Head of Key Stage 3 Science

All Saints Academy Dunstable, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 5AB

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  30 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS + TLR2c (£7,251 per annum)

Head of Key Stage 3 Science job summary

Head of KS3 Science

Salary: MPS/UPS + TLR2c (£7,251 per annum)

Start date: September 2025

We are seeking to appoint a Head of KS3 Science who is highly motivated and talented to join our highly successful Science Department. You will be an outstanding classroom practitioner with a real passion for your subject, conscientious and self-motivated. This role is suited for an experienced teacher who has excellent subject knowledge and is honest about their own developmental needs. The successful candidate will have proven teaching experience and a track record of leading pupils to achieve exceptional results.

All Saints Academy is a fantastic school in which to work, with exemplary relationships at all levels. Our most recent Ofsted in November 2024 has judged that Personal Development is Outstanding, and Behaviour, Sixth Form and Leadership are all Good. We now need to ensure that all areas of Academy life become Outstanding. We are highly ambitious for everyone and fundamentally believe students should not have ceilings placed on their ability. We welcome teachers and associate staff who believe in having the highest academic expectations for all our students. Benefits of working at the Academy include access to training and support, free on-site car parking, free access to the gym, family-friendly leave of absence policies, 24 hour access to the employee assistance programme, regular staff well-being initiatives and weekly PPA time worked from home.

All Saints Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other relevant employment checks, including online search, overseas criminal backgrounds checks (where applicable) and all other pre-employment checks as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2024). All employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Timeline for recruitment process

Closing date for applications: 30th April 2025 at 9am

Interviews: As soon as possible

Start date: September 2025

The Academy reserves the right to close the advert earlier than the given closing date.

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

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About All Saints Academy Dunstable

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 643 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: All Saints Academy Dunstable website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/all-saints-academy-dunstable

All Saints Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. All Saints educates 11 -16 year olds, as well as mainly from the town of Dunstable and some surrounding villages. In addition, the school offers further education for 16-18 year olds through its Sixth Form department.

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