Key Stage Leader in Science

In this role, you will shape and deliver an ambitious curriculum, model outstanding teaching, and use data intelligently to secure rapid progress across Key Stage 3. This is a chance to make a significant impact on pupils' lives, contributing to a community committed to academic excellence and personal development.

• Strong classroom practitioner with excellent subject knowledge and consistently high-quality teaching.
• Proven impact on pupil progress and experience raising attainment across different groups.
• High expectations for behaviour, consistency and accountability, ensuring excellent learning in every lesson.
• Strong communication, organisation and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and motivate.
• Resilience, optimism and drive, with a commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Alignment to our ethos and a genuine belief in every pupil's potential to excel.
• Qualified Teacher Status and the right to work in the UK
  
  We are committed to addressing educational disadvantage. We consistently guide pupils to GCSE and A-Level outcomes which place our cohorts in the top 10% of schools nationally on many measures, including those for the progress of disadvantaged pupils. Our school serves pupils from central Birmingham. The percentage of our cohort eligible for the Pupil Premium is the eighth highest in the country.
There are very few communities in the UK who need great teachers more than ours. Teachers and leaders at Ark St Alban's Academy are determined to prove that the background of a young person can be no impediment to their success. Our school prepares pupils to succeed at elite universities, with our alumni proudly representing our community at prestigious destinations including Cambridge University, Durham University and the London School of Economics., Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.


• Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards - a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans - up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Gym discounts - offering up to 40%.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme - providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.