Thank you for your interest in working at our school.  Poynton High is a great school, full of inspirational young people and exceptionally talented staff.  As Headteacher I am proud to have such a supportive, expert and engaged staff team and I hope that you will wish to move forward on your application and look to join us in due course. 

We seek to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic Science teacher to join a highly successful and innovative team for a period of maternity leave. This position offers someone with good communication and interpersonal skills a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious and forward thinking school.  Applicants must be committed to delivering high standards of teaching and learning. This post would be suitable for a newly qualified or experienced teacher.

You will have demonstrated an ability to teach all Science subject areas at Key Stage 3 and 4. The ability to teach Physics to GCSE would be an advantage.

Our school has served the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas since 1972 and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs.  We pride ourselves on our vision as a school which serves our whole community and which works in partnership with our colleagues in other schools.  We have approximately 1450 students in Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A levels in our successful Sixth Form. 

Our staff support our students in an extraordinary range of ways and at the heart of this lies our House System.  Every member of staff and every student is in one of our four Houses and we have an extensive programme of House Activities on offer; from House Water Polo to House Fishing, from House General Knowledge to House Dragons’ Den; as well as the traditional football, rugby, lacrosse, athletics, basketball, etc.

The school motto is INSPIRE ACHIEVE CELEBRATE and we apply that to every element of school life.  Our role as staff is to ensure that we inspire every student to achieve the best they possibly can in everything they do, whether that be academic, sporting, cultural or in the community and at the heart of our culture is a celebration of that achievement.  We hope that as a prospective member of staff you will share our mission to “inspire and empower all within our learning community to fulfil their individual potential and ambitions so that all are able to be active and successful citizens in our global society”.

We would encourage you to visit our website (www.phs.cheshire.sch.uk) to get a better understanding of life here at Poynton High and we look forward to receiving your application in due course.

Please see Job Pack for further information.