Head of Science

at  Avenor College

Avenor College has three modern, purpose built and fully resourced laboratories in a new state of the art Senior building. The Science department consists of seven Science teachers and one lab technician, and the college offers varied opportunities for personal and professional development through a model that gives teachers voice, choice and agency.
We currently offer two learning pathways at IGCSE: CAIE Coordinated Science (Double Award), or CAIE Separate Sciences (Triple Award). Our Key Stage 3 provision has a Romanian national strand in Science for a minority of students, while most of our students follow the UK National curriculum through an in-house scheme of work, with a focus on developing investigative skills. At AS and A Level, students can choose to study Biology, Chemistry and Physics following the Cambridge International Curriculum.
The full description of an Avenor Head of Department can be found here.

We welcome applicants who are able to meet the following:

• Articulate how a department vision can be aligned to the school vision;
• Explain how they will ensure that teachers, students and parents understand the purpose and direction of the department;
• Give examples on how they would provide leadership to teachers within their department, developing amongst them a culture of engagement, ambition, openness, integrity and a sense of involvement as part of an academic community;
• Have deep and flexible subject knowledge to design and facilitate learning of at least two of the sciences to IGCSE and at least one at A Level;
• Are qualified Science teachers;
• Know how students learn, motivating and challenging them by creating a stimulating learning experience;
• Use the scientific cycle of inquiry to develop investigation skills of students in all year groups;
• Lead the development by updating schemes of work and collaborating with leaders of other subjects to ensure horizontal articulation of the curriculum;
• Offer opportunities for learning Science outside the curriculum time, through contributing to our strong co-curricular offer;
• Be fluent in English;
• Inspire trust and confidence in students, parents and colleagues;
• Respect, adhere to and model the Avenor values.

Please refer the Job description for details