Teacher of Science
Kingsdown School, Swindon, SN2 7SH12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
22 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
10 June 2026
Job details
Job role
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Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) Main scale/UP scale (pending pay award) plus £2,000 recruitment incentive
Teacher of Science job summary
Start date: September 2026
Closing date: Monday 22nd June, 9.00am
Shortlisting date: Monday 22nd June
Interview date: Wednesday 1st July
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: Full time, 32.5 hours per week
Salary Range: Main scale/UP scale (pending pay award)
Recruitment allowance: £2,000
Develop your classroom practice at Kingsdown School within a supportive team that values your professional agency and provides structured, high-quality CPLD.
As a Teacher of Science at Kingsdown School, your impact extends far beyond exam preparation. You will lead classrooms where scientific inquiry is brought to life, directly contributing to an enrichment culture that saw our own students reach the Science Fame Lab finals in the Swindon Borough Council Chambers in March 2026. From exploring forces first-hand during trips to the Cotswold Gliding Club to guiding daily practical experiments, you will shape the academic confidence and career aspirations of young people across Swindon.
What You’ll BringQualified Teacher Status (QTS) or currently working towards completion of an initial teacher training route.
A deep subject passion for the sciences, with the capability to teach across Key Stages 3 and 4 (all specialisms welcome).
An evidence-informed approach to classroom practice and a desire to engage with high-quality CPLD.
A commitment to collaborative culture—someone who thrives on sharing resources, ideas, and feedback.
An empathetic mindset focused on building respectful relationships with a diverse pupil body.
Centrally Planned Curriculum: We provide high-quality, centrally planned science curricula and shared resources baseline banks, removing the burden of individual lesson preparation and allowing you to focus on classroom delivery
Integrated CPD: Professional development is built directly into the school day rather than tacked on as an afterthought.
Operational Support: Our science teachers are supported by an efficient, professional technician team, ensuring practical setups are organised to maximise learning time.
A £2,000 recruitment incentive (R&R) payment for successful candidates applying directly to RLT for this role, is payable after a qualifying period of two full terms in this role. This includes a 2-year retention period.
For more details, please see the Job Description in the attached pack. If you would like to know more about this opportunity, or to arrange visit or a call please contact recruitment@kingsdownschool.co.uk
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
Kingsdown School and the River Learning Trust
By joining our Kingsdown family you will join a team who genuinely cares and champions each and every student and each and every member of the Kingsdown team.
At Kingsdown, we know that staff and students thrive in a ‘healthy work culture’ and the wellbeing of staff and student outcomes is inextricably linked. We are committed to providing the best working and learning environment for all. The RLT has a staff charter and strong values, we uphold these values and commitments, and further build on these with our Wellbeing Strategy.
One of the core values of the RLT is that ‘everyone is learning’ and at Kingsdown we ensure each person has the personalised CPLD that they deserve. We do this through a variety of programmes that allows all staff to take a lead on their own professional development, with the support of colleagues within the school. We are also very excited to be launching our coaching model this year, to allow staff the opportunity to be coached and develop their teaching practice further, whatever stage of their career they are in. High quality CPLD and training are an integral part of our meeting schedule and time is given to curriculum teams to collaborate and learn from each other. Alongside this we have a personalised induction programme that allows for new staff members to join us feeling supported and welcomed from day one.
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
The River Learning Trust and Kingsdown School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered.
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.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Kingsdown School
- School type
- Academies, None, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1029 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Kingsdown School website
Kingsdown is a mixed 11–16 Secondary School located in Stratton St Margaret, Swindon. It offers a vibrant learning environment, one in which its students take great pride in both their learning, their behaviour and their individual aspirations. Our teachers combine a high level of academic expertise with excellent teaching skills and a real and deep concern for the wellbeing of each and every student. Taken together, these allow us to recruit and retain the very best teachers.
Thank you for taking an interest in working with us at Kingsdown School. You are joining us at a very exciting time in our school’s history. At the end of January 2020, we had a two day Ofsted Inspection and were judged to be Good in all five categories under the new framework. This marked the end to over a decade of being judged Requires Improvement.
Kingsdown is a school that has been on a transformational journey. We had a two year P8 trend of -0.50 and this year we secured a P8 score of +0.04. We have also recently been shortlisted for the TES Secondary School of the Year award. Along with the Ofsted judgement, this transformation is truly wonderful for our students, our school and community. Now we are looking for talented and experienced colleagues to join our team as we journey to Outstanding.
Our vision for our school is “a school of excellence bursting with pride and ambition” and our mission statement is that we “champion each and every student”.
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