Teacher of Chemistry

Teacher of Chemistry

Maternity Cover – 1 Year fixed contract

Part Time 0.67

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for an enthusiastic Teacher of Chemistry to join our thriving department from November 2024. Science is one of our most popular subjects; our students are bright, engaged with their learning and want to make the most of the opportunities available. We welcome applications from Science specialists able to teach Chemistry to KS4 and Science at KS3. A Level teaching may be available for a suitably qualified candidate.  

Rugby High School is a girls’ grammar school that is graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted. All of our students are expected to pass GCSE Chemistry at the end of KS4 with well over 73% achieving grades 8/9. In 2023, we achieved a progress 8 score of 0.78. A large number choose to continue to study Chemistry to A Level. Over 50% of our students gain places at Russell Group Universities.

We welcome applications from teachers at all stages in their career including those returning to teaching and ECTs. We offer a full induction programme, extensive professional development opportunities and a rich menu of extra-curricular activities.

Over the past 4 years Rugby High School has been as challenged as any school, but the mutual care, kindness and respect we show each other as colleagues, and our students have ensured that it has remained a warm, welcoming and supportive place to work. Our students have been amazing throughout, and we would be very pleased to welcome a new colleague who wanted to nurture the curiosity and joy of learning in our whole school community.

• Would you like to teach able, polite, motivated students who want to learn?

• Would you like to be part of a highly successful Chemistry Department?

• Are you passionate about your subject?

If so, then we might have just the job for you.

Key attributes include:

• a good degree in Chemistry

• being passionate about your subject

• being eager to teach in a school in which students have a genuine love of learning

• ensuring the progress of highly motivated high achieving cohorts

• supporting the strategic direction of the department in line with the school’s ethos and values

We can offer:

• a strong and well-established senior leadership team

• a stimulating working environment

• well-motivated staff and high achieving students

• professional development

Please contact Mike Sherwin on the below details for further information and an application form.

T: 07525 889925

E: rugbyhighschool@hays.com 

Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 23rd September 2024

Interviews: W/B Monday 30th September 2024

RUGBY HIGH SCHOOL is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); online checks as part of KCSIE; medical fitness; identity and right to work in the UK. Applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. 

All staff have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn this includes ensuring that health and safety regulations are followed; activities that are potentially hazardous are risk assessed and contributing to the maintenance of a supportive culture throughout the school community in which students feel cared for, respected and listened to.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.