Science Technician
Houstone School, Dunstable, LU5 5PX3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
30 June 2025 at 8am
Date listed
6 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,090.00 - £25,884.00 Annually (FTE) AS 5-7 FTE £25,090-£25,884 pro rata £11,769-£12,141 dependent on experience
Science Technician job summary
Science Technician
Houstone School have a great opportunity for an experienced and passionate Science Technician to join our successful Science department. The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing timely and effective technician support to all teachers in the Science department under the direction and support of the Head Science Technician. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated, friendly and professional Science department providing a transformational quality of education to the pupils in our thriving school.
The post involves the preparation of practical scientific activities, maintenance of scientific apparatus and contributing to the upkeep and organisation of resources. As well as having an interest in science, the successful candidate will be a well-organised team player with the ability to prioritise their workload and a can-do approach. Previous experience in a laboratory and/or educational context is desirable.
Science is a subject where you can really captivate students' attention with various exciting experiments and interactive lessons. We have fantastic facilities dedicated to Science with modern, fully equipped labs and we are looking to appoint someone who will ensure the provision of high quality and timely services to support the delivery of the science curriculum across Key Stages 3 and 4.
At Houstone, our values of Integrity, Ambition, Excellence are underpinned by very high expectations and drive in everything that we do. We have a powerful culture which is warm but strict, based on clear routines, systems, and structures. As a result, our staff enjoy their roles within Houstone School experiencing impeccable behaviour and hardworking, highly motivated pupils.
Joining Houstone School as a Science Technician is a fantastic opportunity to be part of our story – providing transformational experiences for thousands of pupils, developing our staff to be the very best they can be, and influencing the wider system by demonstrating first-hand what is achievable.
Key Duties
Provide and prepare all equipment, chemicals and specimens for practical sessions and examinations.
Advise and support teaching staff in the safe and proper use of equipment and contribute to demonstrations as required.
Under the direction of the Senior Technician, carry out minor repairs to equipment.
Contribute to the maintenance of the laboratories and equipment in a clean, safe and tidy condition at all times.
The successful candidate will have
Strong Science knowledge and ideally experience within a school Laboratory
Great team-working skills and able to work independently
Excellent communication skills
Ability to prioritise and work efficiently
Be enthusiastic, hardworking and have a willing attitude
Job specifics
Start date: September 2025
Salary: AS 5-7 FTE £25,090-£25,884 (dependent on experience) Actual pro rata £11,769-£12,141
Contract: Permanent, Part time, Term-time only, 39 weeks per year, 20 hours per week, (4 hours per day during school hours)
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.
Safeguarding
We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:
“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our pupils. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Houstone School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 517 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Houstone School website
Houstone School opened in September 2022 and we are determined to make a positive difference to the educational landscape in Houghton Regis and the surrounding areas.
There are some key differences that we believe make Houstone School so distinctive.
Houstone School will have very strong standards of behaviour, a different approach to pupils with additional needs that believes that they can meet the heights of their peers, and aspects like longer school days that fit in with modern family life, alongside a real commitment to getting the curriculum, teaching and learning right.
Houstone School, shaped by the families and the educational teams who design it, has freedom to direct resources where they are most needed, and to ensure that our curriculum is truly aspirational.
We believe that our combination of firm discipline, very high expectations, an academic knowledge-based curriculum, and a humble approach to feedback means that we can go on to be one of the highest-achieving schools in the country. We really do want to be a ‘grammar school for all’.
Our ambition is that every single pupil will be able to attend university, and most will attend the most selective universities. We are ambitious to be the best school in the country.
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