Teacher of Science MAT Cover (4 months)

Fulbrook School, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, MK17 8NP

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  5 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  29 May 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Physics, Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main Scale
• Additional allowances:

  Main Scale

Teacher of Science MAT Cover (4 months) job summary

Job Purpose:

To produce high-quality teaching plans and supporting resources; to deliver high-quality lessons in science; to support in developing a great curriculum with engaging learning and formative assessments; to secure the highest levels of learner interest and achievement; to monitor and support the overall development of pupils as a form tutor.

Relationships:

The post holder is responsible to the Head Teacher in all matters, to the Head of Department inrespect of curricular matters and the Assistant Head Teacher in pastoral matters.

The post holder also interacts on a professional level with colleagues and seeks to establish and maintain productive relationships with them. The main objective of the team, within which the post holder works, is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the school.

Teaching and learning:

Deliver consistently high-quality teaching and learning experiences that lead to high levels ofprogress, learner interest and enjoyment;

Keep up to date with developments in the subjects and in teaching.

Assessment:

Make accurate assessments that can be used to track pupil attainment and progress;

Make summative and formative records of pupil attainment;

Regularly assess pupils’ work so they know what they need to do to improve and help them act on this information to improve progress.

Curriculum planning:

Produce high quality lesson and short-term teaching plans with supporting resources for own classes; Share planning and resources with other teachers.

Communication:

Ensure effective communication with parents of students;

Liaise with colleagues in lower/primary, middle and upper/secondary schools.

Additional duties:

The post holder may be required to fulfil the role of form teacher and mark class attendance registers. Fulbrook and undertake any other duties as specified by the Head Teacher.

Other Information:

Kingsbridge Educational Trust and schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures and to always behave appropriately towards children and vulnerable adults, both in work and in their personal lives. All school-based posts are defined as Regulated Activity and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check.

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

Fulbrook is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; all staff are expected to share this commitment and all applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with previous employers, prior to interview. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check is required for all successful applicants.

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 Fulbrook School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 9 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 554 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fulbrook School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fulbrook-middle-school-milton-keynes

Fulbrook is a very popular, high achieving school, which is now an extended secondary school, providing education for Years 5 – 9 and extending the offer to Year 11 by September 2024. Please visit our school website to learn more about the school vision. The future is coming… Come with us!

Set in a magnificent green field site, just within the county boundary of Bedfordshire, the school is close to the exciting and vibrant city of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. Our current number on roll is 470. As a 9-16 extended secondary school, we shall have approximately 720 pupils on roll by 2024.

We are a school, where everyone is known, valued and supported to achieve personal success.

We offer a very popular cash back health insurance package, providing dental, optical, diagnostic consultations, scans and various therapies including physio, chiropractic and osteopathy.

Fulbrook is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; all staff are expected to share this commitment and all applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with previous employers, prior to interview. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check is required for all successful applicants.

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