Head of Science
Barnhill Community High School, Hayes, UB4 9LE12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September or sooner
Closing date
22 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £37,870.00 - £56,154.00 Annually (Actual) TLR1D £17,216
Head of Science job summary
Head of Science
Location: Barnhill Community High School
Salary: MPS/UPR £37,870 to £56,154 per annum
TLR: 1d £17,216 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Start Date: September or sooner
Reporting to: Member of SLT
About Us: Barnhill is a heavily oversubscribed, high performing school that places wellbeing and quality of life at the heart of its ethos. Barnhill performs in and around the top 5% of schools in the country and was judged to be outstanding by Ofsted in February 2024. The sixth form was judged to be a very strong aspect of the school in the inspection.
Barnhill is part of Middlesex Learning Partnership, a multi-academy trust which is dedicated to providing exceptional educational opportunities for young people, fostering inclusive learning environments, and nurturing a strong sense of community. With three schools under our care—Barnhill High School, Belmore Primary, and William Byrd Primary—our mission is to ensure every child has access to outstanding facilities that inspire success.
Staff Wellbeing: We have a very well thought of staff wellbeing that focusses on allowing staff to concentrate on their work without unnecessary impediment. In addition to this there is a range of supportive measures such as marking from home, wellbeing events and staff celebrations.
The Role: Barnhill Community High School is seeking to appoint an outstanding Head of Science to provide strategic leadership and management of the Science curriculum area.
Key Responsibilities:
- To ensure an innovative, coordinated, effective and evolving Science curriculum that challenges and stimulates students of all abilities within the context of statutory and school wide requirements.
- To have overall responsibility for ensuring effective teaching and learning and a range of support strategies across the area that maximises the performance of all students.
- To be responsible for establishing and developing a creative leadership and staffing structure across the area that ensures a primary focus on effective teaching and learning and builds leadership capacity at all levels.
- To have overall responsibility for processes of quality assurance in terms of teaching and learning across the area.
- To have overall responsibility for ensuring a reflective learning culture is established across the area. Processes of quality assurance report to other members of staff as required by the Head Teacher and for the proper functioning of the post.
- To develop and implement review and monitoring processes that will inform progress and ensure effective development planning in the annual school cycle.
What We Offer:
A supportive and collaborative working environment.
Bespoke, high quality professional development of nurturing talent and growing our own.
High expectations of behaviour supported by established systems and protocols;
Accelerated career opportunities for aspirational and talented staff; many of our middle leaders have been promoted internally and we have a range of TLR and bursary posts designed to develop leadership capacity in all teachers.
Further Information:
Barnhill Community High is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
It is an offence to apply for the position if you are barred from engaging regulated activity relevant to children.
Early applications are positively encouraged and the school reserves the right to shortlist and interview earlier than advertised.
CVs will not be accepted
We accept only employment and academic references; character references and those sent from generic email addresses (e.g., Gmail or Hotmail) will not be accepted.
Please see link to the Child protection policy -
Child protection and safeguarding policy
Please note we hold the right to carry out online checks on applicants selected for interview.
Middlesex Learning Partnership is a disability confident committed employer.
Closing Date: Sunday 22nd March 2026.
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.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Barnhill Community High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1569 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Barnhill Community High School website
Barnhill Community High has an amazing record of staff development leading to rapid career progression at all levels. This school is part of the Middlesex Learning Partnership, which is at an exciting time in its development. The Trust has a strong shared sense of community and a real commitment to making a difference to the lives of young people.
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