3 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    April/September 2025

  • Closing date

    3 February 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    24 January 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subjects

Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science

Working pattern

Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share)

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Teachers' Pay Scales

What skills and experience we're looking for

We wish to appoint an excellent teacher to join our successful and heavily oversubscribed 11 -19 school. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, inspirational and enthusiastic teacher with a passion to enthuse students to enjoy and achieve in Science.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly valued department with an experienced and supportive team. The department is well-resourced and offers a broad range of courses both at pre and post 16. Applicants may be established practitioners wishing to develop their career in a large school or ECTs with the potential to be outstanding teachers. Part time applications will be considered.

For a full Job Description and Person Specification, please see Supporting Documents.

What the school offers its staff

As a department we offer:

  • Experienced and supportive staff
  • A creative and collaborative working environment
  • Opportunity to teach from KS3 to A Level
  • High proportion of students in GCSE Single Sciences and A Level
  • Excellent student progress and results
  • Exceptional facilities for practical/experimental lessons
  • Strong budgets to support experimental classroom practice.

As a school we offer:

  • A vibrant and exciting comprehensive school which is culturally and ethnically diverse
  • Excellent examination results
  • Outstanding student progress
  • Well behaved students who are eager to learn
  • Supportive parents who want the best for their children
  • A large Sixth Form
  • Modern and stimulating teaching facilities

Commitment to safeguarding

Highfields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

All posts are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including an Enhanced DBS Check and 2 very good references.

For full details, please see our Recruitment Privacy Notice available from our Trust website: https://www.lykos.org.uk/our-trust

Applying for the job

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About Highfields School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1735 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Email address
afrost@hswv.co.uk
Phone number
01902 556530

Highfields School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in the West Midlands, serving students from the age of 11-18. The secondary school, situated in Wolverhampton has approximately 1,700 students on record.

Highfields School opened in 1957 and converted to academy status in 2015.

Highfields School wants all students to have access to a broad and balanced learning curriculum where are can gain the skills, knowledge and experience to thrive and reach their full potential. The secondary school wants students to feel valued during their time learning and works to be a caring and open learning community, where individual talents are celebrated and nurtured. The school believes that students achieve best when happy and wants parents, staff and students to all work together to achieve the best possible outcome for all. Students are encouraged to get involved with a wide range of extra-curricular activities to gain in confidence, nurture talents and discover new talents and interests. These include the Duke of Edinburgh Award, sports clubs, trips and an active Student Council, where skills in leadership and teamwork are practiced. The school recently received a cultural diversity award from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.

Arranging a visit to Highfields School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email afrost@hswv.co.uk.

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