Science Lead Teacher
Valence School, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP or Summer term
Closing date
4 January 2026 at 10:59pm
Date listed
20 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £42,185.00 - £60,277.00 Annually (FTE) MPR/UPR (Fringe) + TLR2 + SEN1 Allowance
Science Lead Teacher job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Science Lead Teacher to join our dedicated teaching team and drive an engaging, inspiring and fully inclusive science curriculum across our school. This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced science teacher with curriculum leadership experience in leading curriculum or an ambitious teacher ready to step into a new and rewarding challenge.
In this pivotal role as Science Lead Teacher, you will make a tangible difference to the lives of our students. You will teach and shape high-quality teaching and learning for secondary and post-16 students, delivering across two of our learning pathways to meet a diverse range of needs in a fully accessible laboratory. You will play an active role in the wider school community, working collaboratively to meet students’ individual needs and help them achieve their full potential with the aim to ensure our students leave us confident, curious and motivated to understand the world around them.
In this role you will
- lead the teaching, planning and delivery of an inspirational and accessible whole-school science curriculum
- oversee standards, progression and outcomes for all students in science
- monitor student progress and ensure timely, impactful support for learners
- work collaboratively with the Education Leadership Team (ELT) to develop and embed a robust moderation, evaluation and review process for science
- uphold safeguarding responsibilities and promote the welfare of children and young people in line with school policies and statutory guidance.
This is a fantastic chance to make a meaningful impact on a growing and evolving curriculum area while benefiting from a supportive and collaborative staff team and opportunities for leadership development. Students at Valence behave impeccably, are highly motivated and thrive on teaching that challenges and excites them.
What we offer
- excellent CPD and paid training opportunities
- generous pension scheme with life cover
- access to retail discounts, health and wellbeing support
- staff well-being sessions and events
- free on-site parking and refreshments
This post is suitable for both experience teachers looking to add an additional dimension to their practice, or an ambitious teacher looking to take on a new challenge. Previous experience of teaching SEND would be an advantage but not essential. Visits to the school are encouraged - please contact us to arrange.
Valence School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We value diversity and promote equality for all. References will be taken up before interview and online checks undertaken for shortlisted candidates. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check (this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act).
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 Valence School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 132 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Valence School website
We are proud to share with you the excellent work we do with children and young people who have physical disabilities and complex medical needs. Our school is unique within the maintained sector in the whole of southern England. We cater for students aged 4 to 19 and have both day and boarding places. We have a large site with high quality teaching, social care and health care facilities. A staff team of over 200 people provides specialist teaching, social care, therapies and nursing care to an exceptionally high standard.
Our overall aim is to enable every child and young person to achieve meaningful independence. Students flourish in a supportive but challenging environment, making good educational progress and achieving a range of accreditation as they get older. There is excellent support to enable students to achieve functional communication, mobility and skills for daily living.
We are a Foundation Special School and are part of the Kent SEN Trust, a cooperative trust of ten schools working together to improve outcomes for all the children and young people attending the schools. In 2008 Valence became a specialist Sports College and this status plays a significant role in raising students’ achievements and their participation in high quality physical education and sport.
The School works proactively with parents and external professionals to provide holistic support for every child and young person. It is also developing high quality outreach support services to local schools and more widely for children and young people in Kent who have physical disabilities who are attending mainstream schools.
The School always places children and young people at the centre of all decisions it takes and it has a relentless focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for every student.
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