Regional Lead Practitioner for Science (Cambridgeshire)
St Ivo Academy, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6RR26 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
10 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £70,407.00 - £77,554.00 Annually (Actual) LP11 - LP15
Regional Lead Practitioner for Science (Cambridgeshire) job summary
Join Our Team as a Regional Lead Practitioner for Science at Astrea Academy Trust!
Are you an outstanding teacher who wants your expertise to be recognised without moving into senior leadership or stepping away from the classroom? This role offers the opportunity to develop your career, increase your impact and continue teaching the subject you love, and remain working directly with children.
If yes, then we might just have the role for you as a Regional Lead Practitioner for Science to support our Cambridgeshire Secondary Schools.
About the Role:
We are building an exceptional team of enthusiastic and highly skilled Regional Lead Practitioners, committed to driving excellence and transformative change in our schools. If you have a deep passion for Science, a proven track record of delivering impact and outstanding results, and the expertise to break down barriers to success, empowering scholars and driving social mobility, this could be the role for you.
As a Regional Lead Practitioner, you will teach consistently excellent lessons aligned with our Trust-wide approach of delivering a knowledge-rich curriculum through explicit instruction (inspired by Rosenshein and Lemov). You will work alongside our Secondary Education Team, benefiting from the guidance of leading subject and educational experts who will provide unmatched support, constructive feedback, and meaningful opportunities for growth.
If you are interested in this role we would strongly recommend you reach out and arrange an informal conversation with one of the team or arrange to meet on site at one of our schools and see the work in action.
Key Responsibilities:
- Raise achievement in KS4 Science by teaching excellent lessons, delivering impactful specialist support, and cultivating a scholarly culture.
- Support the design and implementation of an exceptional KS4 curriculum.
- Provide subject-specific curriculum expertise to the wider Astrea Secondary Curriculum Team.
- Lead on the improvement of scholar outcomes in your subject and drive forward the improvement of teaching standards.
Accountable for:
- High-quality leadership of projects and delivering on agreed targets.
- Securing exceptional scholar outcomes across the Trust schools.
- Providing high-quality support in the specified subject area, and liaising with other Regional Lead Practitioners, National Subject Leads, and Heads of Department to develop curriculum plans, resources, and policies.
As a Teacher:
- Follow programmes of work, schemes of learning, and exam specifications.
- Take part in the review, development, and management of activities relating to the curriculum, organisation, and pastoral functions of the school.
- Ensure the effective/efficient deployment of classroom (TA) support.
Please note that the above lists are not exhaustive, and further information can be found within the Job Description attached.
Why Join Us?
At Astrea Academy Trust, we are committed to providing an inclusive, aspirational and academically rigorous education for every scholar. We believe that all young people deserve access to powerful knowledge within a culture that is warm, disciplined and joyful.
Our values-driven approach creates calm, purposeful classrooms where impeccable behaviour allows teachers to focus on teaching and scholars to focus on learning. This commitment is delivering real results. This summer, Astrea achieved its strongest outcomes to date, with all secondary schools performing above the national average across key measures, including Basics 4+, 5+ and 7+, as well as EBacc attainment. We have also seen significant improvements for disadvantaged scholars, who are now achieving above national averages across a range of measures.
These achievements reflect the dedication and expertise of our colleagues across the Trust. While we are proud of how far we have come, we remain ambitious about what comes next. This is an exciting time to join Astrea as we continue to raise standards, improve outcomes and transform the life chances of the scholars we serve.
Interested in Applying?
If you are interested in working with us, we would strongly encourage you to attend our upcoming event: Teaching at Astrea: Bringing Booklets to Life - 6pm - 7.30pm on the 30 September at St Ivo Academy, St Ives, Cambs. For further information or to confirm your attendance please d so via the Astrea website - Astrea Academy Trust or alternatively, email recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org
The session will provide practical professional development on using booklets effectively in the classroom, as well as an opportunity to meet the team, understand our approach to teaching and learning, and find out more about working in our academies.
Attending an event is the best way to get to know us. If you are unable to attend, please contact us to arrange an informal conversation
Completing your application:
We’re looking for individuals who can make a genuine impact so do share your achievements in disrupting disadvantage and please use your supporting statement to show how you have disrupted disadvantage in your current role. Share clear data that evidences your impact and explain the specific interventions you used to remove barriers for disadvantaged students. Highlight your strongest achievements by telling us exactly what difference you made, and how you made it.
Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
Flexible Interview Dates:
Please note that interview dates are flexible to accommodate your schedule. We reserve the right to close this position early if we receive a high volume of candidates, so do not delay, apply today.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post would be subject to an Enhanced Child Workforce DBS check with Barred List, satisfactory medical and employment references.
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 St Ivo Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1378 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- St Ivo Academy website
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to St Ivo Academy. We are an inclusive 11-18 academy which for the last 60 years has been privileged to serve the community of St Ives and its surrounding area.
Our vision for St Ivo Academy is:
We believe that all students, regardless of their starting point, should be guided and supported to develop the academic, social and moral understanding and behaviours to be successful and happy in their future.
As a community of students, staff and parents/carers we are respectful, polite and courteous to each other in all that we do.
The values we hold as being central to this are:
Respect
Resilience
Our ethos is, very simply:
Work hard, be kind
We believe that St Ivo Academy offers a unique mix of academic success and care for the individual. It is a great place to learn and to work. We are very proud of a school which is constantly evolving and adapting to provide the best education for the young people of St Ives.
You will find key information about the school on this site or for more regular updates use our Facebook, Instagram or Twitter accounts. You are, of course, very welcome to arrange a visit to see for yourself what St Ivo Academy has to offer.
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