103 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 January 2026

  • Closing date

    29 September 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    17 June 2025

Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subjects

Physics, Science

Working pattern

Full time: Normal teaching hours in term time and inset days

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650 - £49,084

What skills and experience we're looking for

We require a Teacher of Science for January 2026. The successful candidate will be a good classroom practitioner and will have excellent subject knowledge. A specialist in, or the ability to teach, Physics across the key stages would be preferred. This position is suitable for ECT’s.

The successful candidate:

  • will have a strong commitment to teaching and learning in Science
  • will be an effective classroom practitioner committed to raising standards for all students
  • will be able to teach Science at Key Stages 3 and 4 and, if appropriate, in the Sixth Form
  • will be fully committed to enabling all students to achieve well and make good progress
  • the drive and determination to motivate colleagues and students
  • a creative and energetic approach to teaching and management
  • good organisational skills
  • the vision to develop the courses currently offered
  • open to change, new ideas and innovation.

What the school offers its staff

Why choose Lord Grey Academy?

  • Culture of high expectations and a strong belief that all can achieve

  • Very clear routines for learning so that teachers can teach and students can learn

  • Culture of support and feedback for staff

  • Highly visible student-centred Leadership Team

  • Positive, supportive and friendly colleagues

  • Weekly CPD and regular opportunities to benefit from working with other schools in the Trust.

The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of encouraging all students to be ambitious, determined, independent, respectful and successful and completely committed to promoting our mantra of Lord Grey Can!

Employee Benefits:

  • Teacher & support staff pension schemes

  • Continuous Professional development (CPD)

  • Training School Alliance

  • Networking opportunities

  • Specsavers eyecare voucher

  • Free Flu vaccine

  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

  • Medicash - Health Cash Plan:

    • 24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services

    • Dental treatment

    • Optical care

    • Physiotherapy

    • Skinvision - skin health tracker

    • A range of essential healthcare expenses

    • Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.


Further details about the role

A lesson observation and a formal interview will form the selection criteria. A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are all available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website: https://www.lordgrey.org.uk/vacancies/

Please note the application form and information for candidates booklet are available on the right hand side of the above link. Details on how to apply for this post are in the How to Apply Section of this booklet. Please do look at our recruitment video of our staff talking about working at Lord Grey and our document: Why work at Lord Grey?

Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey Academy or emailed to hr@lordgrey.org.uk by 9am on Tuesday 29th September 2025. Interviews to be held on Friday 3rd October 2025.

Only successfully short listed candidates will be contacted.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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Booklet - Teacher of Science - Physics - June 2025.docx.pdf - 941 KB (opens in new tab)

About Lord Grey Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1414 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
Lord Grey Academy website
Email address
hr@lordgrey.org.uk
Phone number
01908 626110
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Lord Grey Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. Our Academy motto: Lord Grey Can is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.

Lord Grey Academy is popular and is the first choice school locally. We have a strong focus on academic achievement throughout the school and develop our young people to be independent and resilient learners. We are immensely proud of our inclusive ethos and of the positive relationships that we build with parents and the local community. We believe that all students can achieve.

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