Deputy Head of Science

PURPOSE: - To support the Catholic ethos of the school through delivery of thought for the week, attendance at assembly and other acts of collective worship. - To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate. - To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students. - To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential. - To contribute to raising standards of student attainment and achievement within the whole subject area and to monitor and support student progress. - To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth. Principal Accountabilities To raise standards of student attainment and achievement within the whole curriculum area and to monitor and support student progress. To be accountable for student progress and development within the subjects within the Science faculty. To actively monitor and follow up student progress, leading the Science team in identifying any under-performance and planning necessary interventions. To develop and enhance the teaching practice of others. To be accountable for leading, managing and developing the subjects within the Science department. To effectively manage and deploy teaching/support staff and physical resources within the department to support the designated curriculum. To link with the leadership team to ensure work in the curriculum area fully reflects the school’s distinctive ethos and mission. To ensure Health and Safety policies and practices, including risk assessments, throughout the faculty are in-line with national requirements and are updated where necessary. To lead the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching strategies in the department, within the designated area. The day-to-day management, control and operation of one curriculum area provision within the department. To work with colleagues to formulate aims and objectives for the department which have coherence and relevance to the needs of students and to the aims and objectives of the school. To assist in the management of the business planning function of the department, and to ensure that the planning activities of the department reflect the needs of the students and the aims and objectives of the school. To assist the Senior Leadership Team, to ensure that the curriculum area provides a range of teaching which compliments the school’s strategic objectives. To lead curriculum development for the whole department with particular emphasis on the relevant curriculum area. To actively monitor and respond to curriculum development and initiatives at national, regional and local levels. To keep up to date with national developments i