Science Technician

• NJC Scale Point: 4 - 6
• Actual salary: £14,636 to £15,103 per annum
• 25 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum

We are searching for the best education professionals to join our trust. Are you passionate about making a difference to our children’s learning? Are you looking for a new challenge?

Pool Hayes Academy are looking to appoint a creative and organised Science Technician, with a real drive to enhance students’ experience of secondary education.  The successful candidate will work in partnership with class teachers to support with resources, learning and technical support to meet the needs of the Science department.

Our Academy is a well led, dynamic team, whose colleagues all enjoy supporting the Academy and its culture of outstanding success amongst our students. The appointed candidate will ensure compliance with health and safety and security measures at all times and support teachers and students with practical activities.

The ideal candidate will have a good basic level of education to GCSE level 4/C+ (to include English and Maths), have an awareness of health and safety regulations relating to practical subjects in schools and have the ability to keep calm under pressure. 

Why choose Pool Hayes Academy? We have experienced substantial growth in recent years and the academy is now a provider of choice in the area and is over-subscribed. Our Ofsted rating has improved to Good in April 2022 – but that’s just the beginning of our ambition for the pupils and staff at this 11-18 academy.

Our vision for Pool Hayes Academy means that any pupil regardless of circumstance can fulfil their potential. Furthermore, we believe that educational success leads to empowerment for our young people and the freedom to make more choices over their future.

About Academy Transformation Trust

At ATT we are driven by a simple but profound belief: every child can and should become capable, competent, and confident. Our purpose is to transform lives through education, and our strategy, ATT2030, sets out how we will achieve this for every pupil, every colleague, and every community we serve.

We know that people are at the heart of everything we do. Our trust thrives because of the talent, dedication, and values of our colleagues. If you choose to join us, you will become part of a high-trust, high-accountability organisation where principals are empowered to lead, colleagues are supported to grow, and everyone is united in the moral purpose of education.

In return

You can expect fantastic Professional Development opportunities, a comprehensive employee benefits package, shopping discounts, cycle-to-work and gym schemes, cinema tickets and an employee assistance programme.

Pool Hayes Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person – able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called “the Great Conversation.” An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.

To learn more and apply online, please see our application pack for more information and visit our careers page.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 24^th February 2026, 9.00am

Interview date: To be confirmed 

Pool Hayes Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2025.  We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications.  We are open to Flexible Working.