Teacher of Science

About this role

Post: Teacher of Science

Starting
date: January
2027

Salary: MPS/UPRS – £34,069 – £52,835

Location: Southmoor Academy

Contract
type: Full time

Contract
Term: Permanent

We are a family of academies who
share one vision:

To provide the highest quality education for young people
in the communities we serve.

Our
vision goes beyond our own Trust. We want to contribute to the broader
regeneration of our region by empowering our students to have high aspirations,
achieve excellent outcomes and enjoy learning.

We
aim to achieve our vision by being an excellent employer who ensures that all
staff within and across our academies work together with high levels of moral
integrity. We base every decision around one fundamental question: how will
things improve for our young people as a result of this?

Our
Academies share one vision and implement the same policies, but we are proud
that each has its own unique identity. Staff collaborate within and across
academies. We are committed to continually developing all staff so that they
have high levels of satisfaction and are motivated to provide the best possible
teaching and support to our students. We have the organisational expertise to
support our academies and to support the sustainable growth of the Trust.

We are committed to the
recruitment, retention and development of excellent staff, who are passionate
about building positive relationships and improving the life chances of our
young people.

Our academies recognise the huge
potential in our students; we have high expectations and insist on high
standards for all. Both academies have significant strengths which have been celebrated by
Ofsted:

Southmoor (Ofsted September
2022): Leaders at Southmoor Academy have created a welcoming culture with high
ambition for the pupils. Pupils and teachers get along very well. Behaviour in
school is positive. There is very little low-level disruption. This means that
teachers can teach uninterrupted. Staff enjoy working at the school and they
are proud to work here. There is a strong sense of teamwork. Staff recognise
the efforts that leaders have made to manage workload.

Southmoor 16-19 study: Students
are mature and sensible. Current students in Years 12 and 13 are making good
progress on their chosen courses because teaching is consistently good and
members of staff are on hand to support them every step of the way.

Sandhill View (November 2025):
Pupils, including the most vulnerable, speak powerfully and with warmth about
the positive impact of the school’s work. Trust and school leaders act in
pupils’ best interests. Leaders are high profile around the school. They are
welcoming to pupils and model the positive, consistent approach that they
expect of staff. This has helped leaders to build a staff team that fully
embraces the trust and school ethos that if ‘you get it right for the most
vulnerable you get it right for everyone’.
Pupils appreciate the support and care that they receive. As one pupil
commented, ‘No matter who you are, you get support at this school.’

We
are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, inspiring teacher who can spark an
interest and thirst for knowledge in young people.

You will be:

• a well-qualified teacher with a passion for the
  subject
• an excellent classroom teacher
• unwavering in your commitment to engage pupils and
  build excellent positive relationships
• a team-player who will take full advantage of our
  dedicated CPD and support network
• someone with a real drive to secure successful
  pupil outcomes

We offer:

• The opportunity to work with other highly
  successful teachers in science
• A-level teaching within your specialism if
  you want development in this area
• Support to grow within an organisation that
  wants you to be happy and successful, and implements really innovative
  strategies to support this
• Ambitious pupils taught in an environment
  where outstanding academic progression is the highest priority; nearly half of
  all KS4 pupils at Southmoor Academy (and an increasing number of pupils from
  Sandhill View Academy) go on to study ‘A’ levels within the Trust, with over
  one third of all sixth formers who took up university courses in September 2022
  now attending a Russell Group institution.

Closing
date for receipt of applications is 9.00
am on Friday 9th October 2026

Applications
should be returned to Sam Ferry, Head of HR and PA to CEO Sam.ferry@aspirenortheast.co.uk

Please
visit our website for further details: : http://sandhillview.com/

This post is exempt
from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Aspire North East
Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any
offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.