12 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    17 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    3 June 2025

Job details

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subjects

Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Main Scale £36,413.00-£48, 432.00 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you an inspirational teacher with a genuine passion for Science?

  • Do you enjoy sharing your enthusiasm for the subject with students?
  • Would you like the opportunity to work as part of an innovative and dedicated Science Faculty?

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teacher of Science.

Keen to build upon our existing examination successes, you will have a bold and ambitious vision of what our students can achieve. Your excellent subject knowledge and innovative classroom practice will help to inspire our students with your own love of learning. You will be committed to maintaining high standards of teaching and learning at Key Stages 3 and 4 and will enjoy the challenge of ensuring that all pupils achieve their full potential.

This role is suitable for Early Career Teachers and we offer the Full Induction Programme through UCL.

What the school offers its staff

Walthamstow School for Girls is a wonderful place to work, learn, teach and lead. We are passionate about education being a vehicle for promoting equality for all and our mission is to empower young women to become leaders of the future. We are a truly comprehensive school, proud of our diversity and committed to social justice.

Other benefits of working at WSFG:

  • One of the lowest teaching time contact ratios in London, demonstrating that we have chosen to invest in our staff

  • An understanding that work-life balance is important, including a commitment to staff wellbeing in our School Improvement Plan

  • Home and Family weeks: termly non-meeting weeks throughout the year to support with reduced workload and staff wellbeing

  • No report writing

  • Beautiful school grounds, including staff terrace (in summer!)

  • The possibility of flexible working contracts (37% of our staff are part-time)

  • Regular wellbeing surveys and wellbeing slots in staff meetings; member of SLT with responsibility for staff wellbeing

  • 97% of staff say the school is a happy and enjoyable place to work; 95% feel their professional contribution is valued; 73% feel they have a good work-life balance. This compares very favourably with the TES national Wellbeing report where only 20% of staff felt their workload was manageable.

  • Employee Assistance: free 24-hour confidential counselling, help and information service

  • Staff organised activities including a running club, yoga and Boxfit exercise sessions

  • Cycle 2 work scheme

  • Staff working in schools in Waltham Forest, regularly using computers, are eligible to apply for reimbursement towards some of the costs associated with eye tests and glasses

  • Free on-site parking

  • Lunch or breakfast provided on INSET days

  • Free tea and coffee in the staff room


Flexible working opportunities

  • In addition to making allowances for staff to have cover for family events, we have been piloting a whole school approach to flexible working which will be rolled out across the school in 2025 – 26, providing most staff with the opportunity to work flexibly during PPA time at least once per fortnight

Commitment to safeguarding

Walthamstow School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to m.madhani@wsfg.waltham.sch.uk

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About Walthamstow School for Girls

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
895 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Phone number
02085099446

Walthamstow School for Girls is a mainstream, non-denominational secondary school for girls aged 11-16. It is situated in Walthamstow, East London, and it has 900 pupils on its roll.

Walthamstow School for Girls' motto is “Neglect not the gift that is thee”. The secondary school has an exceptional track record of academic excellence, which is achieved through high expectations, inspirational teaching and learning experiences.

The school offers strong pastoral support, plus regular monitoring, target setting and dialogue with students and parents/carers. It is consistently among the top-performing non-selective schools in the country and the pupils take great pride in their school.

Walthamstow School for Girls is a wonderful place to work, learn, teach and lead. We are passionate about education being a vehicle for promoting equality for all and our mission is to empower young women to become leaders of the future. We are a truly comprehensive school, proud of our diversity and committed to social justice.

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