Teacher

The King Edward VI School, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1DN

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 September 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (615)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Chemistry
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher job summary

Chemistry Teacher

The King Edward VI School is a high achieving school, with a reputation for academic excellence for all. We provide for over 1400 students from Years 9-13 and have a thriving Sixth Form of around 450 students. We pride ourselves on being a fully inclusive and truly comprehensive school built on traditional principles and high standards.

We aim to prepare all in our care to leave the school fully equipped to meet the challenges they may face, and with a sense of service to their communities. We value our positive relations between staff and students and are proud of our friendly and purposeful atmosphere.

Our dedicated staff ensure that students are challenged to meet their potential, in a supportive environment. We have a holistic view of education and pride ourselves on offering a fully rounded educational experience. It is not only in the academic sphere where our students excel. Our commitment to extracurricular activities is very strong, and we offer our students an extensive enrichment and extra-curricular programme.

We believe there is something here for everyone.

We are very proud of our staff, students and our legacy. Please take a moment to look through our website to get an insight into what our school has to offer.

We have many amazing people working here. People who are knowledgeable, passionate and committed. Some people spend their career with us, some because they’ve found their niche, others are with us because of the opportunities to grow and develop. We want great people working for us. To get the best, we will always offer the best in terms of employment and opportunity. Diversity and inclusion are important to us - we are all individual and shaped by our personal characteristics, backgrounds, knowledge, skills and experience.

We believe we provide a great place to work and in return offer supportive staff training and ongoing CPD.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Chemistry Teacher to join our Science team who:

• Has experience of teaching AQA Combined Science/Separate Science at GCSE
• Has experience of teaching Year 12 AQA Chemistry

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Please refer to our website for safeguarding information

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 The King Edward VI School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1426 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The King Edward VI School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-king-edward-vi-academy

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