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SalarySalary: £15,932 - £20,381 (dependent on weeks, service and experience)
30 – 37 hours per week (TBC), Term-Time only (38 weeks)
Start Date: As soon as possible
About the Role
Higham Lane School is delighted to welcome applications for the post of Science Technician to start as soon as possible. Higham Lane is a large, 11-18 comprehensive academy, set on an attractive site on the Warwickshire-Leicestershire border, easily accessible due to excellent road, train and bus connections.
Achievement in all its forms: artistic, academic, social, cultural, sporting and intellectual is equally valued in our diverse seven-year, knowledge-rich curriculum. We were extremely pleased to have been rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2019, one of only a small number of schools in England to have achieved the highest rating that year.
We are strongly committed to ensuring that all of the young people in our care make excellent academic progress and we take great pride in securing both impressive progress and high attainment for our students, whatever their starting points. Higham Lane is amongst the highest-achieving non-selective comprehensive schools in Warwickshire and nationally.
We are also delighted to have achieved impressive A level results in our high-performing Sixth Form. Our progress figures indicate that our teaching and learning and student behaviour and engagement are excellent! We are excited by the opportunities which our recent merger with the Central England
Academy Trust will bring us and are also delighted that the Department for Education has given us permission to open a new secondary Free School, Higham Lane North Academy, within the next few years. In July 2021, we were granted World Class Schools status, one of a very small number of schools to achieve this.
Our school has a strong ethos based on mutual respect between students and staff and very clear expectations regarding students’ effort and behaviour. We enjoy an excellent reputation with parents/carers and are always over-subscribed.
You will find a happy, caring and purposeful environment at Higham Lane. Students get on exceptionally well, both with each other and with our staff, who take pride in working here. Our students are encouraged to do their very best in every aspect of their lives and to reach the highest standards, irrespective of their ability. We encourage them to “Be the best you can be!”
At Higham Lane, our staff are our most precious resource. We are committed to offering you:
· excellent continuous professional development
· reduced workload
· behaviour for learning that empowers teachers to teach and students to learn
· a range of imaginative approaches to ensure staff wellbeing.
· free on-site parking
We provide a supportive Employee Assistance Programme as well as an Employee Benefits Scheme, offering discounts on Everyday essentials.
Key Requirements
Applications are invited from enthusiastic and motivated candidates to work alongside other technicians and assist in preparation of resources for practical lessons that meets both the health & safety standards and the requirements of the classes involved.
How to apply
Please complete the Application Form, as well as the Equality Details Form, that you will find on the School’s website (www.highamlaneschool.co.uk) and email them to jobs@highamlaneschool.co.uk, indicating in the message title the post you are applying for. If you would like to have a chat about this post, please contact Adam Cook, Senior Science Technician or Emma Huxley, Subject Leader for Maths by calling the School on 024 7638 8123.
The closing date for applications is 9am, Monday 18th March 2024(If you encounter a problem in meeting this deadline, please contact the School).
What the school has to offer
At Higham Lane, our staff are our most precious resource. We are committed to offering you:
• Excellent continuous professional development
• Reduced workload
• Behaviour for learning that empowers teachers to teach and students to learn.
• A range of imaginative approaches to ensure staff wellbeing
We provide a supportive Employee Assistance Programme as well as an Employee Benefits Scheme, offering discounts on everyday essentials.
Additional Information section:
Please note our clear expectations regarding personal and professional conduct of staff and the safeguarding of students:
• To have total regard for the need to safeguards students' wellbeing, in accordance with statutory provisions.
• To have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards in their own attendance and punctuality.
• To have an understanding of, and always act within, the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and will also be taken through the School's vetting procedure. Higham Lane School is also strongly committed to protecting personal data. Our Privacy Notice, which can be found under the GDPR section on the School website, describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about individuals’ rights.
