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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    20 May 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    14 May 2025

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Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,666.00 - £27,407.00 Annually (Actual) Actual starting salary based on FTE of £29,093

Senior Science Technician job summary

We seek to appoint a Senior Science Technician to help ensure continued success for our students.

Working with a talented, motivated and supportive team, this is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding, committed Technician to join the department, to ensure that equipment is maintained and safe to enable every student to achieve their best and benefit fully from their lessons in Science.

The role is offered on the basis of working 37 hours per week for 40 weeks per year (school term time plus 2 weeks).

Stoke High School – Ormiston Academy is a popular, inclusive secondary school with a strong community feel. We are a mixed, fully comprehensive school, serving the local area. We are committed to providing a first-class education to our students and ensuring that all students are challenged, stimulated and equipped for the complex demands of the future.

Our core values of ‘respect, inspire, achieve’ are key to our success in developing an ever-improving school. We value staff and students and have created a positive, forward thinking environment in which everyone can thrive. Our ambition is to be the best school in Ipswich and we invite you to join us on our journey to excellence.

About Ormiston Academies Trust

Our vision is to create a school system where every child thrives, regardless of background. Our people are at the heart of our approach – they are our greatest asset.

There’s nothing more important than educating the next generation, and our teams across Ormiston are continuing to undertake excellent work to make sure that the opportunities we provide have the greatest impact for every child and young person. If you join us at Ormiston, whatever your role, you can be sure of a role with purpose and meaning.

Ormiston, where every member of staff enjoys…

  • The opportunity to build on the legacy of those who came before – being part of one of the longest standing Trusts, created with the sole purpose of enabling children and young people to thrive
  • Working for a Trust nationally recognised for its impact on disadvantaged children – a rewarding, stimulating career where staff are challenged to be the best they can be, for the pupils we are proud to serve
  • Being part of a team and community where you belong – receiving bespoke and holistic support from a well-resourced and ambitious network of experts and professionals that work at the heart of communities
  • A supportive environment to grow your career – an extensive professional development programme, alongside flexible working arrangements and generous benefits

About you

Our ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to work collaboratively with staff and students. You will have the knowledge and experience to ensure the maintenance and effective operation of resources and equipment in the science department. You will be able to coordinate the use of practical resources and facilities and be able to give technical advice to staff and students.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Karen Baldwin, Principal, on 01473 601252.

If you have the experience and skills we are looking for and want to develop your career in a thriving and ambitious school, please complete an application form by the closing date.

Closing date: 19 May 2025. Early applications are advised as we reserve the right to close the vacancy should a suitable candidate be found.

Stoke High School – Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.

All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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

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About Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
783 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Welcome to Stoke High School. We are an inclusive comprehensive school which sits in the heart of our community and we are incredibly proud of our achievements.

Underlying everything we do is our belief in the value and importance of individuals: both students and staff. We want our young people to have confidence in their own abilities and to develop independence, initiative, resilience and be self-regulated learners – both inside and outside the classroom. We believe that our students have an entitlement to a first class education and we provide them with the opportunities they need to excel. We ensure all students are challenged, stimulated and equipped for the complex demands of the future. In return we expect them to work hard and respect and value others.

Our philosophy of focusing on delivering our core values of “respect, inspire, achieve” is key to our success in developing an ever improving school. We have a created a positive, forward thinking and supportive environment.

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