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  • Start date details

    July (ECTs) or September 2025

  • Closing date

    24 April 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    4 April 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Chemistry

Working pattern

Full time: Permanent, Full Time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Inner London Pay Scale, MPS/UPS (£36,745 to £56,959)

What skills and experience we're looking for

CHEMISTRY 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 Chemistry 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 (155 entries); Chemistry: 9-7: 100% and 9-5: 100%

-A Level: Chemistry (31 entries): A*-A: 35%, A*-B: 74%, A*-C: 90%, A*-E: 100%

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:

  • New modern, light and airy building
  • Outstanding facilities
  • Excellent student behaviour freeing up teachers to teach for the duration of each lesson
  • Support for training and development
  • Commitment to staff wellbeing including annual staff wellbeing day
  • Excellent public transport links
  • Free onsite parking
  • Safe and secure cycle storage
  • Free use of the school gym
  • Free use of the school swimming pool
  • Free lunches for staff
  • Pastries on a Friday morning
  • Childcare voucher scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Regular staff social events

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. DBS check required.

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About The St Thomas the Apostle College

School type
Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1111 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
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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