Teacher of Science, Penrice Academy (Ref: PEN015)

Teacher of Science

Teachers’ Main / Upper Pay Scale

Full Time, Permanent – Required for September 2021

Penrice Academy is a truly outstanding school, with wonderful students and forward thinking, inspirational staff. We are highly successful with year-on-year exceptional results which now put us in the top 7% of schools nationally. We provide our students with the knowledge, skills, and attributes to be victorious as they move to the next stages of their education and lives. As a school community we have a relentless drive and ambition to provide the best possible educational experience for each and every one of our students.

Penrice Academy is part of Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT), a family of Cornish Primary and Secondary Schools, with a strategic vision to ‘learn together to help every child achieve more’. This is an exciting time to join our large, dynamic Trust, which is responsible for educating learners across four secondary schools, one junior school and eight primary schools with a Free School (primary) to open in September 2021. There are extensive opportunities to work collaboratively with experienced professionals and leaders across the Trust, with unparalleled CPD and career development prospects for all.

We are looking to appoint a Teacher of Science to join our large, highly successful, creative and dynamic Science department. The Science curriculum has been thoughtfully designed by our team of specialists to engage, challenge and inspire our young people. Our students study a wide range of scientific concepts, developing their knowledge and understanding of key aspects of Science as well as their cultural capital and scientific history and new discoveries. We believe that every student is a scientist, we offer them the opportunity to explore every aspect of Science, even the unexpected! The Science department also offers extracurricular activities, such as animal care, STEM club and Science week.

This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified or experienced teacher to work within our Science team. We offer an extensive and highly supportive programme for our recently qualified teachers and a diverse range of professional improvement opportunities for more experienced staff.

If you are interested in this position and wish to have an informal conversation, please contact Jenni Oddy, Assistant Headteacher at Penrice Academy, via email joddy@penrice.org.uk

Application forms and full details are available from: https://celtrust.org/join-us/vacancies