Teacher of Science
Grace College, Gateshead, NE9 6LE21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter 2026
Closing date
6 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 January 2026
Job details
Job role
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- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,046.71 Annually (FTE) M1 – UPS3 (£32,916 - £51,046.71)
Teacher of Science job summary
As a teacher, your main focus will be supporting and developing young people, seeing each student as an individual with unique potential, no matter their background, ability or behaviour. You should be committed to high academic standards, skilled in teaching your subject and confident in managing a classroom. We expect you to have high expectations for all students and believe that challenges like socio-economic deprivation or special educational needs should not limit success.
You will have:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Chemistry, Physics, or a closely related discipline;
- Teaching qualification (Secondary);
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS);
- Awareness of current developments in science with a lifelong commitment to learning;
- Evidence of successful secondary teaching/teaching practice;
- The ability to articulate how a Christian ethos could be developed and the capacity to contribute to this;
- High energy levels and a willingness to work hard;
- Confidence in using technology, both within the classroom and beyond;
- Willingness to participate in co-curricular activities
The successful candidate will:
- Be committed to student learning and raising achievement of all students through his/her teaching;
- Have very high expectations for the learning and achievement of all students;
- Be enthusiastic with the ability to inspire our students;
- Demonstrate consistently the qualities of an outstanding learning practitioner through his/her own professional work;
If you’d like to visit Grace College before applying to learn more about the role, we’d love to welcome you.
Further information is available in the job description and person specification.
Join us and in addition to working with committed and helpful colleagues, the Trust can offer access to the following benefits:
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Daily lunch allowance
- Free parking
- Access to our exclusive Benefits Hub
- Employee centred and family friendly policies and practices that support you in and beyond the workplace
- Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave and paternity leave (dependent on length of service)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)
Grace College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Where the post is engaged in regulated activity, and/or an opportunity for contact with children the position will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, and in accordance with statutory guidance, we may carry out an online search (for publicly available material) to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened which we may want to explore with shortlisted applicants at interview.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Grace College is committed to the safeguarding of children and all staff are expected to ensure that the College is a safe and secure environment for our students. All applicants are referred to the Safeguarding Statement which is to be found within the Policy section of the Grace College website.
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 Grace College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1146 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Grace College website
As an 11-19 secondary school serving nearly 1,300 students in central Gateshead, we have a clear vision for excellence in character education, the examined curriculum and in service to our community, grounded in our Christian ethos. We are part of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation, which opens exceptional opportunities for knowledge sharing and career development. We have a clear model for school improvement to provide outstanding education for all students and are relentless in the pursuit of this goal. You will be central to delivering our strategy, as you transform both the school and our students’ futures.
We are committed to realising the potential of our students and staff alike. Our hope and expectation are that each person will be deeply valued as infinitely precious, challenged to grow in character and inspired by learning together to achieve their personal best in whatever they do.
Join us and you can expect to be nurtured, supported, and encouraged at every step of your career. We put staff professional learning and development front and centre of everything we do in our partnerships with outstanding regional and national organisations. Ultimately, we are looking for the school leaders of tomorrow who will contribute here at Grace College and across the Emmanuel Schools Foundation.
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