Science Teacher

Northfleet Technology College, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  25 September 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  3 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual)

Science Teacher job summary

Are you a passionate about developing students understanding of Science?

Do you believe in inspiring young minds to be curious, creative & caring?

Are you looking for a school that supports long term leadership development?

Are you able to use information technology to further students learning experience?

Are you committed to ensuring all students can achieve their very best?

If you feel that you can answer ‘Yes’ to all of the above, Northfleet Technology College is the school for you! We are seeking a creative and caring practitioner to join our passionate team. We have excellent resources and a forward thinking ethos, with the aim for all students to achieve the highest standards. This is delivered from Key Stage 3 through to the International Baccalaureate at key Stage 5.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspirational teacher to join our Science Team. We are looking for a person to take on this exciting role who can demonstrate the following:

Qualified Teacher Status (with an appropriate degree or desire to train)

The ability to set high expectations for students behaviour & achievements

The capacity to work collaboratively in a team.

A secure knowledge and understanding of the subject, curriculum and pedagogy.

An enthusiasm to develop student’s skills beyond the classroom.

If you relish the opportunity to work with a diverse & exciting teaching environment, with highly motivated students and a supportive Leadership Team, then Northfleet Technology College would welcome your application. This post has safeguarding responsibilities that require you to be engaged in regulated activity and contact with children.

All positions that involve working with children are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants must therefore declare all previous convictions and cautions, including those which would normally be considered ‘spent’ except those received for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules.

Candidates applying for a vacancy will be asked to complete a Self-Disclosure form on which they will be asked to disclose any relevant convictions, court orders, reprimands, warnings, or other matters which may affect an applicant’s suitability to work with children.

In order to apply for this position, please complete and submit the NTC Application Form, CVs will not be accepted.

Appointment will be subject to satisfactory recruitment & vetting checks including 2 references. Our school and all its personnel are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. The post is subject to safeguarding checks including an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure & Barring Service and in accordance with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education (2022), NTC will undertake an online search via engines and social media platforms of publicly available information concerning all short listed candidates.

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.

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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.

About Northfleet Technology College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 963 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northfleet Technology College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northfleet-technology-college

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