Dr Challoner's High School
Buckinghamshire
£33,075 - £50,471 per year
Salary:
MPS/UPS (London Fringe)
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2026
Apply by:
9 October 2025
Job overview
Teacher of Chemistry
Required for January 2026
Part time (0.4 – 0.8 depending on your preference)
We are seeking a well-qualified and inspirational teacher to teach Science at KS3 and Chemistry GCSE and A level. Chemistry is successful, thriving and highly-regarded and is our third biggest A level. The Science team are superb; highly experienced, utterly passionate and very friendly. Chemistry is led by an experienced Head of Department and supported by a longstanding and very knowledgeable technician.
We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic, and compassionate teacher who will enable the girls to achieve their personal bests. We wish to appoint someone who loves Chemistry and can share this passion with the girls. You will teach wonderfully motivated, sparky, collaborative and hard working girls as part of a superb team. We can offer part time between 0.4 – 0.8.
What the Challoner's High Chemistry Department can offer you:
* Exceptional students who consistently attain outstanding results and make teaching an absolute pleasure. As our staff say, "Teaching doesn't get better than this"
* A positive place to work with a hugely committed and friendly staff team and excellent facilities
* Excellent opportunities for professional development, including a highly regarded CPD programme.
* London Fringe allowance
* Use of staff gym; free staff yoga and fitness classes on site; staff discounts at local shops and restaurants in Little Chalfont, local theatres discounts when available, two-week October half term
* The best advert, however, for working at Dr Challoner's High School will always be our hugely rewarding students and lovely, community-minded staff – this is a genuinely great place to work
Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner's girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023 and was also rated as 'leading' in all categories by Challenge Partners last year.
Responsible to: Head of Department
Salary / Allowances applicable: Main / Upper Pay Scale
Start Date: January 2026
Application Deadline 9am on 9th October
Interview Date: Tuesday 14th October
An information pack is available from the Vacancies section of the school website or from
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing. Dr Challoner's High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
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The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure and Section 128 check, where applicable.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Disclosure of Criminal Records
As a school, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that certain criminal convictions and cautions, including some that are spent, must be declared when applying to work with children.
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to disclose:
* All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
* All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. not filtered) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, as amended in 2020
Failure to disclose relevant information may result in withdrawal of an offer or dismissal if appointed.
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About Dr Challoner's High School
Dr Challoner's High School
Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 9QB
United Kingdom
We are a selective girls' grammar school and have a tradition of excellence that will never change but we are also passionate about breadth of aspiration and opportunity. At the heart of our inspirational school we strive to free girls to be themselves. We pride ourselves on our sense of community spirit and a school where all can be confident and courageous.
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