Director of Science
Haileybury Turnford, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 0JUThis job expired on 17 October 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January or April 2026
Closing date
17 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L9-L13
What skills and experience we're looking for
We require an inspiring Director of Science to lead our cohesive and large Science Faculty. It is an excellent opportunity for a practitioner who wishes to lead a large faculty as well as being a member of the school’s Extended Leadership Team. The successful candidate will be a biologist, chemist or physicist.
Salary: Leadership Scale including London Fringe allowance
Haileybury Turnford was rated Good by Ofsted, in all categories, in March 2022.
The successful candidate will lead our cohesive and supportive Science Faculty team as our school roll continues to grow rapidly.
What the school offers its staff
If you would like to make a real difference to our students in a very supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.
It is an exciting time to join us. When Ofsted visited in March 2022 they were very clear about the very high quality of education at Haileybury Turnford.
Haileybury Turnford is an oversubscribed six form entry, 11-19 mixed academy that opened on 1st September 2015. Our new school launched achange in aspirations, drive and standards of achievement for our students and the wider community. Our students will leave Haileybury Turnford knowing they have had the opportunities to achieve their personal best and with qualifications that will ensure they progress confidently to college, university and employment.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and wish to attract and select candidates from a wide, diverse talent pool. Haileybury Turnford is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to employments checks and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. We will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
We already have one new building which opened in September 2021 to replace English & Humanities and small Science blocks. It also includes a large new library for our students. We will have further state-of-the-art new buildings in 3 years from now, benefitting all students and staff.
Haileybury Academy Trust is an academy trust sponsored by Haileybury, the leading co-educational boarding school, and is responsible for Haileybury Turnford. The Trust sets the strategic vision for the school, ensuring the school meets the needs of its students and that there is excellence in all areas of school life, as well as financial security.
If you would like to make a real difference to our students in a very supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.
“Pupils love the fact that their school is friendly and welcoming. They say that it is a school where they can be themselves. This is because it is a very tolerant community. Pupils feel very safe. They attend regularly and promptly and take great pride in presenting and organising their work carefully.”
“Pupils know that teachers always expect them to work hard. They are grateful for this. Pupils know that they can always learn in lessons.”
“Leaders have brought improvements to many areas of the school since the previous inspection, including behaviour and the curriculum. Parents are very appreciative of the way the school has changed.”
“The school is a calm and orderly environment.” [Ofsted, March 2022]
There are excellent professional development opportunities to support your own personalised learning, and managing staff workload and wellbeing is very important for us to ensure our staff love working at Haileybury Turnford.
Haileybury Turnford is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to employments checks and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successfulapplicant will be expected to undertake a satisfactory disclosure.
We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
Haileybury Turnford is committed to being an anti-racist organisation and we encourage you to view ourBlack Lives Matter statementwhich gives clarity on our anti-racist stance.In our relentless efforts to be an anti-racist organisation, we recognise the negative impacts of under representation and lack of diversity in the education system and in all aspects of our society. Therefore, for recruitment into any post, where we have 2 or more candidates of equal merit, candidates with protected characteristics will be given advantage over candidates without such characteristics. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘tie-breaker’ and is referred to as ‘positive action’ in the Equality Act 2010.
To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fullydiverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.
If you have not heard from us within 5 working days of the closing date, please contact us to ensure we have received your application. We will acknowledge all applications. All interviews will be held face to face at school.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are 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 maybe subject to the following checks:
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
Full disclosure of any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands/warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Haileybury Turnford
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 967 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Haileybury Turnford website
- Email address
- jarvisj@haileyburyturnford.com
- Phone number
- 01992308333
Haileybury Turnford, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
We require an excellent teacher of the highest calibre to join our committed and talented team.
Our sponsor is Haileybury, the leading independent school, 7 miles north of our school (a few miles north of the M25). It has recently provided significant extra resources to make sure we keep improving quickly.
Arranging a visit to Haileybury Turnford
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jarvisj@haileyburyturnford.com.
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