create an inclusive learning environment.

What you'll need to succeed

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.
• Strong subject knowledge in Computer Science.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to inspire and motivate students.
• A commitment to continuous professional development.

What you'll get in return

• A competitive salary.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

What you need to do now
If you are passionate about Computer Science and eager to make a positive impact on students' lives, we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV and a cover letter detailing your suitability for the role

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What skills and experience we're looking for

• Qualified teacher status
• Degree level qualification
• Experience of teaching KS3 and KS4
• Relevant postgraduate professional qualification
• Some teaching experience in a school with a similar context.
• Previous experience of working with parents
• Good classroom teacher
• Ability to motivate and interest pupils
• Ability to set and attain high standards from pupils
• Ability to use ICT
• Sound understanding of the curriculum
• Excellent behaviour management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of key performance indicators and the ability to use them to monitor progress
• Awareness of the needs of children who speak English as an additional language or have SEND
• An understanding of how a pupil’s learning is affected by their intellectual, emotional and social development, and the stages of child development
• An understanding of equal opportunities issues

What the school offers its staff

‘Warm and respectful relationships characterise life at this school. Pupils are happy and safe. Pupils value the support staff give them’ Ofsted, March 2023

Strong effective teaching and a stimulating environment characterise our school. Children of all abilities experience success, progress well, develop feelings of self-worth, and participate in a variety of interesting, enriching experiences in and out of the classroom. Our pupils are supported to grow into responsible, self-disciplined young people ready for the next stage of their lives. We welcome staff who are enthusiastic and enjoy teaching and working hard with and for our young people. In return, we invest hugely in staff support and development.

Bartley Green offers its staff benefits including

• a supportive working environment and team ethos,
• continuous professional development opportunities,
• free on site car parking,
• free annual flu jab,
• employee assistance programme,
• easy access to Birmingham city centre and the Worcestershire countryside
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Generous Pension Plan
• Enrichment and extracurricular – able to get involved in a wide range of activities from Music, to Sports, to DoE.

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.

Salary: MPR/UPR + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (TPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits

Hours: Full-time, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

Contract type: Fixed term contract until August 2025

Start date: January 2025

How will you inspire learning?

Are you a passionate and innovative Science Teacher ready to make a lasting impact? At Greenwood Academy, we are dedicated to providing exceptional education to every child-every classroom, every day. We invite you to be part of our journey!

Together, we can achieve great things

Join our enthusiastic team of educators who share your commitment to shaping the future of young scientists. Here, you'll collaborate with inspiring colleagues who are equally dedicated to fostering a love for learning.

In your school

At Greenwood Academy, you'll receive unwavering support and access to top-notch expertise in curriculum and assessment. We tailor our assistance to meet the unique needs of our school, always ready to provide guidance and resources when challenges arise. With our operational support, you can focus on what truly matters - your students and their growth.

In your career

We understand the importance of career development. With us, you can carve out your own leadership path and achieve success at every stage of your journey. Our wealth of experience in education ensures that you'll have exceptional advice and support to enhance your skills every day.

Across the country

As part of a vibrant network, our educators have the power to create meaningful change in every aspect of school life, on a national scale. Our Science Teachers don't just teach-they lead the way in redefining science education for future generations.

Let's make a difference together!

If you're an enthusiastic Science Teacher with a passion for inspiring students and a proven track record in teaching, we want to hear from you! Join us at Greenwood Academy and help us spark something incredible in the world of science!

Closing date: 30th November 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a well-qualified and enthusiastic science graduate to grow and enhance our large and successful science team as a result of recent increases in the uptake of science courses post-16, Psychology at KS4 and pupil intake in KS3.

The science department is a highly successful one, making a significant contribution to EBacc progress scores that are consistently significantly above the national average. In 2023, (latest validated data), KS4 science value added was significantly above national and in the top 28% of all schools. Attainment across all courses in KS5 is also strong, with Biology A level in the top 20% of all schools.

We would expect the successful candidate to teach all Science disciplines at Key Stage 3 and in Key Stage 4 Combined Science and demonstrate their potential to teach their specialist subject in Triple Science. We offer the full range of science courses in the sixth form and therefore applicants with the desire to teach A level or BTEC level 3 Applied Science can be well supported by the school. We also offer GCSE and A level Psychology within the Science department.

What the school offers its staff

Swanshurst is a large, outstanding school for girls aged 11-19 years. We offer excellent support and CPD for staff at all stages of their career. Ofsted (May 2024) described our school to be “an exceptional place for pupils to learn”. They described the curriculum as “exemplary” and one which "explodes into life in the classroom". In relation to staff wellbeing, they noted that “The school is conscious of staff workload and well-being and is committed to achieving excellence in a sustainable way.”. We are exceptionally proud to have been judged ‘Outstanding’ in two consecutive inspections. Ofsted (2024) judged Swanshurst to be Outstanding for a second time. Our Ofsted report can be found here.

The school is currently working with two local high-performing secondary schools to form a new Multi-Academy Trust. West Midlands Academy Trust (WMAT) is expected to ‘open’ in January 2025. As one of the three founding members, the school has been integral to forming the Trust’s mission:

• Relentless focus upon delivering an excellent Quality of Education, resulting in strong progress and attainment for all groups of pupils.
• Emphasis upon personal development and well-being for staff and pupils.

Hall Green School, Swanshurst School and Kings Norton Girls’ School are excited to be the founding schools of WMAT and looking forward to achieving more together.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Swanshurst School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service

Further details about the role

For further details and an application form please visit the vacancies section of our website (www.swanshurst.org/vacancies/1139.html) or contact recruitment@swanshurst.org. Applicants requesting an online application form must also submit a signed copy of their application either at the point of being called for interview or as soon as possible after the closing date. Please submit all completed applications to recruitment@swanshurst.org. Please note only application forms downloaded from the Swanshurst School website or obtained directly from Swanshurst School will be accepted.

Closing date: 12pm on Monday 18th November 2024

Selection: W/C 25th November 2024

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.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for an outstanding teacher with a proven track record of success and raising pupil outcomes. As a Star teacher, you’ll join the Star Academies family, a high-performing and supportive network of primary and secondary schools with some of the best teachers in education.

The successful candidate will have the ability to deliver quality teaching that drives achievement and inspires a love of learning. You will be able to demonstrate experience of achieving positive outcomes for pupils, as well as being passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people. As a committed team player, you will have excellent organisational skills and the natural ability to motivate both pupils and peers.

You will have:

• Adegree-level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status.
• The ability to teach to GCSE standard.
• Experience of sustained delivery of outstanding attainment and achievement.
• Experience of innovation and creativity to engage, enthuse and progress learners.

What the school offers its staff

Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham is a secondary school for 11 to 16 year old girls which opened in September 2019 and we were graded as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted during our first inspection in February 2024. The school has a Muslim faith designation, welcoming applications from pupils of all faiths and none. Like all Star schools, it will have a leadership specialism.

We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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.