ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCIENCE

Sir John Lawes School

All Bands + FRINGE + TLR2b

Required for September 2025

Full-time

Sir John Lawes is an innovative and highly successful school (rated Ofsted Outstanding).

We are looking for an excellent Assistant Head of Science to join our highly successful team. You will be an excellent classroom practitioner, creative, well organised and committed to helping our students achieve outstanding outcomes at all key stages.

We know that recruiting and retaining the best possible staff underpins all our success and so we place great emphasis on CPD and support for staff at all levels.  Sir John Lawes has been a National Support School since 2009 and we also benefit from the many opportunities for collaborative work that come from our membership of the Scholars’ Education Trust.

Diversity: The Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion.  We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

Further details and an application form are available from hr@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk, the trust website www.scholarseducationtrust.co.uk or on 01727 734424. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date: 20 January 2025, 9am

Interview dates: TBC w/b 27^th January 2025

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so