Job Description
Location: Oxfordshire (Oxford)\nContract Type: Full-Time, Permanent\nSalary: MPS1 (ECT Scale)\n\nScience ECT required from September 2025 to join an innovative and academically driven secondary school in Oxford.\nOutstanding ECT induction programme, with experienced mentors and reduced timetable.\nTeach inquiry-based Science across KS3 and your chosen specialism from Year 9.\n\nA thriving and supportive school in the heart of Oxford is seeking a passionate Science ECT to begin their teaching journey in September 2025. The successful candidate will work within a large, well-resourced Science faculty that values collaboration, scientific curiosity, and personalised student progress.\n\nExperience and Qualifications\n\n * \n\n Degree in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or a related STEM field\n\n * \n\n PGCE or SCITT leading to QTS by July 2025\n\n * \n\n Clear communication skills and enthusiasm for practical science\n\n * \n\n Willingness to engage with STEM enrichment initiatives\n\n * \n\n Legal ability to work in the UK\n\nSchool Information\nWell regarded for its balanced emphasis on academic excellence and student wellbeing, the school boasts newly refurbished laboratories with digital sensors, light microscopes, eco-garden spaces, and full-time lab technicians. Students regularly achieve above-average science outcomes and engage in national STEM competitions.\n\nWhat This Role Offers\n\n * \n\n A structured induction including weekly mentor sessions and peer lesson observations\n\n * \n\n Reduced Year 1 timetable to allow planning time and professional reflection\n\n * \n\n Opportunities to lead or support science clubs, STEM fairs, and sustainability projects\n\n * \n\n Investment in staff wellbeing; on-site yoga, cycle-to-work scheme and health initiatives\n\nApplication\nTo apply, please submit your CV and a short personal statement outlining your passion for science and teaching