Science Technician
Ruislip High School, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 0BY19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2026
Closing date
25 February 2026 at 10am
Date listed
5 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,175.00 - £25,534.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Scale 3 (Outer London)
Science Technician job summary
Salary: Starting at NJC Scale 3, point 5 £25,175 per annum (£29,436 FTE) rising to NJC Scale 3, point 6 £25,534 per annum (£29,856 FTE) inclusive of Outer London Weighting
Hours: 8:00am-3:45pm, Monday to Thursday and 8:00am- 3:30pm, Friday (36 hours per week), term-time only plus five INSET days
Contract: Permanent
The school is happy to consider part-time applications and/or flexible hours
Required as soon as possible
Ruislip High School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly effective individual to join our flourishing science department. The successful applicant will be part of a team of technicians who service the science, art, craft and design and also food and nutrition departments and the flexibility to cover the other faculties if required would be desirable.
The duties of the role include the preparation of materials, equipment and chemicals for lessons, caring for plants and animals, ensuring the clearing and cleaning of laboratories, as well as art, craft and design and food and nutrition rooms as appropriate. Other duties will include advising on the stock of materials and undertaking inventory checks. The role will also include working alongside teachers to aid student progress.
This is a varied role and full training will be provided. The role would suit someone looking to work part-time or return to the workforce. The successful applicant will need:
to be resourceful and enthusiastic;
to be able to work as part of a team and enjoy working with students and teaching professionals;
to be able to demonstrate flexibility;
to have energy, stamina and a sense of humour.
Ruislip High School is an outstanding, oversubscribed, 11-18, mixed comprehensive school with 1325 students on roll and we have a dedicated sixth form centre. We obtain excellent results. In the summer of 2025, 59% of students attained a grade 5 or above in English and Maths with 82% attaining at least a grade 4 in both subjects; at A Level, 53% of all grades were A* to B, with the majority of Year 13 students securing places at their first choice of destination..
Why work at Ruislip High School?
Students and staff treat each other with respect. They share high aspirations which are realised through high expectations of everyone.
The school has a comprehensive professional development programme tailored to individual needs, from ECT to middle and senior leadership; new staff are supported and guided by highly skilled and experienced colleagues, and by partners in external organisations.
Staff have a range of opportunities to collaborate and develop their career within the Vanguard Learning Trust.
Staff are afforded many benefits and rewards as part of the Vanguard Learning Trust’s entitlement package for staff.
There are excellent transport links with central London, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Berkshire.
In joining Ruislip High School you can expect to work in an environment that focuses on teachers improving, rather than proving, their practice; where teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do; and where all staff work as a community to support our students to fulfil their potential in line with our school’s motto: from grass roots to reaching for the sky.
Applications should be made through My New Term. Information about our school is available on our website: www.ruisliphigh.com.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Closing date: 10:00am, Wednesday 25th February2026
Interview date: Friday 6th March 2026
Vanguard Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website (click here).
Vanguard Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer. We strive to achieve a diverse workforce, fully representative of our community and the wider population in the UK. People of colour and minority ethnic staff are under-represented on our staff body. We are keen to attract applicants from a diverse pool of candidates and are determined to be a great employer for all.
Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Ruislip High School is committed to the implementation of equal opportunities principles and the monitoring and active promotion of equality in all aspects of staffing and employment. We seek to reach the widest possible labour market when seeking to recruit new staff. All staff appointments and promotions are made on the basis of merit and ability and in compliance with the law. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our community.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Ruislip High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1283 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ruislip High School website
At Ruislip High School we have a strong ethos based on our core values; we believe that high aspirations are realised through high expectations. We have established a culture where there is no ceiling to the ambitions we have for the young people in our care.
We are a school both in, and for, the local community and we are proud of our excellent reputation. We believe passionately that education opens doors and that learning is a life-long journey where together we can achieve great things as a community.
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