25 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    28 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    3 April 2025

Job details

Job role

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subjects

Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science

Working pattern

Part time: 0.6 FTE

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPR/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Teacher of Science to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering engaging and high-quality Science lessons across Key Stages 3 and 4, with the ability to teach to GCSE level. The ability to offer Mathematics at Key Stage 3 would be advantageous.

The science team is currently made up of two dedicated teachers delivering the three separate science subjects across KS4. At KS3 science is taught in a combined way for years 7 and 8 and split into the separate sciences in Year 9. The department has a well-equipped lab and adjoining prep room. The successful candidate will be working alongside an experienced teacher of science across both key stages.

What the school offers its staff

Samuel King’s School is a friendly, and welcoming 11-16 secondary school, committed to providing a high-quality education for all our pupils. We pride ourselves on our strong community ethos, dedicated staff, and supportive learning environment.The school is part of Alston Moor Federation, sharing a site with Alston Primary School.

We are a small, community based, school with a long tradition of serving local children and their families. We aim to be caring and inclusive, while still providing an excellent academic grounding for all our children. We highly value being small, being able to get to know each child and their family very well, and being at the heart of this vibrant community

The school was last inspected by Ofsted in July 2022 which confirmed us as a “good school”.

We welcome applications from both recently qualified and experienced teachers.

Visits to the school are highly recommended and will be warmly welcomed. If you would like to visit us please contact Diane Smith in our School Office on 01434381236 or dsmith@alston.cumbria.sch.uk

Application packs are available on our school website https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/job-vacancies

Electronic applications are fully acceptable, and these should be emailed to: office@samuelkings.cumbria.sch.uk marked for the attention of Mrs Pamela Seaton, our business manager.

The closing date for applications is Monday 28th April 2025 at 12.00pm. Shortlisting date will be 2nd May 2025 Interviews will be held the week beginning Monday 5th May.


Commitment to safeguarding

Alston Moor Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to pre-employment checks which will include an enhanced DBS check, along with two satisfactory references.

Applying for the job

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About Samuel King's School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
89 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
Samuel King's School website
Email address
office@samuelkings.cumbria.sch.uk
Phone number
01434381236
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Alston Moor Federation was created in 2015 as the merger of Samuel King’s School, Alston Primary School and Nenthead Primary School. We are all community schools, and we work closely with Cumbria Local Authority. We have a very prominent site in the middle of Alston, which accommodates both Samuel King’s School and Alston Primary School. Nenthead Primary school is approximately five miles away in a nearby village. Our modern site provides excellent facilities in the interesting town of Alston in the wonderful North Pennines countryside. There are currently 220 students on roll, with around 100 pupils in Samuel King’s School.
This post will be mainly focused on working in our secondary school, Samuel King’s School, and the ability to offer a related subject would be helpful. The post is available as the school is growing and we need to be able to teach an increasing number of children whose parents are choosing Samuel King’s School.

Arranging a visit to Samuel King's School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@samuelkings.cumbria.sch.uk.

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