Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy is an exciting and dynamic place to work. We are an oversubscribed secondary academy with over 1400 students on roll at Key Stages 3-5.  Our core drivers of Outcomes, Values and Choices are at the heart of our daily actions and interactions and we pride ourselves on building strong relationships based on mutual respect, at all levels. 

We are looking to recruit a Teacher of Science to:

• Develop, plan and deliver effective and high quality learning experiences for all students.
• Be accountable for the learning and achievement of all students following courses they teach.

The science department at Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy is a welcoming, dynamic team of dedicated teachers. Our departmental staff have excellent working relationships with each other and a history of supporting and working with ITT providers.  We strive to ensure that all of students have the scientific knowledge and skills to access their chosen future destinations by offering a broad, well sequenced curriculum from KS3 to KS5.  This is a supportive environment in which to work, and the team are always looking to enhance their skills, creativity and competencies in the teaching and learning of science.

As part of your wider duties and responsibilities, you are required to promote and actively support the Academy’s responsibilities towards safeguarding.

Employee benefits at Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car benefit scheme
• Access to extensive lifestyle savings
• Free access to onsite gym
• Free onsite parking
• Free lunch for staff on duty
• Employee health & wellbeing initiatives
• Extensive CPD & networking opportunities for all staff
• OAT People Strategy
• Free 24/7 confidential counselling service
• Generous pension scheme
• Strong focus on internal promotion
• Successful ECT support programme

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details.

The deadline for applications is 4pm on Friday 10th May 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.  Flexible working opportunities will be considered. 

All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

The academy’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be found here: Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy