Teacher of Physics; Maternity Cover

About the school

Bruern Abbey is a unique family of two schools that provide specialist education and pastoral support exclusively for boys (and soon girls) diagnosed with dyslexia, dyspraxia or other neurodivergence. Owing to the successes of Bruern Abbey Prep School, well-established as the only mainstream prep school in the country that caters exclusively for boys diagnosed with special educational needs, Bruern Abbey Senior School launched in September 2022 on an impressive site in Chilton, Buckinghamshire.

In August 2025, the school received its first set of GCSE results, with boys adding nearly three grades to their baseline predictions across their subjects. Bruern Senior is committed to providing a tailored education in inspiring surroundings and maintains high expectations for all boys academic futures. The school has recently expanded, adding more boarding accommodation and dedicated teaching spaces.

Bruern Abbey is proud to be a member of the Bellevue Education group and benefits from shared best-practice and resources, in addition to focused training programmes. The majority of boys board on a weekly basis, arriving on Monday morning and departing by 4pm on Friday. Around half of the teaching staff live on the site and support boarding in the evenings.

We seek an enthusiastic and experienced teacher of science to teach pupils in Years 9 to 11 across the ability range for a maternity cover position from January 2027. The role involves extending the most able and supporting those who find the subject challenging, in preparation for GCSE. The appointed person will primarily be teaching Physics, though willingness to teach across the sciences and to offer Mathematics is an advantage.

This is a challenging yet highly rewarding position in a small, friendly school with a great team of teachers.

• Positive, warm and compassionate approach with generosity of time and energy.
• Responsive to the needs of students and committed to providing a warm, caring environment where pupils can learn and make significant academic progress.
• Excellent communication ability with boys, parents and staff.
• Proactive approach, resilience and adaptability.
• Knowledge and experience of working with neurodivergent young people is an advantage, though not a prerequisite.

• Full annual salary above the national payscale.
• Group personal pension scheme.
• In excess of 16 weeks of holiday per year.
• CPD support given.
• Meals during working hours in term time.
• Inspiring, rural setting within an hour of central London.