Science Technician
De Warenne Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 3JYThis job expired on 15 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
15 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37.00 Hours per week. 40 weeks per year ( Term time plus 10 days ) Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,183 - £25,992
What skills and experience we're looking for
As the Technician for the Science department, you will work closely with the Head of Department to support teaching and learning by ensuring equipment and resources are prepared and in good working order to facilitate effective lessons on a daily basis.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
GCSE Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent, in English and Maths (C)
• Willingness and ability to obtain and/or enhance qualifications and training for development in the post (A/I)
Understanding and awareness of COSHH (A/I)
• Interest and ability to motivate young people in science related subjects (A/I) • Excellent communication and listening skills (A/I/R)
• Working knowledge of standard computer packages (word processing, email, and spreadsheets) (A/I/R)
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload to meet appropriate deadlines (A/I/R)
• Efficient and effective organisational skills (A/I/R)
• Ability to relate to students in a pleasant and sympathetic manner and to recognise potential child safeguarding issues (A/I/R)
• Ability to work constructively as part of a team (A/I/R) Desirable
• Previous experience of working with young people preferably in a school setting (A/I)
• Previous experience within Science, in particular experience of electronics and/or physics would be advantageous (A/I)
• Understanding of Academy child safeguarding procedures (A/I/R)
• COSHH qualification (C)
• Emergency First Aid or First Aid at Work qualification (C)
• Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) qualification (C)
• Fire Marshall training
What the school offers its staff
Why join us?
Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…
Financial Wellbeing:
- Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
- Access to an extensive discounts platform
Physical Wellbeing:
- 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
- Gym & fitness discount’s
- Cycle to Work scheme*
- Free annual flu jab
Mental Wellbeing:
- Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
- Menopause Support Service
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained
- Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days (subject to pro rata if working part time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About De Warenne Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 754 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- De Warenne Academy website
- Email address
- loftuss@dewarenne.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01709860014
Our aim is for all our students to learn in a positive, safe and supportive environment where academic achievement is celebrated and effort and attitude to learning is rewarded. Since our OFSTED inspection in October 2021, which deemed De Warenne a ‘Good’ school in all areas, GCSE results have shown a continuous improvement year on year.
The class of 2023 left our Academy with fantastic results, making the most progress in the history of De Warenne and having made more progress than any other secondary school in Doncaster. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum, with academic, vocational and technical subjects offered to all our students and we deliver a rich and varied personal development curriculum. We offer a wide range of enrichment activities in order to unearth a variety of strengths and talent, which we strongly encourage students to take part in. We also take learning beyond the classroom with events and educational visits running throughout the year. We serve the villages of Conisbrough and Denaby Main, situated between Doncaster and Rotherham. We are a small but oversubscribed academy, with over 750 students on roll, and we pride ourselves on knowing our students well and doing our best to ensure everyone fulfils their potential.
We benefit from having a recently built academy situated in spacious grounds with excellent facilities including a recently built 3g astroturf pitch.
Our staff are talented and enthusiastic and have all contributed to the academy’s success story. We have a staff rewards budget and socialise both as subject teams and as a whole staff. We also have access to a staff benefits scheme.
At De Warenne, we value the continuous professional development of all our employees and recognise that our staff and students are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged and supported to achieve their very best.
Our senior leadership team, along with our dedicated teachers and support staff, are committed to ensuring the best possible outcomes for every child in our care. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants. Come and visit us and see for yourself!
Please contact the Principal on 07976028604 if you would like a chat about the position.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.
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Arranging a visit to De Warenne Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email loftuss@dewarenne.org.uk.
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