BELFAST ROYAL ACADEMY
Full-time Temporary (Maternity Leave) Teacher of
Biology and Health and Social Care
General Information
The Belfast Royal Academy was founded in 1785 and is the oldest school in the city. Originally
situated near St. Anne’s Cathedral in what is now Academy Street, it was transferred to the
Cliftonville Road in 1880, when the present building was erected. For more than a century the
school was named Belfast Academy. In 1888 Queen Victoria granted permission for the school
to style itself the Belfast Royal Academy.
Belfast Royal Academy is a voluntary grammar school of some 1400 pupils, with a further 130
pupils in the preparatory department. Its management is vested in a Board of Governors on
which parents and teachers are represented, along with Governors elected by Members of the
Academy and nominees of the Minister of Education.
Seven members of staff, including the Head of Department, are responsible for the teaching of
Biology throughout the school and in addition, some members of staff help in the delivery of a
number of other subjects at the Academy.
Key stage 3 pupils are allocated 2 periods of Biology per fortnight (each period is 1 hour).
At GCSE, pupils follow the CCEA specification for Higher Tier Biology and at AS/A2 the CCEA
Biology specification is also followed.
Biology is taught in the modern purpose-built Bruce building, which houses five specialist
laboratories and one dry laboratory. Each lab is equipped with the latest computing, dataprojection and audio-visual technology.
Health and Social Care is a new subject at Advanced Level with first teaching from September
2015.
A willingness to contribute to the extra-curricular life of the school is essential.
A completed application form should be sent to the Principal’s Secretary, Belfast Royal
Academy, 3 – 17 Cliftonville Road, Belfast, BT14 6JL, by Tuesday 31st March 2015 at 12 noon.
Late applications will not be accepted.
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BELFAST ROYAL ACADEMY
TEMPORARY (MATERNITY LEAVE) FULL-TIME TEACHER OF BIOLOGY AND
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
(1st September 2015 – 30th May 2016)
JOB DESCRIPTION
Summary of main aspects of the role:
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To teach Health and Social Care at AS level
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To teach Biology at KS3 and, if required, at GCSE level
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To teach, if required, Chemistry at GCSE level and Physics at KS3
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To carry out the role of Class Tutor
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To maintain high levels of discipline
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To work with other members of the Biology department to develop the
schemes of work and to ensure that the curricula for Biology and Health and
Social Care are delivered.
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To carry out such administrative and other tasks within the Biology
department as are considered appropriate by the Head of Department or the
Headmaster.
PERSONNEL SPECIFICATION
Essential
1.1
A 1st or Upper 2nd Class Honours Degree in Biology or a related subject.
1.2
Recognition as a qualified teacher by the General Teaching Council (NI) or an
equivalent qualification pending as part of a Post-Graduate Certificate in
Education.
1.3.
Experience teaching science to GCSE.
1.4.
Evidence of a high standard in written communication.
1.5
Evidence of ability to contribute to the extra-curricular life of the school.
1.6
Energy, enthusiasm and the ability to cope effectively with the demands of the
post.
Desirable
2.1
A 1st class Honours Degree in Biology or a related subject.
2.2
Experience teaching Health and Social Care to Advanced Level.
2.3
Experience teaching Biology and/or Chemistry to GCSE.
The School reserves the right to enhance the criteria for the purposes of short-listing.