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THE THOMAS LORD AUDLEY SCHOOL
Teacher of Science
(Suitable for Early Career Teachers or more experienced teachers)
Pay Range: Teachers Main Pay Scale or Upper Pay Scale
Actual Salary from: £31,650 to £49,084 per year
Start Date: July or September 2025
The Role
The Thomas Lord Audley School are seeking a dynamic, motivated teacher in Science to join our school from July or September 2025:
As a Teacher, your key responsibilities will include:
- Teach your subject with an enthusiasm
- Plan and deliver engaging lessons
- Assess and provide feedback
- Provide care, guidance and support to our young people.
- Work as a member of a team
The full details can be found in the attached Candidate Pack, Job Outline and Person Specification.
We're looking for you if you have:
- A willingness to keep up to date with subject knowledge & pedagogy;
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Excellent interpersonal skills with both adults and children;
- The ability to organise and prioritise your own workload;
- A positive, helpful and courteous manner when carrying out your professional duties.
Why work for The Thomas Lord Audley School, Sigma Trust?
We can offer you:
- Employment on Teachers Pay & Conditions
- Friendly and value driven workplaces
- A robust CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
- Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
- "PPA+" - this is an on-going trial where full-time teachers are able to complete their PPA at home for one afternoon per fortnight rather than remain in school
Employee Benefits:
Access to perks and exclusive discount via Perkbox; Employee Assistance Programme (Staff Wellbeing scheme), Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, access to discounted Gym Membership at selected local gyms and discounted cinema tickets.
Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.
Additional Information:
For additional information about the Trust and its schools, please visit our website https://www.sigmatrust.org.uk/our-academies
To Apply
To apply for this post, please follow the URL link provided below:
https://careers.sigmatrust.org.uk/Apply/U2l19ec1nbWEgQXBwbGljYXRpb24gRm9ybSBOb3ZlbWJlciAyMDIzfDQxfDY2NTcwOHwxfHxGYWxzZXwyMTIyfDM3NDAxODB8MA%3d%3d?i=JRlVktQ4SF4%3d
Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and any CVs and accompanying covering letters will be disregarded. A Notes for Applicants document is attached for further information.
Successful applicants will be invited to attend an Assessment Day at one of our schools which will include a lesson observation, face to face interview and task.
- Closing date: Midnight 24th February 2025
- Shortlisting date: 25th February 2025
- Interview date: w/c 3rd March 2025
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.
The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision 'To Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts', where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.
Information about the School
The Thomas Lord Audley School is a high performing, over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school with just under 800 students (capacity 840), situated to the south of Colchester. It is the "most improved school in Essex" (Essex LA September 2016). It serves a diverse catchment area including Old Heath, Monkwick, Shrub End and the villages to the south of Colchester including the community of Mersea Island.
Categorised as good and rapidly improving in its recent Ofsted inspection, it has been commended for the quality of its leadership, the standard of its teaching, and the welfare, behaviour and achievement of its pupils.
On 1 September 2016, the school joined The Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools with The Stanway School, St Helena School, Clacton County High School, Monkwick Junior School and Monkwick Infants School and Nursery. In the past, the school has benefited from the Stanway Federation’s programme of seconding high quality staff between schools and the development of wide-ranging in-service training which has led to on-going school improvement. Working in collaboration with all the schools within The Sigma Trust can only enhance this development.
Safeguarding
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.