Welcome to the exciting opportunities offered by working with us as an Action-Research Lead – STEM at St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College.
Our STEM team is a highly ambitious, aspirational group of professionals who are raising standards and significantly improving the life chances of the young people of Bradford. The College is a unique learning community, with a distinct ethos. It is filled with talented and creative staff, led by an ambitious and forward thinking leadership team, all of whom share the same vision: excellence in teaching and learning. The last few years have seen a positive transformation of almost every aspect of our work and OFSTED (2019) confirm,
“The relationships between staff and pupils are strong.
Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school.”
With strong performance in public exams, a consistently positive Progress 8 score over the last four years, a judgement of “Good” in all areas from our most recent Ofsted inspection and a collective drive for further improvement, this is exactly the right time to join the team. Ofsted commented that,
“Leaders and staff expect the best of all pupils and want them to achieve well. Pupils agree.”
The Action-Research Lead – STEM role offers the chance for collaborative investigation into the fundamentals of teaching and subject leadership as well as the opportunity to build a national reputation within the profession and prepare for future leadership roles. The role will also allow you to focus on even higher levels of success and develop new ways of working to ensure students across the College achieve their full potential.
If you share our high expectations and strong desire to help young people succeed, then you will be very successful working with us. It is important to us that we appoint the right person and if that is you, you will be hardworking and have a clear commitment to changing young people’s lives for the better. The children and families of St Bede’s and St Joseph’s deserve nothing less.
You will be committed to the delivery of an outstanding provision and you will have recent experience of contributing towards achieving outstanding results. You will be passionate about STEM subjects, particularly mathematics, and committed to sharing that passion with young people. You will also be a reflective and inquisitive practitioner, constantly striving for exactly the right approach to inspire and motivate your students. In addition, you will be an excellent communicator, with first class presentation and writing skills.
In return, you will be nurtured and developed as a member of the teaching research team so that you are perfectly placed for the next step in your leadership career.
To apply for this job please visit: sbsj.co.uk.
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