Teacher of Science
St Ivo Academy, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6RR6 days remaining to apply
Closing date
20 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 October 2025
Job details
Job role
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Subjects
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,235.00 - £52,064.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS
Teacher of Science job summary
Teacher of Science
To start: January 2026
Contract Type: Full or part time, permanent post
Salary: MPS/UPS
About the Role:
St Ivo Academy is seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Science Teacher to support our thriving Science department. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about science and education to play a vital role in helping deliver high-quality practical learning experiences for students across KS3, KS4, and Sixth Form.
The successful candidate will work closely with teaching staff to prepare and maintain equipment, materials, and resources for practical lessons. You will ensure that health and safety standards are met, support students during experiments, and contribute to the smooth running of the department.
Key Responsibilities:
About Us:
St Ivo Academy is a large 11-18 comprehensive academy with a proud 70-year history, serving around 1400 students, including a vibrant Sixth Form. We are inclusive and truly comprehensive, supporting students from all backgrounds and abilities—from those preparing for Oxbridge to our most vulnerable learners.
Our Approach:
We are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour, and culture. Influenced by Lemov’s Teach Like A Champion, Rosenshine’s principles, and cognitive science, we believe in explicit instruction and teaching powerful knowledge. Our scholarly culture is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful—ensuring impeccable behaviour so teachers can teach and students can learn.
Our Vision:
We provide an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all students. We are ambitious for every child, regardless of background or need, and work tirelessly to help them overcome barriers and flourish.
Interested in Applying?
If you are passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at the candidate pack to find out more about the role and how to apply.
Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
Flexible Interview Dates:
Please note that interview dates are flexible and the academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post would be subject to an Enhanced Child Workforce DBS check with Barred List, satisfactory medical and employment references.
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 St Ivo Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1493 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Ivo Academy website
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to St Ivo Academy. We are an inclusive 11-18 academy which for the last 60 years has been privileged to serve the community of St Ives and its surrounding area.
Our vision for St Ivo Academy is:
We believe that all students, regardless of their starting point, should be guided and supported to develop the academic, social and moral understanding and behaviours to be successful and happy in their future.
As a community of students, staff and parents/carers we are respectful, polite and courteous to each other in all that we do.
The values we hold as being central to this are:
Respect
Resilience
Our ethos is, very simply:
Work hard, be kind
We believe that St Ivo Academy offers a unique mix of academic success and care for the individual. It is a great place to learn and to work. We are very proud of a school which is constantly evolving and adapting to provide the best education for the young people of St Ives.
You will find key information about the school on this site or for more regular updates use our Facebook, Instagram or Twitter accounts. You are, of course, very welcome to arrange a visit to see for yourself what St Ivo Academy has to offer.
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