Assistant Curriculum Leader of Science

**Burnside College**
North Tyneside

New

**Salary**:

MPS/UPS + TLR 2b

**Job type**:

Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:

1st January 2025
18 October 2024

**Job overview**:
Applicants will be highly motivated and have a passion to ensure that our learners achieve the very best that they can at all times. The core purpose of the role will be to uphold the fundamental standards of pride, respect and achievement with all learners but also ensure that all students receive the highest standard of bespoke support.

At Burnside College, we put teaching and learning first and are committed to providing a high quality and inclusive learning experience for all. Furthermore, we are committed to the development of staff and you will be joining a supportive school with an excellent environment in which to continue your professional development.

Applications are invited from enthusiastic and ambitious practitioners with the knowledge and experience to lead Biology within the department. As an Assistant Curriculum Leader for Science, you will work closely with the Curriculum Leader in continuing to improve Biology outcomes at all stages, including GCSE and A level. This is an ideal post for somebody who would like to develop their leadership skills and who has aspirations of leading a Science Department in the future.

**Your roles and responsibilities**:

- Promote the highest possible standards of achievement in Science for all students (including those for whom we receive a pupil premium, or those that have additional educational needs)
- Take on a supporting role within an agreed area of responsibility
- Ensure that students meet or exceed their target grades
- Support the Curriculum Leader of Science in developing a vibrant and exciting curriculum for all learners
- Support the Curriculum Leader of Science to lead, manage and develop other staff in the department
- Support the Curriculum Leader of Science with departmental behavioural issues and tracking
- Alongside other Assistant Curriculum Leaders serve as a point of contact for staff in the absence of the Curriculum Leader of Science
- Lead and attend curriculum leader meetings (internal/external) in the absence of the Curriculum Leader of Science
- Contribute to the monitoring and tracking within the department

**As Assistant Curriculum Leader in Science you will support the Curriculum Leader of Science in producing and maintaining**:

- Clear, written aims, plans and objectives
- An agreed Raising Achievement Plan
- Agreed schemes of work which include all students
- An agreed SEF evaluating strengths and weaknesses
- High quality assessment and feedback
- Clear, simple records on pupils’ progress
- Analysis of data & standards and how well different groups are doing
- Well deployed resources, including support staff and supply teachers
- Plentiful, accessible and high quality resources, often available online
If you would like an informal conversation about the post please contact Nicola McCoy, Curriculum Leader for Science, at
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**Attached documents**:

- Application Form - Assistant Curriculum Leader of Science.docx
95.28KB
Application Pack - Assistant Curriculum Leader of Science.pdf
1.96MB
Inspection report
161.19KB

**About **Burnside College**:
**Burnside College**
- St. Peter's Road, Wallsend
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE28 7LQ
United Kingdom
+44 191 259 8500
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At Burnside our aim is simple, to be the best that we can be, both as individuals and as a community. We all work together to make our college the best it can be and share decisions about how to reach our potential. We believe in the strength and consistency of our three core values**:pride**, **respect** and **achievement**.

**Pride**: we take pride in all that we do, our work, the way that we present ourselves, and our actions.

**Respect**: we respect the thoughts, beliefs and personal qualities of those around us and act with kindness and tolerance, treating one another in a way that accepts that we are individuals and have separate thoughts, feelings and needs.

**Achievement**: we are resilient and determined; we don’t give up when we encounter problems we always try our best. We seek to be the best we can both personally and academically.
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