Biology Teacher
The St Thomas the Apostle College, London, SE15 2EBThis job expired on 19 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
July (ECTs) or September 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Biology, Science
Working pattern
- Full time: FULL TIME
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Inner London Pay Scale, MPS/UPS (£38,766 to £60,092)
What skills and experience we're looking for
BIOLOGY TEACHER JOB
- Salary: Inner London Pay Scale, MPS/UPS (£38,766 to £60,092)
- Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
- To Start: July (ECTs) or September 2025
- Location: Hollydale Rd, London, SE15 2EB, London Borough of Southwark
We are looking to appoint a motivated and inspirational Biology Teacher to join our team of outstanding staff in this key curriculum area. This position is open to experienced teachers and ECTs. In 2024, the outcomes for the department were:
-GCSE (25 entries) Biology: 9-7: 100% and 9-5: 100%
-A Level Biology (34 entries): A*-A: 38%, A*-B: 68%
St Thomas the Apostle school is a 11-18 Catholic boys’ school with a co-educational Sixth Form in Nunhead, South East London. We are an outstanding school, 2017 TES Secondary School of the Year winners, and our Progress 8 score places us as 10th best school in the country. We pride ourselves on our high expectations of all learners. This creates a calm learning environment where teachers can teach and students can learn.
This post offers you the opportunity to develop your teaching within an outstanding setting. We offer a highly supportive environment and are committed to ensuring outstanding teaching, behaviour, and achievement.
With our expanding Sixth Form and our desire and drive to continue moving forward, this is an exciting time for you to join our team.
We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is passionate about their subject to join our team of highly skilled staff delivering outstanding lessons to our exceptional students.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working at St Thomas the Apostle:
- Private health care programme for ALL staff.
- Two staff well-being days per full academic year.
- Loyalty service payments.
- Excellent record of staff development with opportunities for career advancement.
- Annual travel loans for season tickets.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Free use of school gym.
- Free use of school swimming pool.
- Regular staff social events.
- Excellent public transport links.
- Free onsite parking.
- Working at one of the highest performing schools in the country. Nationally recognised OUTSTANDING with extremely high levels of pupil engagement and impeccable behaviour.
- Outstanding facilities.
- Generous staff loadings and lower than average pupil to staff ratios.
- New, modern, light and airy building.
- Safe and secure cycle storage.
- Pastries on a Friday morning.
Further details about the role
How to apply
To apply, please request an application form from Ellie or Francisca atstac@hays.comor call them on 0207 259 8770 for more information. Your application is a direct permanent application to our school (not through agency), Hays is our recruitment partner for all permanent appointments.
- Closing Date: Immediate, no later than 5 pm noon on Monday 19th May 2025.
- Interview Date: to be confirmed.
Please visit our websitewww.stac.uk.comfor more information.
Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for interview. St Thomas the Apostle reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated deadline.
Our school is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Enhanced DBS check required. Additional pre-employment checks will also be carried out including online/social media checks and satisfactory references.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. DBS check required.
About The St Thomas the Apostle College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1101 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The St Thomas the Apostle College website
- Email address
- stac@hays.com
- Phone number
- 02072598770
St Thomas the Apostle school is a 11-18 Catholic boys’ school with a co-educational Sixth Form in South London. We are an outstanding school and 2017 TES Secondary School of the Year winners. We pride ourselves on our high expectations of all learners. This creates a calm learning environment where teachers can teach and students can learn.
Arranging a visit to The St Thomas the Apostle College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email stac@hays.com.
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