About the company

Lady Eleanor Holles International School has been founded to provide students in Foshan and the rest of Guangdong province with the opportunity to experience a British curriculum, learning style and environment, combining high academic standards with a wide range of extra-curricular activities. The school will be a dynamic, inspirational and joyful learning community where boys and girls enjoy working in a creative and collaborative environment.

State of the art classroom and extra-curricular facilities, combined with carefully designed boarding facilities, will attract students from Foshan, Guangdong Province and Southern China. When full, Lady Eleanor Holles International School Foshan (LEHF) will educate 850 students from age 6 to 18.

The School, opened in September 2021, is a joint venture with Trumptech, a leading provider of education services in China and Hong Kong, and Lady Eleanor Holles School, one of England’s oldest and most successful girls’ schools.

Following the tradition of our sister school in the UK, LEHF is a place of opportunity, challenge and friendship; a place for students and staff to take risks and become bold; a place to discover passions and talents; a place that nurtures remarkable people. Our goal is that LEHF students become expert learners, unafraid to tackle new and challenging ideas, prepared to take risks, and able to learn from failure.

We encourage our students to:

· be exactly who they are, whatever their current interests or future aspirations.

· benefit from the warmth, respect, and support of the entire School community as they stretch themselves to become their best, most confident selves, as students, and as citizens of the world.

·  have the freedom to experiment, express opinions, explore and take on new challenges.

·  be supported by strong role models and inspired by their peers.

·  find confidence and strength and, acquire and build the skills they need to succeed throughout their lives.

Job description

Job Description
The Head of Science Faculty will:

Strategic Leadership and Development of Science:

• Develop and articulate a clear, ambitious vision and strategic direction for the Science Department, aligned with the school's mission, ethos, and development plan.
• Lead the regular review, analysis, and updating of departmental Programmes of Study, Schemes of Work, and assessment practices to ensure a challenging, coherent, and contemporary science curriculum.
• Draft, implement, and monitor a departmental development plan, contributing effectively to the overall School Development Plan.
•Maintain an active critical interest in educational research, scientific advancements, and best practices in science pedagogy, promoting discussion, innovation, and professional development within the team.
•Ensure the department operates safely, effectively, and imaginatively, fostering a love of science and inquiry among students.
•Champion and embed strategies for promoting English language proficiency for ELL students within science lessons, in collaboration with the ELL teaching team.
•Contribute to whole-school policy development and decision-making as a key middle leader.

Leading Learning, Teaching, and Student Progress:

• Place students’ learning, progress, and welfare at the centre of all departmental practice and decision-making.
• Model excellent, inspiring, and innovative classroom practice, teaching.
• Establish and maintain high expectations for teaching quality and student achievement across all science disciplines (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Physics).
• Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective systems for assessment (formative and summative) and data tracking to monitor student progress, identify underachievement, and implement timely and sustainable intervention strategies.
• Ensure all students, including those with ELL needs and SEND, make excellent progress.
• Coordinate the preparation and marking of internal assessments and admissions tests, ensuring alignment with external examination standards where appropriate.
• Select, in consultation with the Head of Academics and Headteacher, suitable examination boards that align with the school's values and curriculum goals.
• Oversee and promote engaging extracurricular activities (ECAs) in Science, encouraging broad student participation.
• By shift, attend evening school to supervise students’ study and ensure their safety and security.)

Staff Leadership, Management, and Development:

• Foster a positive, collaborative, and supportive culture within the Science Department, promoting continuous professional development and reflective practice.
• Act as a role model of effective, ethical, and sustainable leadership.
• Lead and manage science staff effectively, including:
• Conducting performance management/appraisals in line with school policy, acting as Performance Manager or first advisor.
• Observing classroom performance (formally and informally) and providing constructive feedback.
• Monitoring lesson planning, assessment, marking, and data recording.
• Ensuring departmental staff meet deadlines for reporting and other administrative tasks.
• Actively seek to grow and develop the team through effective delegation, mentoring, coaching, and identifying training needs.
• Work alongside school leaders to develop the capacity of colleagues, plan for succession, and contribute to building a happy, healthy, and professional school community.
• Play a key role in the recruitment, selection, and induction of new science staff.
• Allocate staff to teaching groups fairly and effectively, in consultation with the Head of Academics.

Operational Management, Resources, and Health & Safety:

• Manage the departmental budget effectively, overseeing the ordering of books, equipment, and consumables in accordance with school policies.
• Ensure an up-to-date inventory of departmental resources is maintained and that all resources (including books, equipment, and ICT hardware) are well-maintained, organized, and used effectively and safely.
• Be responsible for and champion the highest standards of Health and Safety within all science laboratories, prep rooms, and during practical activities.
• Ensure appropriate work is set during periods of cover for unforeseen staff absence.
• Lead regular and productive departmental meetings (including agenda setting, minute-taking, and follow-up on action points).
• Ensure departmental information for curriculum booklets, the school website, yearbook, and other publications is accurate and updated as required.

Communication, Reporting, and External Engagement:

• Attend and contribute actively to Heads of Faculty meetings and other relevant school meetings.
• Liaise constructively and proactively with the parental community to communicate the vision, goals, and developments of the Science Department and address any concerns.
• Submit internal examination and assessment results to the Head of Academics in a timely manner.
• Report annually to the Headteacher on the department’s performance, including academic results, staffing, resources, and targets for the year ahead.
• Collaborate effectively with the Marketing and Admissions teams to support student recruitment, school promotion, and related activities.
• Seek opportunities to build partnerships with external organizations (e.g., universities, industry, scientific bodies) to enrich the science provision and promote STEM.
• Undertake any other ad hoc tasks as reasonably required by the Headteacher or Head of Academics.

Skills & experience

Essential:
- A commitment to working collegially combined with the vision and courage to develop a school from the very beginning
- A strong academic background and a good degree in Science/Biology/Physics or other closely related subject
- A teaching qualification eg PGCE and QTS and at least 2 years’ experience post QTS
- Experience of teaching to a high level, including Advanced Level
- Excellent teaching, communication and interpersonal skills
- A commitment to personal professional development
- A willingness to participate in the programme of extracurricular activities, fixtures and trips
- Active support of the pastoral system, including pastoral tutoring and the boarding house system
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Active support of the ethos and aims of the school
- Committed to the safeguarding and well-being of children and young people

Desirable

- A proven track record of leadership
- International experience
- Experience teaching students whose first language is not English
- Contribution to staff professional development, leadership capacity and succession planning