Head of Science

**Salary**: L8-L12 **Job type**: Full Time, Permanent **Start date**: September 2025 14 March 2025 **Job overview**: **Contract: Permanent, Full Time** **Pay: L8-12** This is an exciting opportunity for a highly talented, outstanding teacher, who wishes to make a real impact in this "truly exceptional school" where "behaviour is outstanding" (Ofsted). From September 2025, we are seeking to appoint a dynamic, committed and strategic Head of Department who will lead and take responsibility for the development of Science. **THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE**: - Will have a strong commitment to teaching and learning in Science and have the ability to teach Science at all Key Stages - Will have the drive and determination to lead, motivate and develop colleagues - Will maintain a positive learning environment across the department using departmental and school behaviour management procedures as appropriate - Will be fully committed to delivering a high quality, engaging Science curriculum, which stretches and challenges all students across each Key Stage - Will ensure a wide range of enrichment opportunities to expand and extend the curriculum - Will lead the department in innovative approaches and strategies to maintain and improve attainment and achievement at GCSE and A level **WE CAN OFFER YOU**: - The opportunity to lead a successful and vibrant Science department - Excellent professional development - Enthusiastic, hardworking and responsive students - Employee benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme - Free onsite parking including electric charging points - A commitment to staff wellbeing - The Cotswold School has earned a superb reputation, locally and nationally, consistently appearing among the top state schools at both GCSE and A Level for many years - In September 2024, The Cotswold School was awarded 8The Sunday Times Comprehensive School of the Year in the South West9 - In 2015, The Cotswold School for the fourth consecutive time, received Outstanding Ofsted across all categories **About**The Cotswold School**: **The Cotswold School** - The Avenue, Bourton-on-the-water, Cheltenham - Gloucestershire - GL54 2BD - United Kingdom +44 145 182 0554 The Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, has earned an Ofsted outstanding school with a reputation as a popular and successful 11-18 comprehensive academy. It is an excellent place to teach, learn and develop; to share best practice and support the progression of fellow professionals and students. At the heart of our school ethos is a commitment to excellent teaching and aspiration, which drives progress and attainment. Our students thrive academically and personally, with opportunities to take part in musical performances and a huge range of extra-curricular clubs; writing competitions and debates; community fundraising; student leadership; and careers events. **Inclusive values** The values of friendship and knowledge, symbolised on our school badge, underpin all our learning and development activities and also ensure that we support the wellbeing of our students and staff. A non-selective school, we have a fabulous parent and carer community, who are supportive of and engaged with their children’s learning. **Excellent outcomes** Thanks to excellent student outcomes, we are the second-highest ranked comprehensive in the South West; and in the UK’s top 30 non-selective co-educational secondary schools, in the influential Sunday Times Parent Power league tables. We have been rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in the last four consecutive inspections. **Building the future** We continue to build on our success: we opened a Sixth Form centre in 2018 to support our thriving 16-18 provision; a fully refurbished theatre in 2019; and a £5.8 million 10-classroom space, new gymnasium and modernised science labs in 2021. Pupil intake increased by 30 places in Year 7 from September 2021. **Outstanding learning and development** Our ethos is simple: a commitment to excellent teaching and aspiration, which drives progress and attainment. Children who learn with us thrive academically and personally, with opportunities to take part in a huge range of extra-curricular clubs; writing competitions and debates; performances; community fundraising; student leadership; and careers events. **Aspirations and destinations** The great majority of our students stay with us into the Sixth Form and progress, in many cases, to Oxbridge and Russell Group universities, and a variety of other prestigious destinations. To view the school performance tables website from the Department for Education, - please click here.