Teacher of Science

A Teacher of Science post at Astrea Academy Netherwood, an 11-16 academy in the Astrea Academy Trust. The job centres on teaching science in the classroom while helping departmental colleagues improve through mentoring, coaching and professional development. It suits an ambitious practitioner with a knowledge-rich, explicit-instruction approach who can drive up standards for pupils from varied backgrounds. Visa sponsorship is not available and the start date is Easter 2027, or earlier if possible.

• Teach science in the classroom to a high standard
• Support departmental colleagues to improve their practice in and beyond the classroom
• Mentor and coach colleagues
• Take part in professional development and challenge within the department
• Act as a beacon of excellent practice for the department
• Deliver a knowledge-rich curriculum using explicit instruction
• Drive up standards for all pupils

• Ambitious classroom practitioner with a drive for strong outcomes
• Professional credibility and intellectual rigour to raise standards
• Able to motivate and encourage colleagues to share the academy's vision
• Belief that all children can achieve, whatever their starting point, background or needs

• Satisfactory background checks including references
• Enhanced DBS check

• Alignment with the academy's values and culture

• Strong support and progression opportunities
• Collaborative planning with shared units of work and resources
• Excellent support from the Astrea Trust central team
• Whole-class feedback policy with no onerous marking
• Centralised detentions, including homework detentions
• No formal graded lesson observations, with instructional coaching instead
• CPD, career development and promotion across the Astrea South Yorkshire region
• Opportunity to complete NPQs