Teacher of Science (Maternity Cover)
St John Fisher Catholic High School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5JN17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
3 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 October 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE)
Teacher of Science (Maternity Cover) job summary
We are looking to appoint an ambitious Teacher of Science for the above position from January 2026, this post is a maternity cover.
The candidate should be an excellent classroom practitioner and keen to make a difference to children. This is an exciting time to join the school as we build on recent success and continue our drive to raise standards. This would be an ideal opportunity for a newly qualified teacher or an experienced teacher who is looking for a change.
The successful candidate will teach to at least GCSE and will be:
An innovative practitioner
Focussed on the development of a stimulating curriculum
Highly motivated with well-developed interpersonal skills to support the motivation of colleagues and the student community
Committed to learning and the raising of standards
St John Fisher is an 11-18 comprehensive school with a rich Catholic ethos. There are 800 students on roll including the Sixth Form. The school has excellent facilities and well-equipped rooms. The school was judged Good by Ofsted in October 2013, November 2017 and June 2023. It was also judged Outstanding by the Diocese in December 2013, 2018 and again in March 2022. Visits to the school are welcome.
We are a consistently good school on a journey to outstanding and so this is an exciting time to join us as we build on recent success and continue our drive to raise standards.
This school is a safe school and we ensure our culture is one that keeps children and young people safe from harm. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We take safe recruitment very seriously and the successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (formerly Criminal Records Bureau). Shortlisted candidates should be aware that online checks may be carried out as part of our due diligence.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St John Fisher Catholic High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 828 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St John Fisher Catholic High School website
A voluntary-aided comprehensive rated Good by Ofsted in 2017
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