Teacher of Science (Chemistry)
Guiseley School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS20 8DTThis job expired on 2 March 2026 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
2 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 February 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Chemistry
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and committed Teacher of Science to join the Science team on a permanent and full-time basis. Guiseley School is passionate about its Science department, and we’re looking for an individual who shares our commitment to excellence and achieving the very best for all our students. The successful candidate will have a passion for the Sciences and will work alongside a team of specialised teachers to ensure we challenge our students appropriately. It is essential that candidates are Chemistry specialists for this role. The ability to teach to A-Level is preferrable.
We are a value driven organisation. Our key aims, core values of care, aspiration, growth and success sit behind everything we do. The successful candidate for the role will share in our child centred approach to care and ambitious aspirations for their growth and success.
We are interested in applications from both ITT students wishing to begin their careers at Guiseley School and substantive staff who are keen to further their experience with us. The successful candidate will be passionate about their subject, have a good knowledge of the national curriculum and be keen to contribute to wider aspects of school life. Flexible working arrangements can be considered and discussed for the right candidate.
Guiseley School is full of exceptional young people. We have an active, visible leadership team, and a committed staff body. We are committed to the very highest standards of student care and achievement and seek outstanding staff who wish to be part of our success. We have a strong vision of success and achievement supported by an excellent professional development programme for all staff.
Guiseley School’s campus offers state of the art buildings and an excellent working environment.
The start date for this role is September 2026.
The role is offered on a full-time, permanent basis. Full application details are available via our website: https://www.guiseleyschool.org.uk/vacancies
Please return all completed applications to: hr@guiseleyschool.org.uk
Closing date: Noon, Tuesday 3rd March 2026 Interview date: w.c 2nd March 2026
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and upholding fundamental British values and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure Barring Service Check.
We seek to promote diversity and equality of opportunity - applications are welcome from all, irrespective of gender, race, marital status, age, disability, sexuality, religion, or faith. We also promote and practice the key Fundamental British Values to both staff and pupils.
What the school offers its staff
- Flexible working arrangements considered for the right candidate
- Robust ECT training programme and whole staff CPD
- Visible and proactive school leadership team
- Employee Assistance Programme & benefits portal (Vivup)
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Guiseley School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1427 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Guiseley School website
- Email address
- hr@guiseleyschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01943 872 315
At Guiseley School we are committed to ensuring all students can reach their potential and we will continue to strive to ensure this is the case. It is our responsibility to provide an education that equips young people not only to succeed academically but that also gives them the confidence, skills and social awareness to go on to be involved and active 21st century citizens in their local community.
We do this by creating enjoyment of learning and excellent opportunities to get involved in a wide and varied curriculum. We have a clear dedication to academic excellence and engagement in traditional academic areas such as Science, Mathematics, English Humanities and MFL. But we also weave this into a curriculum that celebrates the Arts. We are delighted to be classified as an ‘Artsmark Platinum’ school that provides excellent opportunities in Drama, Art, and Music. We also ensure opportunities are varied in sports teams, academic societies and the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
At Guiseley School, our attainment is consistently above national averages. Yet it is the provision of progression routes that is most important to us. The education, care, and guidance we provide ensure that our students secure places at university, college placements, apprenticeships or work with training. It is rare for a student to leave our school without knowing what their next steps will be.
Our core values are clear. We ensure our school is one where care is at the centre of what we do, we have the highest aspirations for ourselves and others. It is this environment that allows us to grow both in the classroom and beyond. These core values are crucial in ensuring our primary aim of success in all academic and personal aspects of a young person’s development at Guiseley School. This results in a student cohort that both want to and are able to learn, most clearly reflected in the comments from the Ofsted inspectors:
Arranging a visit to Guiseley School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@guiseleyschool.org.uk.
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