172 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    15 September 2025 at 12am (midnight)

  • Date listed

    11 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Subject

Science

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Teachers Main Pay Scale 1 to Upper Pay Scale 3

Teacher of Science job summary

Queen Elizabeth's School is looking for a Teacher of Science to join our fantastic {Team:} team. Could this be you?

Actual Salary £31,650 - £49,084 per annum per annum (M1 to UP3) with a potential for a TLR for exceptional candidates.

Are you passionate about Science and dedicated to inspiring and motivating students?

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic professional to join our oversubscribed upper school. We are on a journey of rapid improvement and want inquisitive, positive, dynamic and resilient colleagues to join our excellent science department.

Our thriving department is currently recruiting for a Teacher of Science. The department is very well-resourced and there will be the opportunity to teach across all Key Stages.

Applications from ECT colleagues are welcomed.

We can offer you:

  • Centralised curriculum and behaviour systems which enable you to focus on your core purpose: teaching excellent lesson
  • Highly motivated and ambitious students
  • Teaching across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5
  • Assessment strategies which support wellbeing and workload
  • Excellent CPD opportunities
  • An opportunity to join a dedicated team of supportive staff
  • A positive, supportive community of staff, LSC members, the Trust and parents
  • An exciting modern school with state-of-the-art facilities

The starting salary is negotiable for exceptional candidates and there is potential for a TLR 3

Ideally, we would like to appoint someone who has:

  • An awareness of Rosenshine’s principles of instruction
  • An understanding of key substantive and disciplinary concepts in science
  • An awareness of some of the concepts explored in Tom Sherrington’s ‘Walkthru’ series or Doug Lemov’s ‘Teach Like a Champion’ series.

Please refer to the attached job description for more details about the role.

We encourage early applications and reserve the right to interview and to close the vacancy prior to the application deadline if we receive a high volume of suitable candidates..

If you have any further questions, please contact the recruitment team, Cheri Draga or Katie Wareham on Tel no 01202 855 233 or by emailing recruitment@queenelizabeths.com

About our School

Queen Elizabeth’s School, located in Wimborne, is a coeducational Church of England, Comprehensive Upper School within the Initio Learning Trust.

There is a strong commitment to comprehensive education and a focus on creating an environment that supports continual school improvement and the attainment of all students.

Our vision is linked to a commitment to hope for all students and which permeates all aspects of our school and is underpinned by the Trust's values of Collaboration, Ambition and Respect.

For more information please visit our school website: https://www.queenelizabeths.com/

We welcome visits to our school - if you would like to arrange a visit or require more information, please refer to the contact details above.

Initio Learning Trust offers a welcoming and supportive environment and can provide:

  • a genuine commitment to supporting professional development

  • a supportive and flexible working environment which offers equal opportunities for all

  • free onsite parking

  • access to the local government or teachers pension scheme

  • a range of employee benefits including Cycle to Work and Health Cash Plan

Commitment to safeguarding

Initio Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

In line with current safer recruitment guidance, we may collect further information for applicants who are shortlisted for interview including criminal record and social media checks, references and verification of qualifications.

All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2023).

Applying for the job

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About Queen Elizabeth's School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 13 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1556 pupils enrolled
Age range
13 to 18
Ofsted report
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Queen Elizabeth’s School, located in Wimborne, is a coeducational Church of England, Comprehensive Upper School within the Initio Learning Trust.

There is a strong commitment to comprehensive education and a focus on creating an environment that supports continual school improvement and the attainment of all students.

Our vision is linked to a commitment to hope for all students and which permeates all aspects of our school and is underpinned by the Trust's values of Collaboration, Ambition and Respect.

For more information please visit our school website: https://www.queenelizabeths.com/

About Initio Learning Trust

Initio Learning Trust comprises 18 schools across Dorset, with our head office based in Wimborne. Formed in February 2023 from the merger of The Minerva Learning Trust and Wimborne Academy Trust, we offer outstanding education through every stage of schooling, from nursery through to upper sixth form. We believe in enabling every person to thrive within their role, and our core values of Ambition, Collaboration and Respect underpin the pride we take in offering genuine professional development opportunities for all our staff; and in our focus on staff wellbeing.

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