Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Bournemouth
£35,000 per year
Salary:
Highly Competitive United Learning Pay Scale plus TLR2 £8,278
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2026
Apply by:
8 October 2025
Job overview
Start Date: January 2025
Salary: Highly Competitive United Learning Pay Scale plus TLR2 £8,278
Closing date: Midnight on Wednesday 8th October 2025
Interview date: TBC – but we reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date
This is a superb opportunity for someone who is an excellent classroom practitioner and has a passionate belief that everyone can succeed looking for your next step in leadership.
Are YOU passionate about Science?
Do YOU want to work at a supportive academy and be part of a great team that truly values your contribution?
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated Teacher of Science to join our OUTSTANDING academies. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a thriving, collaborative Science department within a school community that prioritises professional growth, academic excellence, and staff wellbeing.
Why join us?
Since joining United Learning in August 2019, Avonbourne Academies have gone from strength to strength:
* Avonbourne Boys' Academy – Rated OUTSTANDING in November 2023
* Avonbourne Girls' Academy – Rated OUTSTANDING in all categories in October 2024
Science is a thriving and successful subject area, with strong outcomes and a passionate, well-established team. It is also a very popular choice at A Level, reflecting our students' confidence and enthusiasm in the subject.
Our recent 2025 GCSE results showcase our continued success:
Biology
* Avonbourne Boys:
o 100% achieved Grade 4+
o 100% achieved Grade 5+
o 42% achieved Grade 7+
* Avonbourne Girls:
o 100% achieved Grade 4+
o 94% achieved Grade 5+
o 50% achieved Grade 7+
Chemistry
* Avonbourne Boys:
o 100% achieved Grade 4+
o 100% achieved Grade 5+
o 50% achieved Grade 7+
* Avonbourne Girls:
o 100% achieved Grade 4+
o 97% achieved Grade 5+
o 42% achieved Grade 7+
Physics
* Avonbourne Boys:
o 100% achieved Grade 4+
o 100% achieved Grade 5+
o 54% achieved Grade 7+
* Avonbourne Girls:
o 100% achieved Grade 4+
o 97% achieved Grade 5+
o 35% achieved Grade 7+
Combined Science
* Avonbourne Boys:
o 62% achieved Grade 4+
o 40% achieved Grade 5+
o 4% achieved Grade 7+
* Avonbourne Girls:
o 69% achieved Grade 4+
o 46% achieved Grade 5+
o 10% achieved Grade 7+
These results reflect the strength of our curriculum, the dedication of our staff, and the high aspirations we hold for every student.
So if you are an experienced practitioner looking for your next challenge or a Deputy Head of department looking for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.
Join a school where your passion for science can truly make a difference—and where you'll be part of a team that supports, challenges, and celebrates success together.
The academies are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. The academies benefit from working closely with The Cornerstone, Glenmoor, Winton and United Sixth Form Academies, as part of the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster. We work as a team and achieve more, by sharing, than any single school could.
We are values-driven and our vision is to provide excellent education so that all young people are able to make a success of their lives. Our most important purpose is to teach young people things they would not learn outside school which empower them. Our mission is to bring out 'the best in everyone'. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We also believe in 'Education with Character' – we want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them, given them wide opportunity and prepared them for the ups and downs of life.
We value our staff highly and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose – teaching, in a sustainable way, unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour.
What we are looking for:
The successful candidate will be:
* An excellent Teacher of Science who will play an important role in helping to continue the move of the Science Department into its next stage of development.
* Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here.
* Able to motivate staff and students.
* Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.
What we offer:
* An exceptional salary, above the maintained sector.
* One personal day every academic year
* Teaching staff have one flexi period a fortnight
* Access to our health care cash plan and rewards scheme, Westfield, after six months service.
* Disruption-free learning and a 'warm-strict' behaviour system.
* Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources.
* Opportunity to teach up to A Level.
* A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies.
* A centralised homework system at KS3 – you do not need to mark KS3 homework.
* Centralised detentions, including homework detentions (you do not need to organise/run/chase them at all).
* No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing 'no-stakes' feedback, helping you to continuously develop.
* Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole academy cluster.
* Up to 9 INSET days per year, dedicated to subject knowledge development and planning/resource development.
* An unrivalled professional progression model to enable great teachers to remain in the classroom via our Lead Practitioner (LP) and Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE) routes and/or progression routes to middle and senior leadership.
* A very pleasant location in beautiful Dorset.
We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our Academies to fully appreciate our excellent learning environment.
Avonbourne Academies are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
Note – We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their application as soon as possible.
For more information
To apply, please complete the online application form.
For more information about this role or to arrange a visit please contact:
Closing date: Midnight on Wednesday 8th October 2025
Recruiter contact:
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About Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Harewood Avenue, Bournemouth
BH7 6NZ
United Kingdom
Avonbourne Boys' and Girls' Academies benefit from working closely with Carter, Glenmoor, Winton and United Sixth Form Academies, as part of the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster. We work as a team and achieve more, by sharing, than any single school could.
We are a group of schools based in East Bournemouth catering for students age 4-18 across our four schools. Avonwood Primary School is a standalone primary facility based next door to our Avonbourne Boys' and Girls' Academies where students share a campus and are taught in predominantly single sex classes. When students reach our United Sixth Form, mixed classes are reinstated. We believe this diamond model of education recognises that as boys and girls reach their teenage years, they approach their learning differently allowing us to get the most out of every student.
The Academies advocate a coaching culture, where teachers develop as reflective practitioners, utilising shared best practice and evidence based teaching and learning initiatives. In-house CPD is extensive and high quality, with professional learning communities utilising local university support, to carry out action research in cross-faculty groups.
Pastoral care is superb, with a highly trained team that are morally driven and extremely effective. We encourage students to develop their skills through the provision of educational opportunities which enable young minds to play a part in creating a future which has opportunities for all and encourages aspiration and determination.
The Academies are undergoing a transformational journey and are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education across England. As a group we achieve more by sharing than any single school could.
Avonbourne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please note Avonbourne Academy does not accept CV's in place of application forms.
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