Director of Science

The Chalk Hills Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0NE

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September

• Closing date

  5 March 2026 at 7am

• Date listed

  13 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £65,297.00 - £71,998.00 Annually (Actual) A Leadership £65,297-£71,998

Director of Science job summary

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.

Director of Science

We have an exciting leadership opportunity at The Chalk Hills Academy, Director of Science you will be joining a large, flourishing and thriving Science Faculty. At our academy, we are immensely proud of the unrivalled education experience offered, we have state of the art facilities throughout our Science Labs, fit for all your teaching needs. At The Chalk Hills Academy you will benefit from a forward-thinking and supportive leadership as well as an encouraging and enthusiastic staff body with enterprising students. As a result of implementing renewed Teaching & Learning framework since September 2023, The Chalk Hills Academy has seen accelerated and rapid improvement to the school and classroom culture. We are now looking for a Director of Science who is aligned with our educational vision and can lead the Science Faulty to achieve excellence outcomes.

At Chalk Hills, we are in the process of defining what effective and excellent teaching looks like via an Explicit Direct Instruction lesson framework: an evidence-informed compilation of best teaching practices. We want to focus on a small number of things based on our framework and work to the master then in our practice. We have called these our ‘teacher 10’: 10 Explicit Direct Instruction plays designed as a simple walk-through of how to execute specific classroom practices that will improve our teaching.

We welcome and encourage school tours for this role for you to ensure that you are aligned to our explicit approaches.

As a Teaching Trust, we offer exceptional teacher training and high-quality professional development programmes catered to your needs. Consequently, we have many success stories of driven and ambitious teachers that join us and have been given excellent CPD and developmental opportunities that has allowed them to climb the career ladder. Therefore, if you do not currently hold the NPQSL, we will support you in gaining this accreditation.

… If you want to lead and develop in a fast paced, dynamic and successful Academy, come and join us at The Chalk Hills Academy!

The successful candidate will

A Teacher of your own specialism teaching KS3 KS4 and KS5.

Ability to teach all science subjects at KS3 and KS4.

To support other Leaders within the school.

To have responsibility for planning, delivery, and assessment of learning activities for Science across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.

To ensure student achievement is at least in line with expectations.

To be accountable for progress and achievement of students.

To implement school policies and procedures as appropriate in day-to-day activities.

Job specifics

Start date Following notice or September 2024

Salary Leadership AL10-14 £65,297-£71,998 dependent on experience

Job Role Full time, Permanent

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Advantage Schools is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.

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 The Chalk Hills Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1614 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Chalk Hills Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-chalk-hills-academy

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