Science Technician – Physics
Tonbridge School
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience, plus benefits package.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 24 February 2026
Job overview
The Science Department is a dynamic and well-equipped environment dedicated to delivering engaging and practical science education. With a strong focus on hands-on learning, the department plays a key role in fostering curiosity and scientific understanding among pupils across all year groups.
As a Science Technician, you will be an integral part of the team, supporting the delivery of high-quality lessons by preparing and maintaining laboratory equipment, materials, and resources. Working closely with teaching staff, you will ensure that practical experiments run smoothly, safely, and effectively. Your role will also involve assisting with demonstrations, managing stock levels, maintaining laboratory spaces, and staying up to date with health and safety protocols.
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to an inspiring learning environment, where your expertise and enthusiasm for science will help shape pupils’ educational experiences.
Closing date: Tuesday 24 February at 10am
We reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date, therefore early applications are encouraged.
Tonbridge School 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 Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Tonbridge School
Tonbridge is one of the leading boys’ boarding and day schools in the UK and is highly respected, both here and internationally, for providing a world-class education. It occupies an extensive site of 150 acres in Kent – just a 40-minute train journey from London Charing Cross. There are some 800 boys in seven Boarding Houses and five Day Houses. One of the key strengths of Tonbridge is that it blends tradition and innovation successfully, with high achieving boys wearing their gifts lightly.
The School is renowned for its excellent teaching and for academic achievement. Each year exam results at GCSE and A-level are outstanding, with boys progressing to leading universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Russell Group institutions: the large majority securing their first-choice destination. Tonbridge leavers have also recently gained places (and scholarships) at top US institutions including Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dartmouth, Northeastern and UC Berkeley and, worldwide, at universities in Austria, Australia, Canada, China and Hong Kong.
Pastoral care is based around an outstanding House system. Strong and positive relationships between boys, staff and parents are central to its success, and the School strives to ensure that each pupil, whether a boarder or a day boy, feels fully at home and well supported. Tonbridge was the first school in the UK to put mindfulness on the curriculum for all Year 10 pupils. There is also a vibrant programme of Co-Curricular breadth and depth, with a wide range of societies covering everything from Beekeeping to Ultimate Frisbee. The School has a strong commitment to widening access and is striving towards doubling the number of boys who receive means-tested fee assistance to be 80 to 100 boys by 2028.
Tonbridge encourages its students to make connections – connections between academic subjects, between different sports and activities, between people, between cultures: with the aim of producing fine minds and good hearts. The School’s ethos is summed up in just two words: ‘Only Connect’.
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