Director of Science

Caroline Chisholm School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 6TP

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April or September

• Closing date

  15 January 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  1 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £60,145.00 - £66,368.00 Annually (Actual)

Director of Science job summary

We are currently seeking a Director of Science to join our incredible team within our fully inclusive, all-through learning community. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual who has outstanding experience and/or potential. You will be expected to motivate and inspire students, staff and parents to develop and promote a culture that challenges students to achieve at the highest levels.

Our school is a dynamic and heavily oversubscribed all-through academy which, as England’s first all through state school, covers an age range from 4 to 19. The school caters for over 2100 students across our Primary phase, Secondary phase, and Sixth Form. The school has an incredibly talented and motivated staff body and a supportive, bright, and extremely well-behaved student body.

The Director of Science will lead, develop and manage the effective delivery of an outstanding curriculum, which enables the highest level of student progress and attainment. You will lead the professional community of science teachers and promote outstanding teaching and learning and a strong school culture within a nurturing and rigorous environment.

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

The staff at our school are committed to providing a safe place for all students, and a place where they can feel confident, have ambition and succeed.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Caroline Chisholm School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 18
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 2134 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Caroline Chisholm School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/caroline-chisholm-school-northampton

Caroline Chisholm is an oversubscribed, academically successful all-through school that strives to develop young people into ambitious, highly successful, happy and resilient young adults. At Caroline Chisholm School, we believe that every student is capable of becoming a high performing learner, and we are committed to achieving HPL World Class School status. We make learning enjoyable from Reception year right up to the Sixth Form, and we provide a challenging academic curriculum, coupled with a very supportive pastoral system that nurtures the strengths and talents of each individual student.

We are incredibly proud to be the UK's first all-through state school, catering to the ages of 4-19. Our all-through provision has so many benefits not only for our students, but it is in absolute privilege for myself and each of our members of staff to see our students grow and work with them through each phase to be the best learner that they can be.

Extra-curricular involvement is not considered an “add on” at our school. Engagement in sports, the arts, school trips and out of class activities allow us to build the values, attitudes and attributes such as empathy and agility and work towards our ethos of ambition, confidence and success for all.

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