Teacher of Science
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6AQ9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
28 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 April 2025
Job details
Job role
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
The Great Schools Trust is seeking a passionate Teacher of Science to join King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes. This is a fantastic opportunity for an outstanding classroom practitioner who thrives on student success, goes the extra mile, and wants to be part of a supportive and ambitious team.
About Us
King’s Hawthornes is proud to be part of the Great Schools Trust, ranked No. 2 nationally for most improved multi-academy trust in 2025. Our schools do more than deliver academic excellence – they transform lives. We are relentless in our focus on people and wellbeing, ensuring that staff are supported, developed, and valued.
With dedicated weekly CPD time, access to leading leadership programmes, and a trust-wide commitment to work-life balance, this is a place where both students and staff flourish.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving Science department, working alongside a dynamic team committed to academic excellence and character development. Our ASPIRE values – Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, and Endeavour – underpin everything we do.
Why Join Us?
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.”
We also offer:
- Reduced workload through our AI-powered assessment platform, freeing up time for impactful teaching
- Comprehensive CPD, including weekly professional development and leadership link meetings
- State-of-the-art facilities
- Excellent career growth opportunities within a thriving multi-academy trust
- Competitive benefits package: including a strong salary, pension scheme, BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, and flexible working options
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 are raising standards and are 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. Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
If you would like to visit our wonderful academy, meet Lucy Grant and the Principal, please contact Phoebe Prenderville, details below.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
Visit Us
If you would like to visit our vibrant academy, please contact Phoebe Prenderville using the details provided 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.
Join us and help ignite creativity, confidence, and a lifelong love for Science at King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes!
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
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
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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