Science Teacher - St. George’s School
Job Posted: 20 March 2025
- Contract Term: Permanent
- Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Full time
- Salary: UQ/MPS/UPS + SEN POINT
- Industries: Education
The community of St George’s empowers everyone to feel safe, valued and welcome.
We work towards our aspirations and celebrate our personal achievements. We learn to make choices that shape our future; enabling us to have our voices heard, be respected, develop resilience and independence to take our place in society.
If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of then we would love to hear from you, as we recruit for the following role:
SCIENCE TEACHER
Salary – UQ/MPS/UPS + SEN POINT
Hours per week – Full-time, 32.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
However will consider a minimum of 3 days per week – 19.5 hours
The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of high quality inclusive teaching, including maintenance of all subject curriculum related documentation, including student progress, attainment and accreditation.
You will be an enthusiastic professional, with the ability to work with energy and vision to take the Science provision at St. George’s School forward. With the necessary experience and demonstrable passion for your curriculum area, you will possess the ability to lead teams of staff to support their class groups in a consistent manner.
You will work with students at St George’s School with medical and behavioural challenges. St George’s is embedding a trauma informed approach to teaching and learning and all staff receive appropriate training to embrace this approach. You may also be required to support individuals requiring medical support and will therefore be required to undertake/update specialist training as necessary.
You will develop your practice to effectively meet the needs of our students, supporting them to progress in line with individual’s expectations, or exceed them with additional support. You will develop positive working relationships, sharing good practice across school, and take a lead in identifying areas for your own professional development through your reflective practice.
What you can offer us:
- Be able to demonstrate a high level of personal resilience
- A dynamic, enthusiastic and inspirational teacher who can work creatively to enhance the education of students with a range of physical, sensory and learning difficulties as they journey through to adulthood.
- Relevant experience of working with students who have High Needs/SEND in a specialist area, such as SEMH, Medical, Autism, and complex challenging behaviour.
- Self-reflection on the effectiveness of lessons and approaches to teaching.
- A working knowledge of the KS3 National Curriculum for Science and accreditation suitable to the needs of our students.
In return we can offer:
- Wonderful students.
- The opportunity to be part of an adaptable, committed and skilled staff team.
- A creative learning environment, timetable and curriculum.
- A wide range of training opportunities for career development.
St George’s School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to obtain enhanced DBS clearance.
Please contact Jenny Holmes on [email protected] for further details and an application pack.
Application forms are also available to download from the school website at
St George's School
St. George’s School is a unique provision for SEN as a secondary school for students with severe and complex needs.
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