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Teacher of Science

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6AQ

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• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS

Teacher of Science job summary

Teacher of Science (with potential Allowance)

King’s Leadership Academy Hawthornes – Part of the Great Schools Trust
Inspire futures. Build character. Lead with purpose.

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The Opportunity

Are you a passionate and ambitious Science educator ready to make a tangible difference? King’s Hawthornes is seeking an exceptional Teacher of Science to join our growing academy. This is more than a job, it’s a chance to be part of a mission-driven team transforming lives through education.

For candidates with leadership experience, we are excited to offer the opportunity to be considered for a Second in Department role. This Leadership post includes curriculum development, staff mentoring, and strategic leadership, ideal for someone looking to progress in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Why Join King’s Hawthornes?

As part of the Great Schools Trust—ranked No. 2 nationally for improvement in 2025—we are proud to offer:

• Wellbeing that works: From protected planning time and workload-reducing AI, to family-friendly policies and staff wellbeing perks.

• Professional growth: Weekly 2-hour CPD, a personal development mentor, access to NPQs and our own Institute of Character & People Leadership (ICPL).

• Cutting-edge tools: Our AI assessment platform (CredimusAI) saves teachers over 100 hours per GCSE cycle, freeing you up to focus on what matters most—your students.

• A culture of belief and excellence: At GST, we believe character is as important as curriculum. Through the King’s Adventure, our students develop leadership, empathy, and resilience, guided by our ASPIRE values: Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, and Endeavour.

• Outstanding student experience: From cadet programmes to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, your teaching will be part of a wider, transformative learning journey.
• At King’s Hawthornes, we are proud of our culture and community. In our latest anonymous Edurio Staff Survey, colleagues consistently praised the school:

“Amazing, supportive staff who truly act with integrity and have the best interests of the school at heart.”

“An open-door, kind culture.”

“A trust that is at the cutting edge of research.”

“I can go to my line manager with any problem, and she always offers immediate advice.”

Who We Are Looking For

We want an inspirational individual, either currently training or an experienced practitioner, looking for a fresh challenge and the opportunity to progress into leadership when the time is right. The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong subject knowledge and a passion for rising standards in science
• The ability to lead, engage and motivate students using research to inform classroom practice
• High expectations for academic achievement and student outcomes

The department is raising standards and is a growing, close-knit team with a commitment to high standards at KS3 and 4. Lucy Grant, leader of science, is a teaching and learning specialist with excellent subject knowledge. She is keen to fully support the successful candidate with any scientific background or specialism.

If you would like to visit our vibrant academy, please contact Hayley Fenlon below.

Safeguarding Commitment

King’s Leadership Academy Hawthornes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Great Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including an enhanced DBS check. Please note you must have the right to work in the UK.

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About King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 636 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-s-leadership-academy-hawthornes

King’s Hawthornes is situated in Bootle, several miles from Liverpool city centre. The school is part of The Great Schools Trust, an expanding multi-academy trust based in the North West.

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes is a growing school of committed, friendly staff and a cohort of students who are polite, enthusiastic and keen to learn right across the curriculum. We are a school centred in our Aspire Values – Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Endeavour. It is these values that drive our behaviours and relationships, a lingua franca that helps to bind our community together. An inspector captured the mission of the school when he observed that we were ‘building better people,’ something we are proud of.

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