Head of KS3 Science
Hailsham Academy, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1DT13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2026
Closing date
5 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
22 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) with TLR2a - £3,527
Head of KS3 Science job summary
Head of KS3 Science
Start date: April 2026
Grade / Salary: MPS/UPS/TLR2a £3,527
Contract: Permanent, full time
We are seeking an inspiring and innovative Head of Key Stage 3 Science to join our team and lead the development of engaging, high-quality science education for pupils in Years 7-9. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate teacher who has enthusiasm for scientific enquiry, curriculum design and raising standards and who is keen to make a real difference at a crucial stage in students’ learning. The successful candidate will drive excellence in teaching and learning, support colleagues, and foster a love of science that prepares all learners for success at Key Stage 4 and beyond, within a supportive school community that values professional growth and collaboration.
Benefits of working with us:
Benenden Healthcare membership at a reduced rate
Leadership development pathways
Teacher pension
Free on-site parking
Access to Blue Light Card offering discounts across various UK retailers
Free optician’s eyesight test for DSE users
Hailsham Academy is a split site, all through school serving 1,500 students in the secondary phase and approximately 300 students in the primary phase. We are situated close to Eastbourne and the south coast, just minutes from a National Park and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Our staff travel to Hailsham from a variety of locations within the southeast, including Brighton, Uckfield, Seaford, Eastbourne, Bexhill and Tunbridge Wells.
In the early part of 2018, we were approached by the Local Authority to provide a new Primary and Pre-school provision within the town. In September 2019 we opened a brand-new school approximately a mile from the Secondary site, thus extending the designation of the Trust to a 2-19 all-through school. Since our last Ofsted inspection in March 2023, there have been some important changes that have taken place across the secondary phase of the college, including changes to our leadership structure, a revised pastoral structure to ensure we are providing effective support to our students, and a renewed focus on the quality of education and curriculum implementation.
We joined MARK Education Trust in September 2025 as both Beacon Academy and Uplands Academy are based in East Sussex and, like us, the Trust believes in the importance of schools retaining their unique identity whilst working in partnership. There are many benefits that this will bring to Hailsham Academy, as these links will support us in building on excellent teaching and learning throughout the Academy and will enable us to provide further support for our students as we build capacity and make efficiencies.
Our vision is to provide the best possible education for all of our students and to be an exceptional and high-performing school, locally and nationally. We do this by relentlessly sustaining our culture that is highly aspirational and ambitious for excellence in all we do.
Our strategy for the future is rightly ambitious. We are uncompromising in our ambition and pursuing excellence at every level. We have a rigorous focus on consistent improvement and work meticulously to secure our culture of unapologetically high standards. Underpinning this is our shared belief in, and ambition for, the students of Hailsham Academy, and the experienced, loyal, highly skilled and highly effective team of staff who teach them.
For further details, please contact the Human Resources department on 01323 841468 or email job.vacancies@hccat.net. Please be advised that we do not accept curriculum vitae.
All schools within MARK Education Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to disclosure and barring service checks along with other relevant employee checks.
NB: we advise applying promptly for this post as we reserve the right to close and interview early if sufficient suitable applications have been received.
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.
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- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 18
- Education phase
- All through school
- School size
- Up to 1380 pupils
- Age range
- 2 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Hailsham Academy website
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