Teacher of Science
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy, Nottingham, NG5 6NZThis job expired on 10 November 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
10 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 October 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: Full time hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Scale
Additional allowances
Teachers Pension
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and experience
- DfE recognised teaching qualification such as a PGCE or equivalent
- Degree in Science or a related subject
- Recent and relevant experience of teaching Science to post-16 students.
- A working knowledge of ICT in a classroom environment
- Knowledge of recent initiatives and issues in education
- Using ICT as a curriculum tool to improve standards
Knowledge and skills
- The ability to inspire, motivate and challenge students
- The ability to plan and teach well-structured lessons which achieve outcomes which are at least good and are often outstanding
- The ability to meet targets for the students in your assigned classes
- The ability to work closely with a team of teaching colleagues in your department to prepare, resource and teach your subject
- The ability to communicate effectively with students, parents and colleagues showing respect for others and professionalism at all times
- The ability to adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain strict confidentiality
- Initiative and ability to prioritise own work and that of others to meet deadlines
- Efficient and meticulous in organisation
- Able to follow direction and work in collaboration with the leadership team
- Able to work flexibly, adopt a hands-on approach and respond to unplanned situations
- Ability to evaluate own development needs and those of others and to address them
- Commitment to the highest standards of child protection and safeguarding
- Recognition of the importance of personal responsibility for health and safety
- Commitment to the Trust’s ethos, aims and whole community.
What the school offers its staff
SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2800 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 18 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact Ashley Brown on abrown@arnoldhillspencer.org.uk
The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV’s cannot be accepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview.
Closing date for applications 11:55pm Monday 10 November 2025
Interviews will take place on W/C 10 November 2025
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.
How to Apply
Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on ‘Register’ to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on ‘Sign In’. Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application.
If you want to apply directly for this role and not save your data for any future vacancies, you can click on the ‘Apply Now’ button at the bottom of this page.
We have added a video to help guide you through our portal, please visit https://vimeo.com/737845492/c1b8e43656
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer
Further information about the job
This role is for a Full Time, Permanent Teacher or ECT to join our Science Faculty, specialising in preferably Chemistry but would welcome a Physics or Biology specialist. The ideal candidate will be able to operate within a dynamic and forward-thinking team who are focused on developing exciting and engaging learning experiences for students across the KS3, KS4 and KS5 range.
Commitment to safeguarding
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
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About Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1518 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Arnold Hill Spencer Academy website
- Email address
- abrown@arnoldhillspencer.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0115 9554804
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy is a special place to learn and work. Our students are impressive young people, whose behaviour and achievements are something to be proud of. Our aim is for all members of the community to “Be inspired and achieve together” and to provide opportunities for this on a daily basis.
We teach our students the value of respect, how to act responsibly and support them to become mature, independent young people. We very much believe in the potential of every student, enabling them to thrive in our caring environment.
We are a member of the Spencer Academies Trust and benefit from the support of an established trust. To find out more about The Spencer Academies Trust, please visit www.satrust.com
Arranging a visit to Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email abrown@arnoldhillspencer.org.uk.
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