Teacher of Physics

Location

Staffordshire | United Kingdom

Job description

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic Teacher of Physics to join our very successful Science Faculty. The successful candidate will have a firm commitment to raising whole-school achievement; have a professional approach to staff development; high expectations; and a determination to succeed. Applications are welcome from teachers who can join us at Easter 2024, as well as from teachers who can start in September 2024.  

The faculty is at an exciting point in its development and enjoying considerable success in public exams at all levels. We are looking to appoint a forward thinking, able professional to join the Faculty in its continuing development. This post would suit any well-qualified and ambitious teacher of Physics. 

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach Physics at GCSE and A level. We provide strong support for the professional development of our staff, including access to the NPQ suite of qualifications and bursaries to help fund study at Master’s level and beyond. We want to appoint the right person for the job, someone who is, or has the potential to become, an outstanding teacher of Physics. We will also consider a starting salary at a higher point on the pay scale for a suitably qualified candidate or a candidate with outstanding potential. We very much look forward to hearing from you. 

At Sir Graham Balfour we offer:

• A friendly, well-motivated and well-supported staff, who embrace willingly a culture of professional development.
• A strong reputation in the local community which has resulted in the school being consistently oversubscribed in an area where student rolls are falling.
• A very positive climate for learning.
• A first-rate learning environment. We are housed in buildings completed in 2002.
• Innovative 14-19 collaboration and an increasing roll at KS5.

Please note:

• All applicants will be submitted for an enhanced DBS check.
• Applications will only be accepted if submitted on the enclosed formal application form.
• Two references will be required, one of which must be from your most recent employer. In the case of teachers, one reference must come from your most recent headteacher.
• Once a written reference has been received, we will contact the referee by telephone to confirm the provenance of that reference.
• If shortlisted, online searches will be carried out , in order to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
• If shortlisted, we will request a portrait photo of you to attach to your file and to help confirm your identity.
• If appointed, the successful applicant will be informed that the appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of the following checks: the right to work in the UK, qualifications requirements, satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure, the Criminal Record Self-Declaration Form, teacher prohibition and barred list checks, pre-employment medical screening and satisfactory references (if not already received). 

Visits to the school are strongly recommended and can be arranged by contacting Mrs Vicki McKeen (details below). 

For an application pack, please access our website, or

contact Mrs Vicki McKeen, Headteacher’s PA, on

[email protected] or telephone 01785 223490. The closing date for applications is: 1.30pm, Friday 1 March 2024. 

Please return completed applications to [email protected]

Shortlisting for this post will take place on Friday 1st March 2024 and successful applicants will be contacted no later than 5pm on the same day. If you have not heard from us by this time, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.  

Interviews will take place week commencing Monday 4th March 2024. They will include a tour around the school, meetings with the Science Faculty, delivery of a lesson and interviews for the short-listed candidates. Further details of the lesson will be sent out to the successful candidates.

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