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Teacher of Science

Lostock Hall Academy, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 5UR

This job expired on 12 May 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  12 May 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  7 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: M1 - UPR3

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will:

• Be confident in teaching the AQA GCSE syllabus
• Have outstanding subject knowledge in Science, specialising in either Biology or Physics preferable
• Be an excellent classroom practitioner
• Be an active member of the Science team and wider ‘STEM Faculty’
• Have experience of achieving more than expected progress with students
• Be fastidious, analytical and proactive in using assessment data to inform teaching
• Believe in the potential and growth of all students
• Be passionate about teaching and learning and willing to innovate strategies to secure progress for all

What the school offers its staff

At Lostock Hall Academy we are committed to providing our students with the education and the personal development they need to reach their goals. Through a Growth Mindset approach, we promote a can do attitude to learning, with guided pathways into further and higher education and ultimately, to the career that they want to pursue.

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Science Person Specification May25.pdf - 368 KB (opens in new tab)

About Lostock Hall Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 778 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lostock Hall Academy website
• Email address: m.hall@lostockhallacademy.org
• Phone number: 01772 646101
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lostock-hall-academy

Arranging a visit to Lostock Hall Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email m.hall@lostockhallacademy.org.

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