Teacher of Chemistry

The governors at Reading School, a selective boys’ state school located in central Reading, seek to appoint an enthusiastic, well-educated member of staff to join our Chemistry team from September 2021. We offer an exciting opportunity in an exceptional team and a School that is passionate about chemistry as a subject.

Our ideal candidate must be passionate about chemistry and ready to nurture enquiry. This commitment, and a strong chemistry degree or background is very important to us.

The Chemistry department is housed within a new purpose-built science block which opened in 2017.

These excellent facilities consist of four chemistry laboratories, a large well-equipped modern prep room and a teacher’s work area. The department is an innovative, friendly and experienced team, who have worked together for a number of years and we are eager to add fresh ideas and energy to the department.

Our results are outstanding and we always have a large A Level cohort of around75-80 students per year group, meaning there is always opportunity for A Level teaching. The academic nature of the school also allows the opportunity to offer exciting supra-curricular teaching, extra-curricular activities and the chance to support a large number of medical applications as well as chemistry related course at elite universities.

This is a full time post commencing in September 2021.

For further details of the job specification and an application form, please contact Headmaster’s PA, Caroline Mole on 0118 9015600 or email hr@readingschool.co.uk 

Closing date: Friday 5 March 2021.

Reading School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check. Salary will be in line with teacher pay scales and will depend on experience. A recruitment and retention allowance may be available for an exceptional candidate.