Science Teacher

Closing date for applications:
Monday 13 April 2026

Job Title:

Teacher of Science

Start Date:

September 2026

Contract type:
Permanent, full‑time

Are you a Newly Qualified Teacher looking for your first teaching post or an established teacher looking for a new challenge? Our award‑winning team seeks to appoint an enthusiastic, committed and inspirational specialist Teacher of Science. The suitable candidate will have a good track record of excellent classroom practice and sustained experience in achieving positive outcomes and exceptional progress for students.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach GCSE Combined Science:
Synergy, Level
3. Applied Science and also cross‑curricular support for some elements of the T Level provision. At Energy Coast UTC our intent is to deliver academic excellence alongside a world‑class technical and skills‑based practical education, ensuring our students also excel in employability skills and work directly with employers on a range of projects.

Our 14‑19 college, located on the edge of the Lake District National Park in an area of outstanding natural beauty, is a thriving educational setting which has nurtured partnerships between industry and education. We prepare students to meet the demand for highly skilled engineers and civil engineers in Cumbria and the world.

Our industry partners who work on a range of projects alongside our students include the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Sellafield Ltd, Morgan Sindall, the University of Cumbria, McMenon and the Royal Navy.

We take staff and student wellbeing seriously and have invested time and money in ensuring that all members of our school feel supported and happy. “Leaders are mindful of staff’s workload. Staff enjoy working at the school and appreciate the training available to them.” (Ofsted, 2023).

• Professional development support and an extensive CPD programme
• Early finish to the school timetable on Fridays
• A paid personal day off each year
• A well‑developed programme for ECTs to fully support you in your first years of teaching
• Wellbeing App

For an informal discussion, to arrange a visit to look around the UTC or for an application pack, please contact Enquiries on or by email  The closing date for this post is 09:00 am Monday 13 April 2026. Your completed application form and supporting information should be returned via email.

Hours of work: a minimum of 38 hours per week.

To be an outstanding teacher and tutor who challenges and supports all your students to do their best and achieve their potential by:

• Inspiring trust and confidence in your students and colleagues.
• Building team commitment amongst your students and colleagues.
• Engaging and motivating students.
• Developing and delivering exciting and engaging projects that reflect the best modern engineering practices.
• Taking positive action to improve the quality of your students’ learning.
• Ensuring good student outcomes.

• As a subject teacher, maintain a thorough and up‑to‑date knowledge of the teaching of your subject and take account of wider curriculum developments that are relevant to your work.
• Teach students according to their particular needs, including the planning, differentiation, preparation and assessment of work in line with the policies of the UTC.
• Assist in the smooth delivery of your subject area at the UTC as directed by the Head of Department.
• Implement and maintain good classroom management and follow UTC policies for behaviour management.
• Plan lessons and sequences of lessons to meet students’ individual learning needs.
• Use a range of appropriate strategies and follow UTC policies for tutoring, teaching and behaviour management.
• Assess, monitor and record the progress of students in your teaching and tutorial groups; give them constructive feedback, targets and advice; and report their progress to, and discuss their progress with, their parents or carers.
• Ensure that, as a result of your teaching, your students achieve well relative to their prior attainment, making progress as good as or better than similar students nationally.
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