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Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3EF

49 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September

• Closing date

  4 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 July 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (144)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time: Zero hours contract As needed/required by the school. There is not commitment from the school to offer a minimum number of hours per annum
• Contract type: Casual
• Hourly rate: £28.49 per hour (Qualified)

What skills and experience we're looking for

-Qualified Teacher Status

-Experience in working in a secondary school
-A passion for teaching
-A strong academic background and subject knowledge
-An excellent classroom practitioner
-An understanding of the needs of pupils across theability range
-A teacher who can inspire and enthuse pupils and whouses a range of teaching and learning strategies foreffective delivery
-An understanding of how to assess pupil progress
-An awareness of ways to raise pupil attainment
-A commitment to safeguarding and the welfare ofstudents

What the school offers its staff

-Family-friendly policies
-Attractive salary and pension
-Generous annual leave entitlement/term timeonly working options
-Free one-to-one wellbeing support with aqualified psychotherapist and coach
-Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
-Free/discounted access to the school’s onsiteGym (conditions apply)
-Cycle to work scheme
-Techscheme – save money on the latest techfrom Apple and Currys PC World
-Staff social events
-Onsite catering (8.00am - 1.30pm daily).

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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About Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1846 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre website
• Email address: recruitment@bournside.com
• Phone number: 01242235555
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheltenham-bournside-school-and-sixth-form-centre-cheltenham

Bournside is the largest comprehensive 11-18 school in Gloucestershire. We are an established single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in the community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their
post-16 study.

Bournside is a mixed, non-denominational academy school for students aged 11 to 18. It is located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It settled in its current location of Warden Hill in the early part of the 1970s and converted to academy status in 2011.

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