Teacher of Chemistry
Cheadle Hulme High School, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 7JYThis job expired on 23 March 2026 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
23 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
10 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Chemistry, Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS: £32,916 - £51,048
Teacher of Chemistry job summary
“Genius is 1% talent and 99% hard work.” - Thomas Edison
Cheadle Hulme High School are seeking an enthusiastic and inspiring Teacher of Chemistry to join our forward-thinking Science department and work with outstanding Chemistry Teachers. This is an exciting opportunity for either an experienced teacher or an ECT with a passion for Chemistry and a commitment to delivering engaging, high-quality lessons. The successful candidate will teach Chemistry across KS3 and KS4. We are looking for someone who can spark curiosity, foster a love of learning, and support students in achieving excellent outcomes.
At Cheadle Hulme High School we deliver an ambitious, challenging curriculum that builds powerful knowledge and mastery of key concepts. We aim to spark curiosity, support scientific enquiry and provide enrichment opportunities, ensuring all students gain the understanding and confidence needed to succeed in life and pursue science beyond Key Stage 4. Chemistry at Cheadle Hulme High School gives students a solid understanding of core concepts across chemistry and physics. Our curriculum includes learning about atomic structure, including electron configuration and the location, charge and mass of subatomic particles. Through the particle model, pupils explore the differences between atoms, molecules and compounds, and how particles behave in solids, liquids and gases. They develop confidence using the Periodic Table, recognising symbols, spotting trends and linking these patterns to electron configuration. Students are taught to write word and symbol equations, understand conservation of mass and study key reactions such as neutralisation, combustion, oxidation and displacement. They learn about energy changes in reactions, including endothermic and exothermic processes and why reactions need energy to begin. Strong emphasis is placed on practical skills, from using scientific equipment and drawing diagrams to interpreting data, recognising hazard symbols and working safely. Alongside this, pupils build essential maths skills such as ratio, percentages, graph work and basic arithmetic, supporting their wider scientific understanding.
For further details on the role, including key skills and experience required, please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached below.
To learn more about what the Trust offer, including our wide range of employee benefits and access to further professional learning, visit our Careers page. The Laurus Trust recognises the importance of employees' work/life balance. A better work-life balance can increase staff motivation, reduce employee stress, improve performance and productivity and make employment more accessible for more people. Where it is possible and practical, we will accommodate flexible arrangements from day 1, which may involve job sharing, part-time working, bespoke timetabling or a nine-day fortnight.
If you would like to join our Laurus family in a rewarding role that changes the lives of our students by empowering them to become the best that they can be then we would love to hear from you.
Please note a full application must be submitted as CV’s will unfortunately not be accepted in line with our safer recruitment process.
We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date.
Disability Confident Employer
We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are an inclusive employer and welcome all applications. Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview. If you require any reasonable adjustments for an interview, please highlight this to our Recruitment Team in advance.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Laurus Trust is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We welcome and encourage applications from all individuals regardless of individual background or circumstance.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we strongly encourage applications from all persons with a known disability, and we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants, that meet the minimum criteria for a role, will be offered an interview and given the opportunity to demonstrate their skills.
About Cheadle Hulme High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1690 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cheadle Hulme High School website
Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS) is the founder school of the Laurus Trust. We are a hugely oversubscribed school with a reputation locally, and further afield, for outstanding teaching and learning through the relentless pursuit of excellence and a determination to ensure that every child succeeds. CHHS was judged Outstanding in every category by Ofsted in 2011 and 2015.
In the 2022 Progress 8 Headline measure, CHHS came in the top 20% of schools nationally with a figure of +0.5, compared to the national figure -0.03. Overall, 85% of our students were awarded a grade 4 or higher in English and Maths, and 67% a grade 5 or higher. Plus, an impressive 44% of all grades were at 7-9 and 96 students achieved 5 or more grades at 7+.
In 2022 the progress of our disadvantaged students was Progress 8 +0.3, the national figure is -0.55. Our disadvantaged students make more progress than their non- disadvantaged peers nationally.
In 2022, 87% of students progressed to university with 65% studying at one of the prestigious Russell group universities. 78% of students went to their first choice university. In addition, 5 students have taken up Degree Apprenticeships.
We are delighted that CHHS is regularly named as one of the UK’s top-performing schools in The Sunday Times annual Parent Power Surveys.
CHHS became an 11-18 school in September 2013, with approximately 1664 students on roll. Our dedicated Sixth Form Centre opened in September 2014. We are the founder school of a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) with an outstanding academic record.
CHHS has a strong commitment to continued professional development of all staff. The professional learning opportunities in school and beyond enable staff to engage in various internal communities of professional development. There is support given to staff who are undertaking ECT, Masters, CTeach and NPQ programmes. Many of our staff have also joined other external subject networks and professional development, such as Doctor of Education programmes.
Cheadle Hulme is a pleasant residential suburb on the south western edge of the Borough of Stockport and about eleven miles south of the centre of Manchester. The location enjoys the advantages of proximity to the open countryside of Cheshire and the Peak District and the cultural and sporting activities of a major city.
If you want to work in a highly ambitious and successful school, in a great location, and believe you have the vision and commitment to join our team, then we would love to hear from you.
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