Science Technician
Wimbledon College, London, SW19 4NSThis job expired on 15 September 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time: This is a full-time, 35-hour-per-week, term-time post. Standard hours are Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm, including a one-hour unpaid break. You'll also work 3-4 INSET days, 1-2 days in late August, and one week in the summer holidays.
Contract type
- Fixed term - One Year Initially
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,288 - £31,611
What skills and experience we're looking for
We're looking for a Science Technician to join our team at Wimbledon College.We seek someone with a strong technical aptitude and a commitment to the well-being and progress of everyone at the school.
Experience or qualifications in a science-based environment (e.g., GCSE, A-level, or a degree) would be an advantage but are not essential.
Experience in an educational setting is also a benefit, but not a requirement.
What the school offers its staff
A highly collaborative and supportive team environment.
A school with enthusiastic pupils, outstanding academic results, and a renowned extra-curricular program.
Excellent resources and facilities, including a gym and pool for staff use.
Staff benefits include a cycle scheme.
Convenient access via public transport, including bus, tram, and train links.
Further information about the job
You'll be a key part of our well-resourced Science Department, working with two other technicians to support 14 teachers across 10 labs. Your primary goal will be to ensure that teachers and students have all the equipment, materials, and resources they need to create engaging and high-quality learning experiences. We're looking for someone who's not only well-motivated but also brings fresh ideas and a commitment to academic excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
Preparation & Support: Work with lesson plans and teachers to prepare and set up exciting and stimulating practical sessions for chemistry, physics, and biology. Provide technical assistance to teachers and students during lessons as needed.
Resource Management: Manage and maintain stock levels and work closely with the Head of Science to ensure our resources are always well-supplied.
Health & Safety: Champion health and safety in all lab activities, ensuring a safe learning environment for everyone.
Laboratory Maintenance: Handle general lab housekeeping, including cleaning glassware, restocking cupboards, and managing waste disposal.
Why Join Us?
At Wimbledon College, we pride ourselves on a collaborative and high-achieving environment. We have high expectations, but we also have a dedicated and committed staff who share a passion for student success. If you're a proactive individual who wants to contribute to a thriving academic community, we'd love to hear from you.
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we may close the advert early if we find a suitable candidate.
Commitment to safeguarding
At Wimbledon College we recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils.
We make every effort to provide an environment in which children and adults feel safe, secure, valued and respected, and feel confident to talk if they are worried, believing they will be effectively listened to.
We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. Child protection forms part of the school’s safeguarding policy.
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About Wimbledon College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1258 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wimbledon College website
- Email address
- hr@wimbledoncollege.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 879 9323
Wimbledon College is a popular and oversubscribed school which prides itself on its exam results at both GCSE and A level with results significantly above national averages. As a Jesuit school, our ethos can be summed up by St Ignatius Loyola’s vision for Jesuit schools as being “for improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good.” Central to St Ignatius’ vision and to the College is the education of the whole person, providing each pupil with the opportunity to strive for excellence in all that they do.
The school is accommodated in striking Grade II listed buildings on Edge Hill, above the parish church of the Sacred Heart, on a spacious green site in a conservation area. Private and public funds have facilitated a substantial development of the facilities of the College over the last fifteen years.
The College currently has close to 1300 boys on roll including 270 in the Sixth Form. It is a great place to work with a supportive, committed staff who share the school’s high expectations. All teachers are specialists in their subjects and there is a well-established CPD programme which encourages staff to work collaboratively on self-identified areas of research and pedagogy.
Wimbledon College has a strong system of pastoral care and discipline. All teachers are form tutors and work with Heads of Line in ensuring every boy is supported, cared for and challenged to progress academically and become involved in the wider life of the school. The school’s intake is truly comprehensive academically, socially and economically and ethnically. It draws from across southwest London and from Surrey and north of the Thames also. Last year saw boys join the College from over 40 different schools. Places in Y7 are regularly oversubscribed threefold.
We encourage all of our boys to be involved in extra-curricular clubs and activities and we offer over 80 different such opportunities to the boys. The school has a strong tradition of drama and music as well as a very extensive sports programme in the school, financially supported by parents’ donations to the School Fund.
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