Job: Teacher of Science Key Stage 3 & 4

St Joseph’s RC High School

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday

Working Hours: FTE

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: T1 £32,916 T9 £51,048 per annum

Closing date: 19th April 2026 midnight

Interview Date: TBC

The Role

The governors of this oversubscribed 11-16 Voluntary Aided RC High School are seeking to appoint a qualified and enthusiastic Teacher of Science. This is a full time post.

About You

We are looking for a dynamic, creative individual with ambition and drive, who is passionate about improving the lives of young people. Joining a dynamic and forward looking team you will be given the opportunity to be at the forefront of a fast paced life-transforming team.

The successful candidate will:

Be willing to actively support the Catholic Christian ethos of our school

Have a passion for teaching and have the potential to inspire students and colleagues with a wide range of teaching and learning strategies

Have a high level of assessment, monitoring, tracking and intervention skills

Have the potential to be an outstanding classroom practitioner

Have the resilience to work as a team to mend broken lives, fan the flames of enthusiasm and further inspire those who are already excited about a bright future

Have the drive to prepare young people to be ‘game changers’ in the world.

About Us

As a Catholic Christian community, we offer a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to engage with wonderfully able students who with the right guidance can be inspired to achieve the highest grades. The school has a very successful and effective induction programme for new colleagues. We are committed to developing leaders at all levels, and preparing middle leaders for more senior roles by supporting them through nationally recognised leadership qualifications and opportunities to lead initiatives to improve the progress of our young people.

We are very determined in our mission to transform the lives of young people and create outstanding life chances through educational achievement. We are looking for an innovative, outstanding teacher to inspire students of all ages and abilities. We welcome applications from ECT’s as well as from more experienced staff. The successful applicant will be expected to teach across all three disciplines to at least KS3. Two positions are available, with a preference for a Physics specialist for one of the posts.

Our Mission

Jesus Christ is our family role model

Opening hearts and minds to dream the impossible and achieve beyond imagination

Valuing, nurturing and respecting every individual

Journeying together to build God’s Kingdom

Striving for academic excellence and celebrating success in all we do

The School is committed to safer recruitment practice, and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and a barred list check. Please note: online searches may be done as part of due diligence checks on shortlisted candidates

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Completed applications should be returned to recruitment@ st-josephs.bolton.sch.uk