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Junior School Science Teacher

Junior School Science Teacher

Notting Hill and Ealing High School

Ealing

Salary:
Competitive salary plus benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
For April/ September 2023
Apply by:
20 February 2023

Job overview

Notting Hill & Ealing High School, one of London’s leading independent girls’ day schools, has an exciting opportunity for an inspirational Junior School Science Teacher to join our successful and committed team in the Junior School.

The NHEHS Junior School is a popular and highly successful, two-form entry school with 300 pupils aged 4 to 11 years where girls and staff work together in a warm, friendly environment. Expectations in all areas of school life are high and entry is by academic selection. Almost all our pupils continue into the Senior School, which also has an outstanding academic record.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, well-qualified and dedicated Science lead, to manage and develop Science throughout our Junior School (Years 1-6). You will teach Science across the school (there is a well-equipped, purpose-built lab), and provide an exciting and stimulating curriculum which will develop our girls’ love of science and their enthusiasm for the subject. Girls in Years 1-4 have an hour lesson once a week of science and those in Years 5 & 6 have an hour and a half. There is close liaison with science subject teachers in the Senior School.

Teaching at NHEHS

“Teaching here is all about being able to have in-depth conversations with students about your subject and helping to enthuse them with the same passion as you have. Teaching at NHEHS is exactly what I imagined teaching would be like when I got my first teaching job; it’s what teaching should be!” - Head of Department

About the School

NHEHS is a leading academic day school. Our girls are ambitious, bright, enthusiastic and eager to learn and we offer a warm and supportive community. We occupy a site in suburban, leafy, west Ealing with excellent transport links. As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:

  • Membership of Pension Scheme
  • Access to the GDST central training and development programme
  • Up to 50% discount on fees for children at GDST schools
  • Training grants for obtaining further qualifications
  • Interest free annual season ticket loans for travel are available to staff
  • Interest free loans to enable staff to buy a computer for personal use at home
  • Cycle Scheme: The School is part of the scheme which enables staff to purchase bicycles and equipment at a tax advantageous rate and pay for the equipment over 12 months
  • Free lunches during term time
  • Accredited ECT induction

For further information about this position and to apply please click the apply button. Closing date: Monday 20th February 2023 (12pm) but early applications are welcomed. Interviews will take place week commencing Monday 27th February 2023.

NHEHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS. Applications will be considered only from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

About Notting Hill and Ealing High School

NHEHS is a leading selective girls’ school which achieves outstanding results within an exceptionally warm and supportive community. We are one of the very first schools founded by the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST).  The school opened in 1873 and was originally located in Norland Square, Notting Hill before moving to its current site in Ealing in the 1930s.

NHEHS has always had an outstanding reputation and been at the forefront of girls’ education. Its exceptional academic standards ensure that today it remains one of the UK’s leading independent girls' day schools.

Our location in Ealing, with its excellent transport links (underground, mainline, bus and road), means that our pupils come from all over West London and beyond.

We are well known for our success in balancing academic achievement against wide and enriching extra-curricular activities and underpinning everything with excellent pastoral care which puts the individual at the heart of everything we do.  The result is girls who are academically successful, well-grounded, confident and independent. They are proud of their school and value kindness and laughter, fun and friendship. This is a place where tolerance and mutual respect are nurtured; where you can be yourself.  With a wide variety of activities and opportunities, and a strong emphasis on charitable giving, everyone can enjoy being part of a vibrant community and express their passion for learning, and for life.

Pupils on roll: 899

Junior School (4-10+) 305
Senior School (11-18) 594
Sixth form 142

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