Job descriptionCORE PURPOSE We require an inspiring, scientifically precise Science Teacher to deliver outstanding scientific instruction across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, with opportunities to contribute to post-16 advanced STEM pathways. Operating within a vibrant, highly ambitious city-centre academy celebrated for its rapid progress metrics, exceptionally rich cultural diversity, and focus on expanding social mobility, the successful candidate will facilitate a knowledge-rich, inquiry-led curriculum designed to foster deep conceptual understanding, rigorous experimental literacy, and robust analytical skills, preparing all pupils thoroughly for exceptional outcomes in terminal GCSE Combined Science and Separate Science public examinations. THE SCHOOL Our academy is a dynamic, highly rewarding state school dedicated to cultivating an environment where high expectations, inclusive community values, and academic transformation meet. Widely recognized within the West Midlands for our proactive leadership, outstanding pupil-teacher relationships, and celebration of diverse pupil heritages, we blend excellent behavioural standards with a highly supportive, warm atmosphere. The Science department operates out of newly modernized laboratory spaces and benefits from shared premium digital software, practical toolkits, and collaborative lesson planning designed to optimize teacher workload. We operate a highly supportive, centralized behaviour system that entirely eliminates classroom disruption, allowing teachers to focus exclusively on delivering high-impact, practical and theoretical instruction to curious and motivated learners. KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS Rigorous & Practical-Led Instruction: Plan, resource, and deliver high-impact Science lessons across all attainment pathways, systematically embedding concrete models, explicit lab demonstrations, and dual-coding strategies to demystify complex biological, chemical, and physical concepts. Experimental Logic & Mathematical Scaffolding: Train pupils to a high technical standard in analysing experimental data, constructing scientific hypotheses, and mastering multi-step quantitative equations to build robust examination precision. GCSE Performance Optimization: Guide Year 11 examination cohorts meticulously through the rigorous demands of linear terminal Higher and Foundation tier papers, utilizing diagnostic data tracking to eliminate persistent scientific misconceptions and maximize high-grade retention. Closing Progress & STEM Literacy Gaps: Identify and target learning barriers within mixed-ability cohorts, deploying explicit command-word instruction, scaffolded analysis tools, and targeted retrieval practice to ensure accessibility for SEND pupils and EAL (English as an Additional Language) learners while stretching high-prior-attaining critical thinkers. Inclusive Pastoral Support: Fulfil full form tutor responsibilities within an established year group structure, supporting pupil wellbeing, managing daily registration routines, and maintaining proactive, positive communication with local families. PROFILE REQUIREMENTS Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or a recognised equivalent teaching credential, paired with a strong honours degree in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or a closely related scientific or engineering discipline. Pedagogical Capability: A proven track record or clear capacity to deliver strong progress metrics and exceptional performance outcomes in terminal public GCSE specifications through highly structured, systematic, and explicit science pedagogy. Analytical & Supportive Ethos: An unwavering commitment to comprehensive education within a diverse urban setting, possessing the exceptional communication skills, patience, and logical clarity required to challenge high-attaining pupils while building scientific confidence in pupils of all backgrounds. REGIONAL CONTEXT A Global Science and Technology Hub Driven by Innovation: Based in the second city of Birmingham, the school capitalizes on a dynamic, fast-growing regional identity shaped by cutting-edge medical research, advanced automotive engineering, and a highly multicultural community. Providing an exceptional, real-world context for thermodynamics, material sciences, and biomedical technologies, the city blends its proud industrial heritage with a rapidly expanding life sciences sector. This energetic, forward-looking landscape connects classroom science directly to regional clinical research networks, engineering enterprises, and future professional STEM career paths across the West Midlands. Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from exceptional regional transport links, offering straightforward road commuting via the strategic M6, M5, and M42 motorway corridors, as well as the A38(M) expressway. Public transit networks operate continuously via comprehensive local bus networks and the West Midlands Metro tram system, while the city features major railway stations, including Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Moor Street. Providing high-frequency services across the nation, the rail network links the school effortlessly to Solihull, Coventry, Wolverhampton, and London Euston. APPLICATION INTAKE Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.
