Teacher of Science (Maternity Cover)
Nunnery Wood High School, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 2LT14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
6 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time or part time considered
Contract type
- Fixed term - Maternity Cover - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650 - £49,083
Pay scale
- M1 to UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
The person appointed to the post will:
1. hold an appropriate degree level qualification in science based subjects and a recognised secondary age range teaching qualification.
2. be able to teach science to Key Stages 3 and 4, including GCSE.
3. have an understanding of the learning needs of less able students and be able to respond to them.
4. appreciate the needs of more able students and teach in a manner which acknowledges the need for differentiation and extension.
5. be a competent and enthusiastic communicator of the subject to adults and students.
6. be aware of and responsive to current teaching developments within the subject area and be aware of Health and Safety issues in the laboratory context.
7. expect and be able to achieve appropriate standards of behaviour and discipline both within and outside the classroom.
8. work collaboratively with the Department and with other staff.
9. be willing to accept and respond positively to advice from subject and pastoral managers.
10. wish to contribute, possibly outside the subject specialism, in some way towards an activity which enriches the educational, social or cultural experiences of the students.
11. seek to establish/promote a successful professional career within the school.
12. be in sympathy with the ethos of the School and seek to uphold, develop and enhance the achievements and standards towards which the School works.
13. the ability to support students/respond to parents through fluent and accurately spoken English.
14. all staff at Nunnery Wood High School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and amendments to the Exemptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and barred list check.
What the school offers its staff
Nunnery Wood High School requires an inspiring teacher of Science to join our thriving school. The Science Department is looking for a well-qualified teacher to teach within a strong department in which achievement is exceptional and student engagement is excellent.
Nunnery Wood High School is oversubscribed and enjoys a strong reputation in the region. Staff and students enjoy school life and staff voice extremely high levels of satisfaction with working conditions and leadership of the school. Staff enjoy many benefits including a slightly lighter timetable than is common and a school gym.
Recent Ofsted inspections describe both results and student behaviour as significant strengths. Our intake is broad, from the academically gifted to students requiring nurturing in numeracy and literacy. We are ambitious for them all and share a deep conviction that they should all reach their potential with us.
Outcomes at GCSE have been consistently excellent in the Science Department. All teaching spaces are either new or refurbished with new screens and computers and there is a Science workroom. This is a fantastic opportunity for dedicated and driven professionals to join our team. You must possess the skills and determination to make a significant difference to the lives of our students. Applications are invited from both newly qualified and experienced professionals.
This is an opportunity to work in a thriving school where students, staff and parents work together to achieve something of which we are immensely proud.
Commitment to safeguarding
Nunnery Wood High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students.
All staff at Nunnery Wood High School have a safeguarding responsibility.
The successful applicants will be required to undertake safer recruitment vetting checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Nunnery Wood High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1494 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Nunnery Wood High School website
- Email address
- personnel@nunnerywood.worcs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01905363636
Welcome to Nunnery Wood High School.
Nunnery Wood High School is an academy in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. It is a co-educational school and a Science College with about 1500 students on roll aged from 11 to 16. In 1983 following a restructuring of schools in Worcestershire the Nunnery Wood Secondary School was renamed Nunnery Wood High School.
The school campus is located on the edge of Worcester, surrounded by some 15 acres (61,000 m2) of gardens and playing fields which it shares with the adjacent Sixth Form College. The school benefits from refurbished or purpose built extensions including facilities for Science, English, Music, Art & Design, Languages and ICT. The school’s sports centre has an all-weather outdoor pitch and athletics track.
Arranging a visit to Nunnery Wood High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@nunnerywood.worcs.sch.uk.
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