Science Teacher (with Physics or Chemistry Specialism)

Chiltern Hills Academy, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2RG

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  27 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,075.00 - £45,037.00 Annually (FTE)

Science Teacher (with Physics or Chemistry Specialism) job summary

Chiltern Hills Academy is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious Science Teacher with a great passion for teaching and learning. You will join a welcoming and highly experienced team.

We are looking for a committed classroom practitioner that will deliver new and innovative science to our young learners. Someone who has the ability to engage and encourage different types of learners and to work proactively as part of a team. Chiltern hills and our pupils are looking for a teacher with passion for their subject, drive and creativity.

Applications are welcome from ECTs as well as experienced teachers.

Why Join Us?

Free Parking on Site

Forget the daily struggle for a parking spot. Our onsite parking is free, ample, and exclusively available to our staff, ensuring you have a hassle-free start to your day.

Bespoke CPD Opportunities

We understand that professional growth is paramount. That’s why we offer tailored Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities designed to enhance your skills and knowledge, propelling your career forward.

Subscription to The National College

This resource provides access to a wealth of courses and webinars, keeping you informed and inspired.

Leadership Development Opportunities

We support your ambitions with development programs that prepare and qualify you for leadership roles within our academy and beyond.

Career Progression

We believe in recognizing and nurturing talent. Progression opportunities within the academy are abundant for the right candidate, with clear pathways to advance your career in education.

Join us and be part of a team that values growth, innovation, and a commitment to excellence.

A full Job description can be supplied upon request.

Chiltern Hills Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory reference checks and full safer recruitment check.

• Chiltern Hills reserves the right to select applicants prior to the closing date.
  

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.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Chiltern Hills Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1076 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chiltern Hills Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chiltern-hills-academy

Chiltern Hills Academy is a Church of England, co-educational secondary school in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. There are circa 1025 students on the school roll, approximately 100 of whom study in the sixth form. Chiltern Hills Academy converted to academy status in 2011 and is jointly sponsored by the Diocese of Oxford and Buckinghamshire County Council.

We are situated in the market town of Chesham, Buckinghamshire in the Chiltern Hills, designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Situated close to the M40 and the M25, Chesham is on the end of Metropolitan line of the London Underground and is 28 miles north-west of London. There is ample parking on-site. Renting here is cheaper than in central London and if you enjoy travelling, it takes about 40 minutes by car to Heathrow.

The Elgiva Theatre, Lowndes Park and an open-air heated swimming pool are just some of the many public amenities available in the town. Chesham is renowned for its community spirit and there are many recreational and community groups catering for the diverse and active population.

Chiltern Hills Academy aims to provide an environment that excites, motivates and challenges students, encouraging lifelong learning and an interest in the world around them. The secondary school is founded on Christian values and principles, with an ethos that promotes personal responsibility, self-respect, respect for the beliefs and views of others, self-confidence and a commitment to success and achievement.

Principal

Tim Dobbs

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