Salary
MPS/UPS
Contractual hours
32.5
Basis
Full Time
Date posted
18/09/2025
Job reference
REQ003409
Job title and organisation: Teacher of Science (Physics) - Allerton Grange School
Salary: MPS/UPS
Hours: 32.5
Contract: Permanent
Location: Allerton Grange School, Talbot Avenue, Leeds, LS17 6SF
Closing Date and Time: Sunday 5 October at Midnight
ASPIRE, GROW, SUCCEED
* Are you passionate about teaching Physics and excited by the opportunity to inspire learners across all key stages, including the chance to teach A-Level classes at Key Stage 5?
* Would you like to be part of a great team of talented professionals in a curriculum-focused role?
* If so, we want to hear from you
Our Culture
We are proud to be a school delivering an exceptional quality of education. We are true to our core values and enable our employees to engage in challenging and rewarding work, whilst at the same time supporting them to aspire, grow and succeed. We believe that engaged, motivated and happy staff are the foundation of a successful school community.
Our Values
The Allerton Grange values are the behaviours and qualities that are valued in fellow employees and our staff community. At Allerton Grange, we place particular emphasis on the following values, behaviours and qualities. This means we are looking to recruit and promote people who live these values on a daily basis.
* Integrity
* Compassion
* Community
* Humility
* Emotional Intelligence
* Courage
* Critical Thinker
* Collaborative
* Diligent
* A Role Model
The challenge to us all at Allerton Grange School is to continue to improve and grow as a community. We need to unlock the skill, passion and discretionary effort that undoubtedly exists within our teachers in order to reinforce the status of our wonderful profession as well as promote individual wellbeing. We also want to ensure that our teachers feel able to make the next steps in their career but we also wish to create a culture here at Allerton Grange School that encourages them to stay and grow with us.
The successful post holder will:-
* Be an inspirational teacher with a proven track record of success.
* Embrace the current changes to the curriculum and drive up progress and outcomes.
* Have the ability to inspire, engage and enthuse students, staff and the wider community.
* Have a professional drive, energy, determination and aspiration.
* Collaborate and work with key leaders across school to support further school improvement.
We will offer:-
* A talented and committed staff team who are supportive of each other. This includes framework for staff voice and a fair workload charter to ensure wellbeing and a good work life balance.
* A Headteacher, Leadership Team and Governing Body committed to creating a school of outstanding practice.
* The opportunity to grow in your teaching practice and work with young people in a truly comprehensive, multi-cultural community environment.
* Excellent professional development opportunities, including a subject-specific CPD model which focuses on subject knowledge.
* Fantastic building resources and facilities.
If you share our values, ambition, have a proven track record, and relish a new challenge we look forward to receiving your application.
If you would like to apply for this post please download the application pack from the school website Current Vacancies - Allerton Grange School or email the school for an application pack. Alternatively, you can telephone leaving your postal address. The pack will include further details about the post, including how to apply.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children's barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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