Teacher of Science

At Wimbledon College, we believe that professional development is an essential and inherent part of your role regardless of the stage you are at in your career or the position you hold. This results in bespoke CPD journeys based on your current position and the trajectory you would like your career to go in. Every staff member is supported along that journey. Through a combination of internal and external CPD opportunities staff are able to develop their own skills and competencies and then have the opportunity to share those with colleagues from the College and across the borough. We use a range of resources and strategies within and outside the College to achieve this:

• We have staff completing external leadership courses such as NPQs and Merton specific Leadership Courses
• We engage with a wide range of organisations, including UCL, Bluesky and PixL to support the delivery of our extensive professional development programme for both career progression and skills development tailored to
• We have in-school groups that work collaboratively on projects around a chosen topic such as promoting literacy across the curriculum
• We have a comprehensive Early Career Teacher support system where you will receive an individual mentor, reduced timetable and opportunities to embed your learning.
We fully appreciate the importance of training for support staff and have a generous budget to ensure that external courses are available in addition to in school training for all interested support staff. Our aim is to empower staff to ascertain their own professional needs, both within and around their role, and to provide whatever support they require to flourish. Further details about the role Wimbledon College has a strong tradition of success in Science and offers a broad range of opportunities to study Science both in timetabled lessons and an extensive extra curriculum programme of events, visits and clubs. The school is also an Associate School of the Royal Society and regularly participates in its education events. Science at the College is a popular choice for students and we have two sets of A-level classes for all three sciences and in addition Science BTEC is also offered. In Years 7 and 8 teachers teach all three sciences but by Year 9 an increasing number of lessons are taught by specialists in the relevant science. In Year 10 onwards teachers for the most part teach in their specialism(s). The staff that make up the Science department are friendly, supportive and experienced and as such applications from recently qualified to more experienced teachers would be welcomed. For those at NQT or recently qualified teachers we offer ongoing professional training and support enabling you to develop into an outstanding practitioner. The post offers a well-resourced department with three specialist technicians that ensures that the work done in class is aiming to be creative, engaging and challenging for the students and satisfying for you as a teacher. Underpinning all our work is the school's ethos of 'cura personalis' (the care of the individual). The department has ten laboratories, all of which will have been gradually refurbished over the last few years. There is an independent learning area for Sixth Form Science students with 16 computers. There are three full time science technicians helping ensure a practical approach is followed in the teaching of science at all levels. Science has its own dedicated Teaching Support Assistant.

The College is seeking to employ a well-qualified, enthusiastic and motivational teacher to teach Science. The successful candidate will have the capacity to bring innovative ideas to the classroom and show a strong record of raising student attainment through their teaching. They will also be able to teach either Biology, Chemistry or Physics at GCSE & A Level. Applications are welcome from both experienced and newly qualified teachers able to teach throughout the age and ability range.We will withdraw the advert if a suitable candidate is found in advance of the deadline so please apply as soon as possible.