Chemistry Teacher - Aylesbury Grammar School

Location: Aylesbury

Term time only: Yes

Salary type: MPS/UPS

Salary Details: MPS or UPS depending on experience

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time

Interviews to be held: After February Half Term

About us

Aylesbury Grammar School has a long history of inspiring and nurturing our young people to explore for themselves who they want to be and find their place in the world. Our vision as a ‘free school for Aylesbury’ is to give every student irrespective of background and circumstance an opportunity to flourish. Providing an education which is unparalleled in breadth and quality of opportunity, striving to become international leaders in academic and pastoral development.

We want our students to be challenged to achieve their very best, to flourish in all they do and to share a positive outlook with others. Aylesbury Grammar School is an academy grammar school for boys. Our uncompromised curriculum and extraordinary care and support create a culture of respect and aspiration.

We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic and inspirational teacher to teach across the key stages and to join our experienced team. Chemistry is taught in five bespoke laboratories with specialist facilities.

• Planning and preparing courses and lessons
• Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of students
• Promoting the general progress and well-being of individual students and of any class or group of students assigned to you
• Participating in any arrangements that may be made for teacher appraisal

About you

• Qualified Teacher Status, PGCE or Equivalent
• Excellent ICT literacy (in and out of the classroom)
• Willingness to contribute to the school’s extensive co-curricular programme
• Ability to lead by example
• Evidence of working with the wider school community

We welcome applications from experienced, developing and early career teachers.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office.

The School reserves the right to appoint a candidate to this post at any stage in the selection process. AGS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.

The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts, as part of their application. Aylesbury Grammar School is an equal opportunities employer.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:

• Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. AGS is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are 'spent' unless they are 'protected' under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

All appointments will be made on merit in a fair and transparent process. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all suitably qualified people. However, as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals are currently under-represented within the School, which does not reflect our diverse student body, we welcome all applications.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure form and return it prior to the interview.