Teacher of Science (Maternity Cover)
Brookfield Community School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO31 7DU15 days remaining to apply
Job start date
23 February 2026
Closing date
4 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 October 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 (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- Main Pay Range
What skills and experience we're looking for
Brookfield Community School is an over-subscribed 11-16 mixed comprehensive school committed to excellence and to helping every child succeed.
This post presents an exciting opportunity to join our high performing Science Curriculum Area. We are seeking to appoint a reflective and committed teacher who has a passion for teaching science and looking for an opportunity to make a difference in students’ lives. The Science department are a friendly, supportive, collaborative, and highly innovative team who look forward to welcoming a new colleague to be part of their continuing development. We share great practice regularly both formally and informally, responding to recent research to drive teaching and learning alongside a thoroughly planned whole school CPD that drives the school forward. Our students’ ongoing success is testimony to the high aspirations, quality first teaching and excellent leadership that are integral to the department’s ethos.
The successful candidate should be confident to teach across the full age and ability range. The team delivers the AQA GCSE specification for Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Combined Trilogy. During Years 7 and 8 we follow a bespoke scheme of learning based on the Springboard Programme.
What the school offers its staff
We put staff wellbeing at the heart of everything we do and provide highly regarded, quality professional development opportunities for staff in all stages of their career, including robust and highly supportive ECT and new staff induction programmes.
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
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About Brookfield Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1805 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Brookfield Community School website
- Email address
- employeesupport@brookfield.hants.sch.uk
Arranging a visit to Brookfield Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email employeesupport@brookfield.hants.sch.uk.
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