12 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    22 June 2026 at 3pm

  • Date listed

    10 June 2026

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Job details

Job role

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subjects

Biology, Chemistry, Physics

Working pattern

Part time: 0.6FTE, 3 Days out of 5.

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£32,916 - £51,048

What skills and experience we're looking for

Required ideally from September 2026 or January 2027 – a highly competent Teacher of Science

A rare opportunity has arisen to join our strong and high achieving Science department. This post provides an excellent opportunity for ambitious ECTs committed to becoming outstanding teachers or colleagues seeking to further their experience in a very good school. The successful candidate will teach science to Key Stage 3 and GCSE and a separate science subject at A level.


What the school offers its staff

Our students make our school special; they are enthusiastic, talented and motivated to do well. We want the best for them and are looking to appoint a colleague who will add significant value to our school and support us in the drive to become truly outstanding.

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.
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This post is open for a September 2026 or January 2027 start date.

Commitment to safeguarding

Pele Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced DBS and a range of other recruitment checks.

In accordance with Department for Education’s Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, as part of the recruitment process we will undertake an online search of publicly available information of shortlisted candidates. This search will be undertaken by someone who is not part of the decision making process, and after the shortlisting stage, any relevant incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, may be explored at interview.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Ponteland High School

School type
Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1543 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Ponteland High School website
Email address
c.barker@ponthigh.org.uk
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Welcome to Ponteland High School: our overriding aim is to build a school where all of our students are happy, feel safe and achieve exceptionally well.

We are delighted to have converted to an 11-18 secondary school in September 2019 and moved into our state of the art building in November 2020. We know that our students benefit greatly from being within our school from Year 7 and this will support them, in achieving exceptionally well as they progress to GCSE and beyond.

Arranging a visit to Ponteland High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email c.barker@ponthigh.org.uk.

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