Teacher of Science - The Buckingham School
Location: Buckingham
Term time only
Salary Type: MPS/UPS
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 32.5
Interviews to be held: Thursday 15th May 2025
About us
The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.
About the role
We seek to appoint an ambitious, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our experienced and diverse Science Department. Whilst having a real passion for teaching and learning, we are looking for an innovative and committed classroom practitioner who can teach exceptional Science at Key Stage 3, 4 and 5, with the skills and abilities to engage and enthuse all learners.
This is an exciting period to join The Buckingham School; we recently completed 2.5 million pounds of renovation work within the school. As part of this renovation, we have installed four new state-of-the-art science laboratories, taking the total we have to nine. We have seen steady improvement in all areas of the school over the past three years and we will continue in our quest to become the community school of choice within the locality. We are ambitious, oversubscribed and our students are fantastic to work with.
Applications are welcome from ECTs as well as experienced teachers. We have a proven track record of support and development and an excellent ECT package is available.
In return, we will offer you:
• A professional, supportive and experienced Team, including excellent technical support
• A personalised approach to Continuing Professional Development
• A role in a school that has a clear vision
• The opportunity to work with students who possess excellent attitudes to learning
About you
Please see the attached person specification.
Other information
Please access the full job description, application form and self-declaration form from the school’s website www.buckinghamschool.org. Completed applications, giving full contact details of two recent relevant professional referees (one of which is your current employer) to: Mr Andy McGinnes, Headteacher, The Buckingham School, London Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AT or email to emansfield@buckinghamschool.org .
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
* All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
* All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023 ).
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