Independent Schools Association (ISA)
KS2 Science Teacher - Fixed Term
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Salary: £32,949 - £45,392 per annum (M1-M6)
Reports to: Head of the Junior School
Contract details: Fixed-term contract from September 2026 - 31st August 2027
Description
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to have responsibility for the educational and pastoral leadership of around 24 children within a Key Stage 2 form group at one of the country’s leading independent Junior schools.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the leadership of teaching and learning in Science throughout the school from Pre-School through to Year 6. Not only does this involve the development and implementation of the academic programmes of study for Science, we are looking for a colleague who will embed Science into our daily lives and engender a passion for Science across the school, through the promotion of Science-based enrichment activities. As well as being the lead teacher of Science in the school, you will work collaboratively alongside a small number of other colleagues who are teaching Science to our younger pupils, supporting their planning and delivery.
You will facilitate the development of practical Science, recognising the importance of hands-on experimental work to enable children’s learning of key scientific principles. To that end, you will be responsible for the care of the school’s dedicated Science Laboratory. It is a well-resourced area with an array of practical apparatus and the room is fitted with gas, water and electric utilities as you would expect in any Senior school laboratory. There is also an adjoining preparation and storage room.
Equipped with excellent communications skills and a collaborative style of working, you will be approachable and solution-focused, highly organised and behave with integrity at all times. You will be wholly committed to our aims to provide a stimulating teaching and learning programme, attentive pastoral care and a competitive varied enrichment programme, all delivered in impressive modern facilities. Above all else, you will understand that the caring relationships we develop with every child and their parents are the most important asset to ensuring educational success and happiness: we want every child and their family to feel valued.
You will be working in close cooperation within the team of Specialist Teachers, all pulling together to support the learning needs of all our students. As an Independent School, we have developed our own schemes of work that utilise the best elements of the National Curriculum and structure them in a way to realise the potential of the children we teach.
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We encourage and promote an independent learning style nurturing and guiding our children to take responsibility for their own development and building growth mindsets. We strike an important blend of child and teacher – initiated learning, looking all the time to develop our own pedagogy to improve children’s learning through a committed approach to staff development and training. We believe effective learning is a consequence of strong relationships, differentiated challenges, accurate assessment and timely feedback.
Responsibilities
Teaching and Learning
- To plan, organise and teach the weekly/daily programmes of learning for all timetabled lessons, using a variety of delivery methods to stimulate learning, based on the relevant schemes of work, working closely with colleagues to ensure continuity, challenge and progression.
- To provide a stimulating classroom environment for learning, where resources can be accessed appropriately by all children.
- To ensure that teaching and learning is structured to create opportunities for the extension of more able children and support for children in need of learning support.
- To assess and record the development of the children, using the information where necessary to improve specific aspects of teaching and learning.
- To be able to set clear targets, based on prior attainment, for children’s learning.
- To set the children high standards in the content and presentation of their work by the quality of displays.
- To report the development and progress of children both internally and to parents through both informal and formal means including written reports and Parents’ Evenings.
- To liaise and consult with appropriate staff including the Key Stage Leader, Head of Learning Support and Deputy Head Academic development regarding learning and general progress of the children, both individually and collectively.
- To attend and contribute to team and whole staff meetings as required, include those which relate to the day-to-day running and the ongoing development of the school.
- To ensure that technology (including AI) is integrated effectively into the teaching and learning activities.
- To keep abreast of professional developments relevant to you and your subject.
- To organise visitors into school and educational visits linked to enrich the taught curriculum.
- To communicate and co-operate with specialists from outside agencies if required.
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Pastoral Care
- All teachers are responsible for the pastoral care and well-being of all children within their charge, working in collaboration with the pastoral team – Key Stage Leader, Head of Learning Support and Deputy Head Pastoral Care – to ensure that children are supported and happy whilst at school
- To be aware of the individual strengths, personalities and needs of each child in the form and teaching groups
- To actively encourage and promote the success and achievement of every child in all its different ways using informal and formal means to do this
- To share responsibility for the development of all children: their attitudes, approaches and behaviour within the school following the school’s Behaviour and Anti-Bullying policies
- To monitor and provide appropriate advice and guidance on individual children’s progress in respect to personal development, attendance, educational progress and behaviours
- To ensure that parents are regularly kept informed on relevant issues relating to their child and to responds to queries and requests in an appropriate and timely fashion
- To support the integration of PSHE into the daily life of the children including the emphasis of thematic assembly programme, attending and contributing towards assemblies
- To register children in accordance with the Attendance Procedures
General
- To work as a member of a whole staff team, positively and enthusiastically contributing to effective working relationships within the school
- To contribute to the school’s enrichment programme, providing at least one hour a week to this busy and active programme
- To attend Open Mornings, Parents’ Evenings, annual Prizegiving and other official school events
- To participate with and support organisation of educational visits, including residential trips
- To address and report safety issues to relevant colleagues within the school and to undertake risk assessments and training where necessary
- To undertake supervisory duties as required, attend pre-term staff meetings and Inset days
- To monitor all resources for maintenance, requisition and health and safety reasons.
- To ensure that all school policies and procedures are adhered to
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