Southfield School for Girls
Northamptonshire
Salary:
Leadership Pay Scale 8-13
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2026
Apply by:
22 September 2025
Job overview
Head of Science - LEADERSHIP PAY SPINE 8-13 (depending on responsibilities taken on)
We are a vibrant, forward-thinking school that places significant value on professional learning and career development. We are seeking to appoint an inspirational, highly motivated and innovative leader who will add value to this already thriving curriculum area. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong subject knowledge and be able to teach throughout all Key Stages and have a desire to build strong relationships within the team and across the school. We believe all students have the right to develop their capabilities and skills to thrive in their studies and take them to the next level.
The Science department has a history of outstanding performance outcomes. Students are able to take the three sciences separately at GCSE as well as the three science A levels. We also offer a L3 course in Applied Science. The successful candidate will join a science department fully staffed with specialist science teachers in each of the three science disciplines. The department also runs a variety of science clubs and activities with students regularly participating in regional and national science challenges and events.
Southfield is an exceptional girls' school with a mixed Sixth Form. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of our ongoing journey of expansion and development. The school was accredited as World Class in July 2021 and as such, we are committed to providing a world-class education for every student through a well-designed and balanced curriculum. Our established culture provides a calm, safe and stimulating learning environment. Our most recent Ofsted inspection identified our personal development and sixth form as outstanding.
Ethical leadership is at the core of all decision making at Southfield. As such, staff are valued, treated with respect and afforded a diverse range of opportunities that come with professional trust.
We place significant emphasis on working collegiately as a staff to share our expertise and subsequently enhance the learning experience with our students. Every member of the staff is involved in a variety of professional learning programmes that take place every Wednesday across the academic year.
We have also implemented a bespoke leadership programme enabling staff to develop their knowledge and understanding of leadership. This has provided a number of promotional opportunities for staff within the school and wherever possible, we will promote from within our school. We believe that Southfield provides something unique and the perfect environment in which both staff and students have opportunities to flourish and grow in a world of possibilities.
As a school we value collaboration and seek to develop leaders at all levels. We therefore have a vibrant and committed Extended Leadership Team, made up of key Middle Leaders, who work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to tackle challenges and enhance our provision for both students and staff.
As a trust we run collaboration opportunities between and we look for strong leaders to lead this. For the right candidate, there could also be a role as a science lead for the trust.
The post will start in 01 January 2026.
To apply for this role, please visit the Southfield School vacancies page on our website or apply through the My New Term link found within the Applicant Info Pack attached.
Closing date for applications is 9.00am on Monday, 22nd September 2025. Provisional interviews' dates 24th/25th/26th September 2025.
If this role attracts sufficient interest before closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised. If you want more info about the role, please contact us at or
We may interview suitable candidates prior to the closing date.
Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undergo enhanced DBS clearance. The school is committed to Equal Opportunities in Employment.
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About Southfield School for Girls
Southfield School for Girls
Lewis Road, Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN15 6HE
United Kingdom
Southfield School is a girls-only, comprehensive, non-denominational secondary school with co-educational sixth form situated in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
The school first opened in 1976 as an amalgamation of Kettering High School for Girls and Rockingham Road Senior Girls School. It fought off closure declarations from the local authority and went on to thrive, gaining specialist sports status in 2004 and science college status in 2009. In 2021 Southfield School became part of Orbis Education Trust which comprises of:
* Southfield School, 11-18 years of age, single sex (mixed sixth form), 1,200 place secondary school (Ofsted rating – Good, with outstanding features (April 23).
* Kingsthorpe College, 11-18 years of age, mixed sex, 1,500 place secondary school (Ofsted rating – Good, December 2019).
* A third school will soon join the Orbis family: Hanwood Park School, 900 place secondary school.
Headteacher
Scott Nevett
Values and vision
Southfield aims to provide for the future needs of our students. Careers and types of employment opportunities are evolving and changing continually. Some are yet to be created and so we see it as our obligation to prepare our students to be competitive in anticipation of the unknown. Therefore, our strong focus on academic attainment is equalled by our commitment to develop transferable skills and personal characteristics through the many opportunities we provide.
We provide an education that prepares our young people for a future in which they will need to be adaptable, resourceful and ethical in facing complex challenges. Being a Southfield student will mean the chance to be successful and have a positive influence on the global community. We aim for all of our students to be able to make an impact and leave a positive imprint on the world.
We nurture our students with the future in mind today.
Our shared values of Optimism, Resilience, Balance, Individuality and Synergy.
Ofsted report
As you will read, we continue to be a good school with two aspects of the inspection judgements deemed to be 'Outstanding'. The first is the superb Personal Development our students receive, which includes opportunities such as; our bespoke Healthy Living and form time curriculums, careers guidance, our enrichment and electives programme, clubs, trips, DofE, and the CCF. The second area is the exemplary Sixth Form provision we provide for all of our Post-16 students.
We are immensely proud of the wealth of positive aspects of our school highlighted in the report and would like to thank the whole school community for their continued support and positive engagement with our journey.
Even though we are proud of how this report shows the best of Southfield, we are not complacent. It goes without saying that everyone involved with the school wants to continue moving the school forward, positively, with high expectations across the board.
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