13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    19 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    6 May 2025

Job details

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Subject

Science

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher of Science - Maternity Cover job summary

We are seeking to recruit a suitably qualified dynamic, enthusiastic and hardworking Science teacher to join our committed and highly successful team. Experience and ability to teach Science at both KS3 and KS4 is essential. As a Specialist Science College we have a suite of ten refurbished laboratories with central a preparation area and excellent technician support.

Hounsdown is an 11-16 Science College which converted to an Academy in August 2011. We are a popular, over-subscribed school. Our school has a welcoming ethos with students being courteous and respectful. We are committed to supporting all staff in their career aspirations and growing new leaders. The school motto is ‘Be the best that you can be’.

Staff Benefits

  • Private Health Cash Plan
  • Free counselling support
  • Fantastic CPD opportunities for all
  • Cycle Loan Scheme
  • Staff swimming
  • Respectful email policy
  • Staff fitness sessions
  • Excellent pension scheme
  • Free onsite parking

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, online searches along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

Commitment to safeguarding

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, online searches along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

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About Hounsdown School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1299 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Hounsdown is an 11-16 Science College which converted to a Single Academy Trust in August 2011. We are a popular, over-subscribed, Outstanding (Ofsted 2017), Hampshire school and a strategic partner for the ETC Teaching School Alliance. Our school has a welcoming ethos with students being courteous and respectful. We are committed to supporting all staff in their career aspirations and growing new leaders. The school motto is ‘Be the best that you can be’.

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