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Teacher of Chemistry

Teacher of Chemistry

Denefield School

West Berkshire

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Salary:
Main Pay Scale
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
1 September 2023 (or sooner)
Apply by:
6 February 2023

Job overview

Teacher of Chemistry

Main Pay Scale

Required from 1 September 2023 (or sooner)

A competitive recruitment allowance is available for a strong candidate.

The Science Faculty at Denefield is an ambitious and innovative team - now working significantly above national average. 

This success is based on:

  • Great curriculum resources – fully resourced, research informed, clear and coherent schemes of work based on the highest impact teaching strategies that mean you can spend time thinking about how to teach, not what to teach.
  • Strong centralised behaviour systems – we believe in clear routines and respectful responses which facilitate excellent relationships. We adopt a stage system within class where students are given every opportunity to rectify behaviour, if these opportunities are not taken, the student will be collected from your lesson to restore the excellent learning environment. 
  • Efficient solutions – we focus on evidence-based approaches where teacher-time spent is commensurate with student outcomes. This means, for example, that we use methods of feedback that are designed to move learning forward; you should be spending time on things that will make a difference.
  • Commitment to high quality CPD – we’ll use the best research to support and challenge you to be an excellent practitioner.
  • Staff wellbeing as a priority – efficient solutions are the most important thing here but we also work closely together with a focus on developing practice and supporting each other in the good times and the bad.

We are looking for staff who:

  • Want to be excellent practitioners.
  • Are keen to work together to achieve our shared aims - to be the best science department in the county, country and then the world!
  • Are committed to pushing all our students be the best they can be.
  • Are reflective practitioners – keen to engage with research to continually improve practice. 
  • Are curious about finding creative solutions to tricky problems and building leadership capacity across the whole school.

If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you. Full or part-time applications are welcome.

Denefield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with online searches and other relevant employment checks. CVs will not be accepted.

In our school we are committed to securing genuine equality of opportunity in all aspects of our activities as an employer and education provider.

Completed applications, submitted directly via the TES website, should reach us by

9.00am, Monday 6 February 2023.

Please note that we reserve the right to call candidates to interview before the closing date. As such, early applications are welcome.

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About Denefield School

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Denefield School is an 11-18 academy in West Berkshire which provides secondary education for approximately 1,000 children and young people of both Reading and West Berkshire Local Authorities.

Denefield has a reputation for high academic standards, wide-ranging extracurricular opportunities and outstanding pastoral care, provided in a friendly and positive environment in which our students thrive. Our supportive approach enables everyone to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes required to be responsible, considerate and well-rounded individuals, adapted to the demands of our ever-changing multicultural society. With the help of our enthusiastic and committed staff, students are able to make the most of their abilities and interests, preparing them for the world of work and to play a full part in society.

Standards of behaviour and uniform are high and will continue to improve with the new procedures and guidance we have recently put in place.  We are very proud of the fact that Denefield students are polite, friendly, confident and articulate and we receive many positive comments about their conduct from employers, visitors to school and members of the public.

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