Teacher of Science

Northwood School, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 1QN

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  2 May 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  17 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,870.00 - £56,154.00 Annually (Actual) MPS / UPS plus Outer London Weighting

Teacher of Science job summary

Job overviewThis is an exciting opportunity for an experienced or newly qualified classroom teacher to make a significant contribution to the school. We are looking for a colleague who will embrace our drive to ensure that Science is at the core of our curriculum and has students' progress at the forefront of their teaching. R&R payments are available for those looking for additional responsibility.

The Science Department:

The Science department is made up of 11 teachers with a range of experience. Co-operation and teamwork are a key component of the ethos of the faculty.

The department currently gets exceptional outcomes at Key stage 4 (top 5% of the country) and there are opportunities to teach A Level or vocational courses for the right candidate at Key stage 5. There are many opportunities to contribute to enrichment opportunities within the team to add to our well established Science week, Crest award and science club offer.

The post holder will benefit from excellent facilities and technical support and will have the full backing of the leadership team to ensure that our practical provision is first class.

Northwood School offers:

• Ambitious, polite and well mannered students - our staffing body can teach students the subject they love

• Staff wellbeing is a top priority with a streamlined assessment and feedback policy, meetings scheduled within the day, marking from home offer, social events and an open door policy within the leadership team.

• Support for new members of staff via our renowned Induction programme

• Potential for additional responsibilities (pastoral and or academic)

• Professional development with progression opportunities such as secondments and bursaries as well as access to NPQs and STEM Learning.

• A well-embedded performance management structure

• Bike to Work scheme

• The full support of the Headteacher, senior leaders and colleagues

Our School:

• Northwood School is an outstanding, oversubscribed and high performing 11-18 comprehensive in the London Borough of Hillingdon

• The school is in an impressive new building with fantastic facilities

• Our Progress 8 score consistently places us in the top 10% of schools across the country.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About Northwood School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1031 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northwood School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northwood-school-northwood

It is my pleasure to extend a very warm welcome to the Northwood School.

Northwood is a rapidly growing, popular, 11-18, fully-inclusive co-educational school where students make outstanding progress. In our recent Ofsted inspection, (October 2018) we were judged to be Outstanding. As a result of rapidly rising student numbers we are looking to increase our staff for next year. The school which is located in Northwood, North West London is easily accessible due to the area’s excellent transport links. The nearest tube station is Northwood Hills which is on the Metropolitan line.

We recently moved into a brand new, state of the art building with fantastic facilities for both our staff and students. We are a forward thinking, caring, and most important of all, happy school, where students of all abilities and social backgrounds achieve very well.

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