Job Overview

Join Our Dynamic Science Department!

Are you passionate about Science and eager to inspire the next generation? Victoria College is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Head of Science to lead our experienced Science Faculty. We have recently remodelled our Science Curriculum at KS3 and GCSE, and as Head of Faculty, you would have the opportunity to bed this in and lead the heads of Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The sciences are always amongst the most popular subjects throughout the school, and especially so at A level, with many boys going on to study science based degrees at top universities, including Oxbridge. You'll have the opportunity to engage with motivated students and contribute to a thriving academic environment.

Victoria College is located on the beautiful island of Jersey in the English Channel. We are a successful boys’ day school of 730 students with 180 in the Sixth Form and a dedicated Preparatory School. Victoria College is a fee-paying Government of Jersey maintained school and a member of the Head's Conference (HMC). The campus is outstandingly beautiful, overlooking the capital town of St Helier. Our Victorian buildings, set within woodland and lawns are roomy, bright, and well-equipped. We have strong traditions dating back to 1852 and a long record of academic excellence.

We are not impacted by the addition of VAT on school fees, and the island enjoys its own, very generous, Teacher Superannuation Fund (Pension Scheme).

This position will attract a supplementary allowance of SA5

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Rebecca Kane on r.kane@vcj.sch.je or 01534 638200.

Job Overview Cont.

Why Victoria College?

• Well-Resourced Department: The Science Block benefits from 9 large laboratories, a well stocked and equipped Prep Room, with two full time technicians. There is a large library of online and electronic resources, alongside traditional materials, to support your teaching.
• Proven Success: Be part of a department with a history of extremely strong results at GCSE and A-Level, consistently out performing top HMC and maintained schools in the UK
• Supportive Culture: Join a team that goes above and beyond, offering exceptional support whilst fostering strong partnerships with parents
• Professional Development: Access a supportive program of professional development, coaching, and mentoring with a generous CPD budget
• Job Security: Teach at an HMC school in beautiful Jersey - still close to the UK but insulated from the pension cuts and redundancy threats affecting many UK teachers due to VAT increases.

What We're Looking For:

• Enthusiasm: A passion for Science and a desire to inspire students.
• Organisation: High level of personal organisation to manage resources and plan effectively.
• Innovation: Keen to challenge traditional thinking and take our department to the next level.

If you're ready to make a significant impact and help our students achieve their full potential, we want to hear from you!

Apply Today and become a part of Victoria College's success story. Let's shape the future of Science education together!

The Teacher's Task

The DfESC and the representatives of the Teacher’s Unions have agreed the following statement of the Teacher’s Task in order to define more clearly the nature of teachers’ employment. It is their view that in this important work of educating Jersey’s children it is imperative that both teachers and Headteachers recognise the duty they owe to those children and the community. To this end the teacher is expected to maintain a professional commitment to their task and the Headteacher is pledged to a responsible and humane interpretation of this agreement.

Definition of the Teacher's Task

The following provides a definition of the Teachers’ Task:

1. Teach effectively to meet the needs of all pupils and to ensure discipline and safety within the school community.

2. The DfESC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all teachers to share this commitment.

3. Plan, prepare, evaluate and modify as necessary personal teaching methods, work programmes and teaching materials in accordance with the DfESC curricular policies and school schemes and standards.

4. Mark and maintain records of pupils’ work in accordance with DfESC and school policies.

5. Promote the general progress and welfare of pupils in classes or groups or individually as part of the school’s pastoral and counselling arrangements.

6. Assess and record pupils’ personal and social needs, development, progress and attainment.

7. Provide or contribute to oral or written assessments and report on individual pupils and groups; consult and inform parents, co-operate with appropriate outside agencies in accordance with DfESC and school policies.

8. Contribute to and participate in corporate planning, self evaluation, in-service training and professional development in assigned areas of the curriculum and pastoral arrangements; participate in related staff meetings and school events.

9. Advise colleagues, co-operate with them on teaching programmes, methods, equipment and materials within assigned areas of the curriculum ensuring that appropriate administrative tasks are undertaken.

10. Contribute and participate in the school’s pastoral, tutorial and guidance arrangements and undertake an appropriate share of the organisation and conduct of parental consultation and staff meetings.

11. Contribute as required to the appointment, induction, professional development and assessment of junior colleagues, including new entrants to teaching.

12. Accept an appropriate share of the administrative and organisational tasks within the school, including providing support for teachers, undertaking additional curriculum or pastoral responsibilities or holding senior posts.

13. Ensure the safety and good order of pupils by carrying out an appropriate share of supervisions whenever pupils are authorised to be on school premises or elsewhere when the school is in session.

14. Undertaking an appropriate share of all collective responsibilities including substitution for an absent colleague subject to guaranteed non-teaching time.

15. Supervise support staff as required.

16. Order and allocate appropriate equipment and materials in accordance with DfESC and school policies and schemes.

17. Co-operate as required with teachers in other schools and colleges on curricular, pastoral and administrative matters.