Head of Science

To ensure a co-ordinated approach to teaching, learning, and assessment, recording and reporting in line with whole school policies. ● To ensure a co-ordinated approach to the management of attendance and punctuality to lessons and behaviour in line with whole school policies. ● To ensure that the team has a consistent approach to work with all students including those with SEND/EAL so that all students make excellent progress. ● To ensure that the curriculum is planned meticulously from Year 13 down to Year 7 so that there is a clear and coherent progression of knowledge and skills, tailored to provide optimum challenge to students of all abilities. ● To ensure that high quality enrichment activities are planned to enhance the core curriculum and provide opportunities to develop cultural capital and intellectual curiosity. ● To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum through data, observation and review of learning through books and schemes of learning. ● To keep abreast of new developments in the subject and disseminate relevant information to the team, including regular liaison with primary schools re updates to the primary Science curriculum. ● To foster the development of the team through collaboration, shared planning and subject specific CPD so that all members of the team make a valuable contribution and have opportunities to learn new knowledge and skills. ● To be outward looking and learn from other high performing departments, forming beneficial links and partnerships. ● To ensure that students’ work is regularly assessed, progress monitored, underachievers promptly identified and effective intervention implemented to close gaps. ● To liaise effectively with other teams within the school (Inclusion, Pastoral, other Faculties) to ensure that students are supported and enabled to achieve excellent outcomes. ● To ensure that school assessment structures (DPR) have optimal impact on student learning and progress and that data led, precision teaching closes knowledge and skills gaps for students. ● To regularly review, compare and standardise assessments so that they are rigorously testing the key areas of knowledge and understanding expected at each stage of Science learning.