Teacher of Science - Physics Specialism

St Ivo Academy, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6RR

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  11 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Physics, Science
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,957.00 - £50,062.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS

Teacher of Science - Physics Specialism job summary

St Ivo Academy is seeking a well-qualified, enthusiastic Teacher of Science (physics specialism) to join our thriving department. This position is available for full or part time and would suit an Early Career Teacher (ECT) or an experienced practitioner.

Your Role:

• Inspire trust and confidence in students and colleagues.
• Build team commitment with colleagues, and in the classroom engage and motivate students.
• Demonstrate analytical thinking to improve the quality of students' learning. Contribute to the academy improvement /development planning and promote the learning priorities of the academy improvement plan.
• Contribute to the development and / or implementation of academy policies. Promote the wider aspirations and values of the academy

About You:

• Highly effective professionals with excellent knowledge in their area of expertise
• Colleagues aligned to our values and mission, who will thrive in our culture
• Colleagues who passionately believe that all children can achieve, regardless of their starting point, background, or needs

What We Offer:

• Professional Growth: Access to excellent CPD opportunities, career development and the chance to complete additional qualifications. Opportunity to teach up to A Level!
• Enhanced Employee Benefits: Enjoy generous annual leave entitlement, robust employee support programs, extended parental leave, and many more!
• Supportive Environment: Highly visible and supportive senior leaders who have your back.
• Career Progression: Opportunities for promotion within the Astrea Academy Trust.
• Work-Life Balance: Systems that ensure you can focus on your core purpose.
• Accommodation: The successful candidate has the option to live on-site in a part-subsidised school property.

Why St Ivo Academy?

St Ivo Academy is a large 11-18 comprehensive academy located in the town of St Ives, Cambridgeshire. With around 1700 students, including 300 in our Sixth Form, we are proud of our 70-year history and our place within the local community. We are truly comprehensive and inclusive, supporting students from all backgrounds and abilities, from those preparing for Oxbridge to the most vulnerable.

We are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour, and culture. Influenced by Lemov’s ‘Teach Like A Champion’, Rosenshine, and cognitive science, we believe in explicit instruction and teaching powerful knowledge. Our scholarly culture is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful, ensuring impeccable behaviour so teachers can focus on teaching and pupils on learning.

We provide an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all our students, helping them learn, thrive, and lead successful lives. We are ambitious for every child, regardless of background, prior attainment, or needs, ensuring they have the option to go to university or pursue an aspirational alternative. We work tirelessly to help children overcome barriers and flourish.

Interested in Applying? If you are passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at the job description and candidate pack to find out more about the role and how to apply.

Closing Date: 11th May 2025. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!

Additional Information: This role profile is not exhaustive. Other duties are detailed in the job description and person specification. Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post would be subject to an Enhanced Child Workforce DBS check with Barred List, satisfactory medical and employment references.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St Ivo Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1627 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Ivo Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-ivo-academy

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to St Ivo Academy. We are an inclusive 11-18 academy which for the last 60 years has been privileged to serve the community of St Ives and its surrounding area.

Our vision for St Ivo Academy is:

We believe that all students, regardless of their starting point, should be guided and supported to develop the academic, social and moral understanding and behaviours to be successful and happy in their future.

As a community of students, staff and parents/carers we are respectful, polite and courteous to each other in all that we do.

The values we hold as being central to this are:

Respect

Resilience

Our ethos is, very simply:

Work hard, be kind

We believe that St Ivo Academy offers a unique mix of academic success and care for the individual. It is a great place to learn and to work. We are very proud of a school which is constantly evolving and adapting to provide the best education for the young people of St Ives.

You will find key information about the school on this site or for more regular updates use our Facebook, Instagram or Twitter accounts. You are, of course, very welcome to arrange a visit to see for yourself what St Ivo Academy has to offer.

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