Teacher of Science
Ponteland High School, Ponteland, Northumberland, NE20 9EG7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
5 May 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
28 April 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Biology, Chemistry
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 Hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916 - £51,048
What skills and experience we're looking for
● To contribute to raising standards and student outcomes in the department and whole school
- To teach effectively and maximize students' achievements
- To foster a positive approach to learning
- To contribute to the development of the department and the whole school
- To be an effective Form Tutor
What the school offers its staff
Required from September 2026 – a highly competent Teacher of Science
A rare opportunity has arisen to join our strong and high achieving Science department. This post provides an excellent opportunity for ambitious ECTs committed to becoming outstanding teachers or colleagues seeking to further their experience in a very good school. The successful candidate will teach science to Key Stage 3 and GCSE and a separate science subject at A level.
Our students make our school special; they are enthusiastic, talented and motivated to do well. We want the best for them and are looking to appoint a colleague who will add significant value to our school and support us in the drive to become truly outstanding.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Pele Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced DBS and a range of other recruitment checks.
In accordance with Department for Education’s Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, as part of the recruitment process we will undertake an online search of publicly available information of shortlisted candidates. This search will be undertaken by someone who is not part of the decision making process, and after the shortlisting stage, any relevant incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, may be explored at interview.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
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About Ponteland High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1543 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ponteland High School website
- Email address
- c.barker@ponthigh.org.uk
Welcome to Ponteland High School: our overriding aim is to build a school where all of our students are happy, feel safe and achieve exceptionally well.
We are delighted to have converted to an 11-18 secondary school in September 2019 and moved into our state of the art building in November 2020. We know that our students benefit greatly from being within our school from Year 7 and this will support them, in achieving exceptionally well as they progress to GCSE and beyond.
Arranging a visit to Ponteland High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email c.barker@ponthigh.org.uk.
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