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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    16 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    2 May 2025

Job details

Job role

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

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential

-Degree in Science or equivalent
-Qualified Teacher Status
-A passion for Science and for teaching
-A strong academic background and subject knowledge
-An excellent classroom practitioner (or the potential to be one)
-A commitment to professional development
-An understanding of the needs of pupils across the ability range
-A teacher who can inspire and enthuse pupils and who uses a range of teaching and learning strategies for effective delivery
-An understanding of how to assess pupil progress
-An awareness of ways to raise pupil attainment
-A commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of students

Desirable
-2:1 or better degree classification
-Good knowledge of the National Curriculum in the subject
-The ability to use ICT to enhance learning and aid teaching

What the school offers its staff

Lifestyle and wellbeing

-Salary sacrifice electric car leasing scheme
-Attractive salary and pension
-Free one-to-one wellbeing support with aqualified psychotherapist and a coach
-Family-friendly policies
-Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
-Free access to the school’s Gym
-Cycle to work scheme
-Discounted gifts cards via Voucher Store
-Techscheme – save money on the latest techfrom Apple and Currys PC World
-A comprehensive range of staff social eventsthroughout the year
-Our dining centre and Pit Stop Cafe is openbetween 8:30am and 1:30pm every day.

Professional development

-Every year, there is some disaggregatedINSET time, resulting in additional holidaydays per academic year
-Personalised CPD hours to develop area sspecific to your practice and needs
-Support to complete further academic studyand professional qualifications
-Access to high quality in-house and externalleadership development programmes, tailoredto a wide variety of levels of experience
-Membership of your subject associationthrough your department
-Membership of the Chartered College ofTeaching for ECTs
-A well-stocked CPD library

Statutory and other benefits

-A wide range of statutory benefits includingsick pay, maternity, parental, and adoptionleave
-Enhanced Paternity Leave Policy
-We will honour your continuity of service inother state funded schools in relation to sickpay and pension rights.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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About Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1862 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre website
Email address
recruitment@bournside.com
Phone number
01242235555
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teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheltenham-bournside-school-and-sixth-form-centre-cheltenham

Bournside is the largest comprehensive 11-18 school in Gloucestershire. We are an established single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in the community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their
post-16 study.

Bournside is a mixed, non-denominational academy school for students aged 11 to 18. It is located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It settled in its current location of Warden Hill in the early part of the 1970s and converted to academy status in 2011.

Arranging a visit to Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bournside.com.

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