Teacher of Science - Full-time

Mascalls Academy , Paddock Wood

• Ref:KCC886-5439-242T
• Posted:12/06/2025
• Pay:MPS/UPS based on experience + TLR responsibilities
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:30/06/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

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Are you a dynamic and passionate Science teacher ready to ignite curiosity and inspire a love of learning in young minds? Do you thrive in a supportive, collaborative environment where teamwork and professional growth are key? If so, Mascalls Academy wants to hear from you!

Science at Mascalls Academy is a thriving, dynamic, and forward-thinking department. We pride ourselves on strong leadership, excellent outcomes, and high expectations for all our students. We are seeking an enthusiastic and driven Teacher of Science to join our exceptional team and help foster a passion for science across the academy, starting from September 2025.

Our engaging curriculum is structured to build, interleave, and consolidate the skills needed to prepare students for success and for life. You'll have the opportunity to inspire and challenge our students, shaping the next generation of scientific thinkers and innovators. Our ideal candidate will have the drive to deliver outstanding results, including at A-Level, and there is a possibility of a TLR responsibility within the department for the right candidate. You'll be delivering a curriculum designed to create critical thinkers who will contribute to the future of scientific research across numerous industries.

Why join us?

• Exceptional Department: You will be part of a well-resourced, well-led Science department, working alongside subject specialists who are dedicated to delivering high-quality teaching and learning.
• Collaborative Culture: Our department has a strong culture of teamwork, where knowledge sharing, mutual support, and a shared vision are at the heart of everything we do.
• Professional Development: At Mascalls Academy, you will benefit from extensive opportunities for professional growth, including access to shared best practices across the wider Leigh Academies Trust network.
• Fantastic Resources: We have state-of-the-art facilities that enable you to deliver creative and engaging science lessons, supported by the latest teaching tools and technology.

If you are excited about the opportunity to shape the future of science education and make a lasting impact on students, we would love to hear from you!

Mascalls Academy is a very special place to work and pre-application visits or phone calls are both encouraged and welcomed. If you would like to arrange to discuss the role with a member of the team, please contact Amy Wenban, Recruitment Advisor at amy.wenban@latrust.org.uk

Information about the school

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Mascalls Academy community. As a successful and popular academy, we provide our students with the opportunities within the classroom and beyond to develop into young people who will contribute positively to our local, national and global communities.

At Mascalls Academy, we offer an incredibly wide curriculum, there are twenty seven different subjects being taught at GCSE level and twenty nine subjects at A level. We are also proud to be an International Baccalaureate World School offering the Middle Years Programme in Years 7-9 which is designed to develop happy, inquisitive, rounded, independent, globally aware and resilient young people. Our co-curriculum offers an incredible eighteen lunchtime clubs and twenty one after school clubs alongside teams in football, netball, rugby, volleyball and many more.

We achieve academic excellence and promote the Arts, our Creative Arts National Area of Excellence develops the skills and confidence our students need to succeed through visual art, dance, drama and music. There really is an opportunity for everyone to be happy and succeed here and that underpins the very core of our purpose.

Whilst our academy is large, we support our students by breaking it down into smaller schools, known as colleges. Each college is roughly the size of the average primary school and is headed by a large and dedicated leadership team devoted to the academic and pastoral care of the students within it. We prioritise mental health and well being alongside academic achievement through our on-site provision of Place2be, offering full time individual and group therapy sessions for those who need it. In partnership with parents we work closely through the seven-year journey from the very first day to the confident, knowledgeable and disciplined individuals leaving our academy as young adults.

We have incredibly high expectations of behaviour. Our students are happy, they are polite and show respect. Our behaviour systems promote a discipline within our students that prepares them fully for the world beyond the academy. As an academy, as a community we achieve academic excellence, develop strength of individual character supported by our culture of aspiration and celebrating success. Our rewards system recognises the success of our students through achievement points, Golden Tickets, half colours and full colours. Achievement and progress are rewarded within every lesson.

What underpins all that we do is that we truly care, Mascalls Academy really is a community in the truest sense. Developing successful and happy young people requires a team, and strong and supportive communication between all members of our community is essential to ensure this. Our students are balanced and compassionate young people who care for one another and have pride in what we all achieve each and every day.

Thank you for reading and I hope we will be welcoming you to the Mascalls Academy community in the future.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Elene Redelinghuys
• Address:Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent, TN12 6LT
• Telephone: 01634 412 273
• Email: talent@latrust.org.uk

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