£43,266 - £46,525 per year

We currently have the following vacancy at Wey Valley Academy, Weymouth, Dorset, an OFSTED “Good” rated school.
Curriculum Leader of Science
Permanent, full-time contract
Salary Scale: AAT Teachers’ Main or Upper Pay Scale plus TLR1 Middle Scale
Are you looking for your next challenge? Do you relish the chance to support colleagues to make rapid and sustained school improvement? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
This is an exciting opportunity to join an academy in Weymouth, within Authentic Education. Dynamic, forward thinking and absolutely committed to changing the lives of all young people. Results in science are rapidly improving and we are looking for a Curriculum Leader to continue this improvement.
Who are we looking for?

• A person to lead and motivate a large team of staff
• An excellent classroom practitioner
• Excellent subject knowledge
• Good organisational and motivational skills to support pupils of all abilities and needs.
• Inclusive.

What can we offer?

• A truly supportive and developmental environment
• Very visible and approachable senior leadership team.
• Real opportunities for career progression – our culture is very much to ‘promote from within’.
• The opportunity to work within a Trust wide team of Curriculum Leaders intent on raising standards
• Three days a year ‘off timetable’ provided in the summer term for subject teachers who mark for exam boards.
• Collaborative planning across the Trust with departments in different academies able to share resources and moderation linked by Microsoft Teams.
• No formally graded lesson observations – the emphasis is on coaching and sharing practice.
• A lesson visit schedule that is published one year in advance.
• A performance management process that is focused on three targets only: Subject knowledge, teaching and learning and either a departmental or whole school responsibility target regardless of your level of responsibility.
• Very flexible child-care arrangements - we are a very family friendly academy and really do understand how hard it can be juggling family life and work at times.
• Meetings for subject teachers only twice each half term.
• Reporting to parents only three times a year and no requirement for written comments.

We are a truly comprehensive school located in the heart of our community. There are high levels of respect, support and kindness across our staff team and senior leadership.

Wey Valley Academy is a 990 PAN- pupil school which currently has 863 students. Wey Valley Academy joined Ambitions Academy Trust in 2019 and educates Boys and Girls aged between 11 and 16.
We believe that education should empower young people, giving them the knowledge to make sense of the world around them and the tools to shape it. Our curriculum gives students access to the best that has been thought and written across academic disciplines. This is supported by a broad range of additional extra-curricular opportunities which we strongly encourage students to make the most of via our enrichment curriculum. The Academy has a proud history of sporting excellence and students can also take part in a thriving Duke of Edinburgh Award programme or involve themselves in our dramatic productions and musical performances. Whatever interests a student has, they will find something for them at Wey Valley.
Visitors to the Academy often comment on the calm and purposeful atmosphere that they find, and the respect that students show towards one another and their teachers. We are a vibrant learning community that places learning at the centre of everything it does. Our expectations are high and whether you are reading this as a prospective student, parent, carer or member of our staff team, we hope you want to join us as we rapidly improve the quality of education on offer.
At Wey Valley Academy we are dedicated to promoting the British Values which will ensure that our students develop a strong sense of social and moral responsibility. We prepare our students for a life in Modern Britain by developing an understanding of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
Our Vision and Ethos.
A broad and balanced curriculum which is accessible and will challenge students on an academic and personal level is vital, as is building a young person’s confidence, resilience and communication skills through a student-centred community.
This will empower them to be central in driving change and shaping the future of the education we deliver at Wey Valley Academy. It will also provide students with life skills and support them in being the very best they can be.