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Science Technician - Term Time

Weald of Kent Grammar School, Tonbridge

  • Ref:KCC886-4046-705S
  • Posted:07/03/2023
  • Pay:KR5
  • Start Date:TBC
  • App Close Date:21/03/2023 at 10:00
  • Interviews:W/C 20th March

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The Team

The Science team is constantly seeking ways to improve and to equip our students with the skills and opportunities for success to allow them to take the next step with confidence.  Much development has gone into enhancing the facilities in the whole area and much of the budget has been spent on continuing to expand the quality and provision of practical instrumentation and resources. We have 14 laboratories and three prep-rooms across the two campuses.

 

The Science Curriculum area currently has 17 full-time and two part time Teachers. In addition, we have five Science Technicians currently.  This staffing includes a Head of Biology, a Head of Science & Chemistry and a Head of Physics.  Further line management and partnership for Quality Improvement of the subject area is provided by the SLG link.

 

The successful candidate will join the Science team at a time when our key aim is to ensure that students’ experience of Science is as real-life, active and as practical as possible. Our teachers are engaged with educational research so as to constantly review their methods of delivery of the science curriculum to make it engaging and exciting as well as equipping the students for their next steps.

 

We teach a condensed KS3 curriculum in Years 7 and 8 and using the Science Activate scheme, students are taught in six-hour long lessons per fortnight. Students follow the AQA GCSE Science specification throughout Years 9 to 11.    In Years 10 and 11, students have a Science teacher for each discipline, and a total of twelve-hour long lessons per fortnight. Year 10 students all students follow the Separate Science route. At A-Level we have excellent student uptake and follow OCR-A Physics and Chemistry along with Edexcel Salter’s Biology. Our results are excellent across all subjects at both GCSE and A level.

Information about the school

Weald of Kent is a selective Girls’ Grammar School for 11-18 year olds with a roll of approximately 2000 students including our co-educational Sixth Form. The school is one of the highest performing schools in the country. We aspire to excel at everything we do. Owing to our continued success were thrilled to have been given permission by the Secretary of State to expand and mirror what we deliver at our Tonbridge campus in a campus at Sevenoaks, which opened in September 2017. In addition to the exciting new facilities, we have also invested in our Tonbridge campus which now has a state of the art Sports Hall and university style Sixth Form Study Centre. A new science block and new English classrooms have been built this year. Both campuses are situated in beautiful rural settings with far reaching views across the Garden of England with excellent transport links.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Human Resources
  • Address:Tudeley Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JP
  • Telephone: 01732373500
  • Email: hr@wealdgs.org

Fax: 01732373500

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.