Science Teacher – Haughton Academy
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School:
The Education Village Academy Trust -
Location:
Darlington -
Salary:
Teachers Main Pay Scale/Upper Pay Scale -
Hours:
32.5 -
Contractual Status:
Permanent -
Closing Date:
30th Apr 2025
POST TITLE: Science Teacher
POST: Permanent, Full Time
GRADE: Mainscale/Upper Pay Scale
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Closing Date: Wednesday 30th April 2025 (5:00pm) – Please send all application forms to peopleteam@educationvillage.org.uk
Shortlisting by: Friday 2nd May 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday 7th May 2025
JOB PURPOSE: To teach KS3 & KS4 Science within Haughton Academy.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Teaching and Learning
- To plan and deliver lessons to the highest quality of the Academy standards, ensuring good or better progress is made by all pupils.
- To ensure all marking and feedback is completed to the Academy’s highest expectations.
- To ensure lessons are engaging and differentiated to meet the needs of all pupils.
- To regularly use assessment strategies to monitor the progress of pupils.
- To use the Academy assessment tracking documents and ensure all progress data is entered accurately and on time.
- To adhere to the Relentless Routines checklist for positive behaviour management.
- To contribute effectively to all subject team, pastoral team and whole Academy meetings.
- To act as an excellent Form Tutor to an assigned group of pupils.
- To intervene effectively for all underperforming pupils.
- To teach assigned classes as per timetable and plan prepare, evaluate, and review lessons, teaching and learning styles, and homework in accordance with Academy’s practice and policy, and in such a way that teaching staff model consistently high standards.
- To take an appropriate share of the responsibility of covering for absent colleagues.
- To prepare educational plans and assess, record, report and review pupil progress and achievement in accordance with Academy policy and practice.
- To liaise with the Science Technician to ensure delivery of core practical lessons are effective.
- To adapt teaching strategies to changing circumstances and in response to new ideas
- To have very high expectations of pupils.
Pastoral
- To establish excellent relationships with pupils and staff.
- To record and monitor attendance in the Academy, and follow up issues in a timely manner, in line with Academy policy.
- To ensure pupils maintain and display the acceptable standards of behaviour in all aspects of Academy as described in the Behaviour Policy and other guidelines for staff.
- To take an appropriate share of responsibility for the supervision of pupils at break times and where appropriate other specified duties.
- To be aware of any problems by maintaining good communication and alleviating difficulties with resources.
Staff Group
- To participate in the Academy’s Continuing Professional Development.
- To participate in appropriate external professional development.
- To attend and participate in a range of staff meetings.
- To support the Academy whole school events, where appropriate.
- To support colleagues as appropriate.
Parents/Carers
- To develop excellent relationships with pupils and their families.
- To attend any meeting the Academy arranges for parental/carer consultation and liaison.
- To work with parents/carers to secure partnership in the learning process.
Resources
- To make effective use of the resources available within the Academy, and to be aware of resources provided by the Trust and those within the community.
- To keep the subject room tidy, maintain safe working practices, and good care of resources.
- To make the subject room attractive and promote good standards of work.
General
- To perform any other reasonable task that your line manager may ask from time to time.
Support for the Academy
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security and confidentiality, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Be aware of, support difference, and ensure all pupils have equal opportunities to learn and develop.
- Contribute effectively to the overall ethos/work/aims of the Academy and EVAT.
- Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support achievement and progress of pupils.
- Attend and participate in regular meetings.
- Recognise own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others.
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.
- Assist with the provision of out of Academy learning activities e.g. clubs, extra-curricular activities within guidelines established by the Academy.
- Assist with the line management of support staff as appropriate.
- The post holder must carry out his/her duties with full regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Racial Equality Policies in the terms of employment and service delivery to ensure that colleagues are treated and services delivered in a fair and consistent manner.
- To comply with health and safety policy and systems, report any incidents/accidents/hazards and take pro-active approach to health and safety matters in order to protect both yourself and others.
The Education Village Academy Trust
Established in 2006, we are a mixed Multi Academy Trust (MAT), bringing together mainstream and special schools and academies serving the borough of Darlington and neighbouring areas.
We are a village, and by building on our individual strengths, sharing our skills, and weaving each other’s ideas and perspectives into our practice, we are able to offer unique and enriched learning experiences.
We are proud to be part of a truly inclusive Trust. We firmly believe that fairness in opportunity and acceptance of individuality enhances understanding of the world, prepares pupils for the future, and creates young adults who value, appreciate and are able to make an active contribution to their communities.
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