Chemistry Teacher
The Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3LX22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Negotiable
Closing date
15 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
23 April 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Chemistry
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: We would accept full time and part time applications.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Chemistry Teacher (KS3–KS5, including A Level)
We are seeking to appoint a passionate and ambitious Chemistry Teacher to join our high-performing Science Department in Dorset’s top-performing school.
This is an exciting opportunity to teach across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5, including A Level, within a supportive and forward thinking team, committed to academic excellence and high-quality teaching.
Our students are motivated, hardworking, and keen to succeed, creating a positive and purposeful learning environment. The successful candidate will be an excellent classroom practitioner with strong subject knowledge and a commitment to inspiring a love of science.
We welcome applications from both experienced teachers and Early Career Teachers. A comprehensive programme of support, mentoring, and professional development is in place to ensure all staff thrive.
We offer a competitive package, including attractive relocation and recruitment incentives for the successful candidate.
Join us and be part of a school where staff are valued, supported, and inspired to achieve their best.
What the school offers its staff
Information about the school
The Woodroffe School is a vibrant and rewarding place to work, where dedicated professionals share a deep commitment to high-quality teaching and learning, and where students flourish both in and beyond the classroom.
As an 11–18 Local Authority maintained secondary school, we are proud to uphold a strong culture of teacher professionalism and autonomy. We believe that, in order to genuinely meet students’ needs, teachers must be empowered to drive curriculum planning and classroom practice; centrally imposed, one-size-fits-all approaches simply do not work.
Our aim is to develop the whole child. Built on rigorous academic foundations and enriched by a wide-ranging extracurricular programme, our curriculum supports students to succeed not only academically, but also as confident, thoughtful, and engaged members of society.
We are one of only 34 Maths Hub schools in the country.
Working for The Woodroffe School
We take pride in looking after our staff. We know that happy, healthy teachers are at their best, which is why we place wellbeing at the heart of what we do. Our comprehensive wellbeing programme and commitment to a sustainable work–life balance ensure staff have the time, energy, and space to enjoy the activities that make living in this spectacular coastal location fulfilling.
At Woodroffe, you will also benefit from high-quality professional development, with clear pathways for career progression and opportunities for promotion within the school.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Apply for this jobAbout The Woodroffe School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 978 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Woodroffe School website
- Email address
- rrattenbury@woodroffe.dorset.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01297 442232
The Woodroffe School is a vibrant and rewarding place to work, where dedicated professionals share a deep commitment to high-quality teaching and learning, and where students flourish both in and beyond the classroom.
As an 11–18 Local Authority maintained secondary school, we are proud to uphold a strong culture of teacher professionalism and autonomy. We believe that, in order to genuinely meet students’ needs, teachers must be empowered to drive curriculum planning and classroom practice; centrally imposed, one-size-fits-all approaches simply do not work.
Our aim is to develop the whole child. Built on rigorous academic foundations and enriched by a wide-ranging extracurricular programme, our curriculum supports students to succeed not only academically, but also as confident, thoughtful, and engaged members of society.
Arranging a visit to The Woodroffe School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rrattenbury@woodroffe.dorset.sch.uk.
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