Rapid Improvement Team - Science

Wymondham College, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9SZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  9 February 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  26 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS / UPS
• Additional allowances:

  TLR

Rapid Improvement Team - Science job summary

Location: At a Trust school with travel to other schools within the Trust required

Sapientia Education Trust

Tel: 01953 609012

• Salary - MPS to UPS plus appropriate TLR
• Permanent
• Full Time
• All Year Round 

At Sapientia Education Trust, our purpose reaches far beyond education. We inspire curiosity, nurture potential, and empower over 8,500 young people across 22 schools to flourish. Behind that success is a dedicated Education team who are looking for an exceptional teacher to join a Core Subject Rapid Improvement Team – Maths, English and Science. The team is designed to provide our secondaries with targeted, high-impact support.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to drive transformation in schools, making a tangible difference to students’ lives. Working within a motivated team to drive achievement and standards, supporting development through delivering specialist coaching. 

Do you have the skills to:

• Demonstrate you are a consistently strong practitioner with a record of securing good outcomes at KS3 and KS4.
• Demonstrate excellent subject knowledge and an ability to devise and deliver clear, well‑sequenced, high-quality lessons underpinned by a robust curriculum model.
• Use assessment and performance data effectively to diagnose learning needs and evaluate impact.
• Commit to professional growth, including engaging with trust leadership development and school improvement training.
• Build positive relationships with pupils and staff and act as a role model to secure high expectations.
• Show resilience, adaptability and the ability to thrive in a challenging school-improvement context

If you are a professional with integrity, strong attention to detail, with strong communication and analytical skills with the ability to handle sensitive situations with empathy and discretion, we would love to hear from you. 

What We Offer:

Strong commitment to professional development with strong commitment to developing your future career aspirations. 

• Sodexo benefits account and Blue Light Card with discounts from major retailers.
• 24/7 access to our employee wellbeing platform and resources.
• Local Government Pension scheme

Join a Trust that values your professionalism, supports your growth, and recognises the difference your work makes every day.

For more information and if you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact Briony Ridgewell on 01953 609012.

How to apply

A job description is available from ‘Attachments’.

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our Trust’s website to complete our online application form.

Applications will be considered on receipt and we reserve the right to close the role early.

Closing date:   9 February 2026

Interview date:   TBC

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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

The post-holder will be required to comply with the Wymondham College Code of Conduct for Staff and Volunteers. Wymondham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

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 Wymondham College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1441 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wymondham College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wymondham-college

Wymondham College is a member of the Sapientia Education Trust (SET). SET is an expanding multi-academy trust with 10 primary and 7 secondary schools. Wymondham College has over 400 staff dedicated to supporting World Class education. The College currently is one of the top State Schools in the Country and is recognised as one of the highest performing State Schools in the East of England, this is backed up by its most recent Ofsted review which rated the College as outstanding in both Education and Boarding inspections.

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