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Director of Learning - Science
Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BZ32 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership scale commensurate with experience + London Fringe Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet has a rare and truly exciting opportunity to appoint an exceptional candidate to join and lead our science department. We are looking for a Director of Learning - Science to join us in September 2026 and warmly welcome applications from experienced teachers who are passionate about Science and are dedicated to enabling students to make excellent progress.
We’d like to hear from candidates who are:
- An excellent leader who is passionate about learning and has strong subject knowledge within the science remit
- Collaborative, able to build strong professional relationships
- Able to motivate and inspire students and staff to achieve their full potential
- Energetic and have a can-do attitude
- Confident and has strong career aspirations
- Committed to safeguarding and the happiness and wellbeing of everyone at the Academy
- Prepared to be involved in leading co-curricular activities either within or outside of their teaching subject
What the school offers its staff
It is a fantastic time to be joining the team. You would join a hardworking and passionate team of staff, in an academy characterised by high aspirations, academic excellence and exemplary behaviour, in a school that has firm discipline and crystal clear rules (that are enforced) alongside a strong climate of care, encouragement and reward. Our parents are supportive and ambitious for their children, and our reputation in the locale has grown. The academy is an increasingly popular school in the rapidly growing Ebbsfleet Garden City community.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 826 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet website
- Email address
- joinus@latrust.org.uk
Arranging a visit to Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet
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