Science Teacher (Trust SLE)

The Deanes, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2TD

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  11 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  15 September 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: Salary Dependant on Experience
• Additional allowances:

  Salary Dependant on Experience

Science Teacher (Trust SLE) job summary

Think you can spot great teaching at 100 paces?

We’re looking for a Science teacher at The Deanes - and maybe more.

If you’re an experienced science teacher ready for a new challenge, we’ve got something special for you. Alongside your role at The Deanes, you could spend one day a week as a SEEAT Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) for Science.

We’re after someone who loves the classroom, thrives on making learning stick, and knows how to spark curiosity in young minds. If you believe great teaching changes lives, we want to hear from you. This isn’t a role for spectators. We want someone who rolls up their sleeves, gets stuck in, and makes people feel both supported and challenged.

As an SLE, you’ll work across our schools with senior leaders and teachers to:

• Drive improvement
• Share what works
• Build a culture where everyone keeps getting better

What you’ll need:

• A strong track record of making real improvements in your own school(s)
• A willingness to try, reflect, refine, and try again - and get others to do the same
• Excellent people skills
• The flexibility to go with the flow - school improvement can be messy

For more information, including information about our school and the job description/person specification for the role, please click here to view our Recruitment Pack.

The Deanes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All postholders working in our schools will be considered to work in Regulated Activity and will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance all shortlisted candidates may be subject to online searches that may include social media. For further information please contact HR@seeat.org

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

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 The Deanes

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 587 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Deanes website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-deanes

The Deanes is part of the Challenger Multi-Academy Trust, which is in an exciting period of growth with schools in Bedfordshire and Essex. The Deanes is a small secondary school where each and every one of our students can feel happy, respected and known as an individual within our safe and accepting community. We aim to create a positive and respectful environment for all members of The Deanes, with consistently high expectations and standards. Our curriculum caters for individual strengths and needs, enabling every student to make outstanding progress and provide them with extensive opportunities for personal development.

The well-being of our staff is a high priority. All staff at The Deanes have access to high quality training to further develop their teaching practice. Staff can take advantage of free gym membership and we are fortunate to have an onsite children’s nursery which may be able to accommodate your childcare needs.

The Deanes is well situated in South East Essex, with good links to public transport. We are situated within ten minutes of Benfleet and Rayleigh Rail Stations, where a 45 minute train journey will take you into London. There is also ample car parking onsite.

The Deanes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to DBS clearance.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Essex, Southend and Thurrock