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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    6 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    21 May 2025

Job details

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Philosophy

Working pattern

Full time, part time: Full time or part time considered

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650 - £49,083

Pay scale

M1 to UPS3

What skills and experience we're looking for

The person appointed to the post will:

1. hold an appropriate degree level qualification and a recognised secondary age range teaching qualification.

2. be able to teach to GCSE level.

3. have an understanding of the learning needs of less able students and be able to respond to them.

4. appreciate the needs of more able students and teach in a manner which acknowledges the need for differentiation and extension.

5. be a competent and enthusiastic communicator of the subject to adults and students.

6. be aware of and responsive to current teaching developments within the subject area.

7. expect and be able to achieve appropriate standards of behaviour and discipline both within and outside the classroom.

8. work collaboratively with the Department and with other staff.

9. be willing to accept and respond positively to advice from subject and pastoral managers.

10. wish to contribute, possibly outside the subject specialism, in some way towards an activity which enriches the educational, social or cultural experiences of the students.

11. seek to establish/promote a successful professional career within the school.

12. be in sympathy with the ethos of the School and seek to uphold, develop and enhance the achievements and standards towards which the School works.

13. the ability to support pupils/respond to parents through fluent and accurately spoken English.


What the school offers its staff

We are delighted to offer the opportunity to join Nunnery Wood High School, a successful, popular and exciting school. You will work with highly skilled and committed colleagues who have built a thriving Ethics and Philosophy department - a high achieving team that has built an excellent learning culture based on good teaching and strong relationships with students.

Ethics and Philosophy is a core subject at Nunnery; all students take the subject as a GCSE and this gives the subject value for students and parents.

Nunnery Wood High School is oversubscribed and enjoys a strong reputation in the region. Staff and students enjoy school life and staff voice extremely high levels of satisfaction with working conditions and leadership of the school. Staff enjoy many benefits including a slightly lighter timetable than is common and a school gym.

Recent Ofsted inspections describe both results and student behaviour as significant strengths. Our intake is broad, from the academically gifted to students requiring nurturing in numeracy and literacy. We are ambitious for them all and share a deep conviction that they should all reach their potential with us.

This is a fantastic opportunity for dedicated and driven professionals to join our team. You must possess the skills and determination to make a significant difference to the lives of our students. Applications are invited from both newly qualified and experienced professionals.

This is an opportunity to work in a thriving school where students, staff and parents work together to achieve something of which we are immensely proud.


Commitment to safeguarding

Nunnery Wood High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students.

All staff at Nunnery Wood High School have a safeguarding responsibility.
The successful applicants will be required to undertake safer recruitment vetting checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.

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About Nunnery Wood High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1494 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Phone number
01905363636

Welcome to Nunnery Wood High School.

Nunnery Wood High School is an academy in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. It is a co-educational school and a Science College with about 1500 students on roll aged from 11 to 16. In 1983 following a restructuring of schools in Worcestershire the Nunnery Wood Secondary School was renamed Nunnery Wood High School.

The school campus is located on the edge of Worcester, surrounded by some 15 acres (61,000 m2) of gardens and playing fields which it shares with the adjacent Sixth Form College. The school benefits from refurbished or purpose built extensions including facilities for Science, English, Music, Art & Design, Languages and ICT. The school’s sports centre has an all-weather outdoor pitch and athletics track.

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