Science Teacher

We are a specialist school based in Shrewsbury, catering for young people aged between 4-16 in the Shropshire area. We opened our doors for the first time in September 2022 in a temporary building, and moved into our brand-new purpose-built school in November 2023.

Our specialism in social, emotional and mental health needs and in particular neurodivergence, means our staff team is highly skilled and able to adapt, providing personalised education, support and care for all learners. Taking the time to understand the differences of our learners with neurodivergence, including but not limited to, Autism, ADHD and speech, language and communication difficulties, ensures the support can be truly tailored.

Our Vision

Be Yourself. Be Brilliant.

Preparing children for bright and meaningful futures with the courage, confidence, resilience, and skills to flourish in the world.

At The Keystone Academy, we aim to transform lives by:

· Empowering pupils with SEMH and neurodivergent needs to grow in confidence, emotional resilience, courage, and determination, through specialist support within an inclusive, trauma-informed and nurturing environment.

· Placing the child at the centre of every decision and action taken.

· Creating a culture of authenticity and celebration, where everyone is proud to be themselves.

· Building connections and supporting pupils to develop meaningful relationships.

· Ensuring learning is exciting, engaging, and purposeful, and pupils develop a lifelong love of learning.

· Understanding pupils’ holistic needs, delivering adaptive and personalised learning experiences that engage and inspire.

· Supporting all pupils to achieve their very best outcomes and qualifications.

· Providing a broad, bespoke, and relevant curriculum, including a range of experiences, interventions, and opportunities that develop the skills for life that students need for their next steps in education and life.

We believe our approach to education will ensure that all students leave Keystone Academy happy, well-balanced, life-long learners who are well prepared for their future beyond school.

All members of staff have a commitment and passion to deliver the best possible educational experiences, encouraging all students to dream big and empowering them to lead successful and fulfilling lives, in a safe and protected, well-supported atmosphere. Our aim is to reignite that love for learning that may have been lost at some point, through inspirational teaching and provision of opportunity.

The Keystone Academy will also provide the opportunity for you as educators and those supporting education to make a real difference in an environment that supports your professional development.

I hope you will want to join our team to help develop our school and create an aspirational environment for our pupils. Please get in touch if you have any questions and I look forward to hearing from you.

Ali Bellaby, Headteacher

admin@thekeystoneacademy.org

Key Priorities

· Support the vision and direction of the school

· Provide an engaging curriculum within the academy

· Deliver and maintain effective learning and teaching throughout school

· Ensure effective pastoral care and behaviour support throughout the school

· To be responsible for the day-to-day impact of own subject across the curriculum

· Willingness to demonstrate a flexible approach to the curriculum to meet school requirements

Teaching and Learning

Teachers at The Academy will help secure and sustain effective teaching and learning throughout the Academy, monitor and evaluate progress and present students’ achievements, effectively using benchmarks to track set targets for improvements. They will:

· Deliver the teaching of their own subject within the school and other subjects as and when required

· Support and maintain an environment and a code of behaviour and discipline which promotes and secures good teaching, effective learning and high standards of achievement

· Support and maintain the mental health and wellbeing of the students which promotes and secures good teaching, effective learning and high standards of achievement

· Help organise the curriculum and its assessment and work with the SLT to monitor and evaluate it in order to identify areas for improvement

· Ensure that the curriculum and assessments meet National Curriculum requirements

· Ensure that improvements in literacy and numeracy are priority targets for all students across school

· To liaise with the Academy’s SENCO in order to identify students who require further support or intervention

· Deliver and support the PHSE and RHSE programmes across the school

Partnership Working

· Support in establishing a culture and curriculum which fulfils the aims and requirements of the whole school community as set out in the vision

· Seek opportunities to invite parents and carers into The Academy to enrich student experience and to promote The Keystone Academy’s value to the wider community

· Collaborate with staff, to actively promote British values, as well as the academic, spiritual, moral, social, emotional and cultural well-being of students and their families

· Represent The Academy at relevant meetings, as and when required

Health and Safety / Child Protection

· To help ensure that health and safety standards meet statutory requirements, monitoring health and safety matters within the school, particularly ensuring that all members of staff take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others

· To help ensure that Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures and Department of Health assessments of Children in Need are rigorously complied with, and that the welfare and health and safety of students are of prime consideration

· To promote the safety and well-being of students and staff

· To ensure good order and discipline of students and staff

Note: Post holders will be expected to be flexible in undertaking duties and responsibilities attached to their post and may be asked to perform duties which reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.

The YES Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Child safety recruitment procedures operate and appointment is subject to satisfactory references, enhanced DBS, qualifications check and all other relevant employment checks.

· Access and support with training and CPD including further professional qualifications.

· Specialist training where required

· Cycle to work scheme

· Flexible and supportive approach to work

· Free lunch at school

· Free parking

· Nursery benefits

· Tusker car salary sacrifice scheme

· Perkbox

· A huge range of discounts, free gifts, perks including shopping, eating out, holidays

· The wellness Hub – access to a variety of practical and useful resources

· Medical – on-line GP appointments, prescriptions and advice at a time convenient to you

· Counselling – EAP Service

· Flexible working - We recognise that attracting and retaining the highest quality candidates means offering a flexible working environment. We consider a variety of flexible arrangements, including part-time roles, job-sharing, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid opportunities where appropriate. By adopting a flexible approach, we empower our staff to bring their best selves to work every day, fostering creativity, commitment, and resilience. Our teams remain diverse, motivated, and aligned with our vision of transforming children's lives through world-changing education. We believe that by investing in the wellbeing and professional fulfilment of our staff, we are also investing in the futures of the communities we serve. Candidates are encouraged to discuss flexible working from recruitment onwards, in line with the statutory "day one right" principle, and ensuring equal opportunities for all groups of prospective employees.