Science Teacher
The Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3LX17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Autumn Term 2026
Closing date
1 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
14 April 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: This role is open to full and part time hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and dedicated Science Teacher to join our thriving Science Department and Dorset’s top performing school. This is more than just a jobit isa chance to shape young minds, spark curiosity, and ignite a lifelong love of science.
Our students are motivated, hardworking, and ambitious. This role would suit either an experienced teacher or an Early Career Teacher, with excellent support available within the department to ensure success and professional growth.
Are you someone who:
- Has excellent organisational skills.
- Can inspire a love of science through engaging teaching approaches that build confidence.
- Is an excellent classroom practitioner with the skills required to motivate students to achieve excellent progress.
- Has the ability to enthuse and engage students of all abilities in lessons.
- Has the ability to plan and engage students in highly effective learning.
If so, we would love to hear from you.
Come and be part of a school where every child is supported to be the very best they can be and staff are equally supported both professionally and personally.
What the school offers its staff
We take pride in looking after our staff. We know that happy, healthy teachers are at their best, which is why we place wellbeing at the heart of what we do. Our comprehensive wellbeing programme and commitment to a sustainable work–life balance ensure staff have the time, energy, and space to enjoy the activities that make life fulfilling.
At Woodroffe, you will also benefit from high-quality professional development, with clear pathways for career progression and opportunities for promotion within the school.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About The Woodroffe School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 978 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Woodroffe School website
- Email address
- rrattenbury@woodroffe.dorset.sch.uk
The Woodroffe School is a vibrant and rewarding place to work, where dedicated professionals share a deep commitment to high-quality teaching and learning, and where students flourish both in and beyond the classroom.
As an 11–18 Local Authority maintained secondary school, we are proud to uphold a strong culture of teacher professionalism and autonomy. We believe that, in order to genuinely meet students’ needs, teachers must be empowered to drive curriculum planning and classroom practice; centrally imposed, one-size-fits-all approaches simply do not work.
Our aim is to develop the whole child. Built on rigorous academic foundations and enriched by a wide-ranging extracurricular programme, our curriculum supports students to succeed not only academically, but also as confident, thoughtful, and engaged members of society.
Arranging a visit to The Woodroffe School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rrattenbury@woodroffe.dorset.sch.uk.
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