Teacher of Science

Comberton Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7DU

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  23 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  30 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS

Teacher of Science job summary

TEACHER OF SCIENCE

Salary: MPS/UPS

Contract: Permanent. Full Time or Part Time

Start date: September 2026

Place of work: Comberton Village College, Comberton

Are you looking for a new challenge in a warm, friendly and collaborative department? At Comberton Village College, we can offer you:

• Non-contact time above the statutory PPA allocation, including fortnightly timetabled subject CPD to support your professional development
• Delightful pupils, who embody our ethos of ‘Caring, Confident and Capable’ and where disruption to learning is extremely rare
• A large, friendly and diverse Science department, with highly supportive and motivated colleagues who are deeply committed to developing pedagogy, are highly collaborative and who have a genuine love of Science
• A community-focused and friendly environment with a commitment to staff wellbeing, including fresh tea and coffee every day, regular staff events and excellent catering
• An on-site Sports Centre with discounted membership for staff, and a programme of adult learning
• Free on-site car parking, with access to EV Chargers

‘Pupils here are not taught just to pass exams. They acquire the skills and knowledge they need to be first-rate mathematicians, scientists, historians, and artists, among others.’ (Ofsted, November 2024).

We are a highly successful, community mixed comprehensive school with Teaching School status in a pleasant rural setting only 5 miles from the centre of Cambridge. We currently have around 2000 11-18 pupils on roll including in our sixth form centre that opened in September 2011. All three sciences, as well as Environmental Science, are extremely popular and successful A Level subjects.

As the school continues to grow, we are seeking to appoint an outstanding teacher of Science as an addition to our successful and supportive department, to add capacity particularly across our GCSE and A Level teaching. We would welcome applications from specialists in Biology, Chemistry or Physics who are willing to contribute in full to life in the Science department. Our pupils benefit from a highly experienced and collaborative department, and a myriad of extra-curricular opportunities, from trips as far afield as Costa Rica, and even a thriving robotics club!

Our pupils are well motivated, staff morale is excellent and examination results at KS4 and KS5 are very strong across our comprehensive intake. The school has consistently been rated by Ofsted as outstanding over very many years - our most recent Ofsted (November 2024) achieved ‘outstanding’ in all categories. Considerable work has been done on the curriculum to ensure it is highly effective in preparing pupils for their future, and is exciting to teach.

The successful candidate will need to be an enthusiastic, inspiring and motivating teacher who can demonstrate excellent subject knowledge and will ensure students have high aspirations and achieve their best. The post is suitable for ECTs or more experienced teachers, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds; we are very supportive of flexible working and have many colleagues who benefit from this.

For further details on our school please visit our website www.combertonvc.org.

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.

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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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Comberton Village College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1962 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Comberton Village College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/comberton-village-college

Please note that listings under Comberton Village College may be for other schools within The Cam Academy Trust.

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Comberton Village College, Comberton
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Gamlingay Village Primary, Gamlingay
Hartford Infant School, Huntingdon
Hartford Primary School, Huntingdon
Jeavons Wood Primary School, Cambourne
Melbourn Village College, Melbourn
Offord Primary School, Offord D'Arcy
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Thongsley Fields Primary School, Huntingdon

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