Job Description

Salary:

MPS/UPS

Job type:

Full Time, Part Time, Fixed Term

Start date:

September 2025

Apply by:

9 May 2025

Job overview

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Fixed-term contract (one year in the first instance) | Full-time or part-time

Do you want to be part of an exciting, forward-looking school with a strong reputation, catering for students from Year 5 through to Year 11?


Priory Academy is a good school with outstanding features (Ofsted April 2023). We strive for excellence in teaching and by preparing our young people to have confidence, to accept and respond to challenges, to have an enduring passion for learning and to become independent thinkers with respect for themselves and others.


We offer:

A successful, oversubscribed school that is deeply valued by the local community A committed and enthusiastic staff combined with an experienced and supportive governing board A 'values-based' education philosophy, promoting and nurturing our children to have a sense of respect for self and others

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated, exceptional individual to take on the role of Science Teacher from September 2025. You will be well organised, resourceful, adaptable, flexible and innovative. You may be new to teaching and looking for your first post but will be highly capable and have aspirations that the students in your charge achieve to the very best of their ability.


If you have any queries or would like to visit the school, please contact Mrs L Brown on 01582 661158 or email lbrown@prioryacademy.co.uk to arrange a mutually convenient time.

If you are interested in joining us at this exciting time, please click Quick Apply to apply online. Further details and an application pack are also available from

HR@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk

or on 01727 734424.

Closing date: 9am on 9 May 2025.

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars' Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Declaration of Criminal Offences

The Trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not 'protected' as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed, you will be required to have an up-to-date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed, but it may do so.

About

Priory Academy

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Priory Academy

Britain Street, Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU5 4JA
United Kingdom

+44 1582 661158

We are an outward looking, successful school that has served our local community for over 100 years. Relentless in our pursuit of excellence, our school has developed rapidly from a popular middle to an extended secondary school (9-16 years).



In recent years our school has gone from strength to strength. Our teachers are dedicated and committed to engaging, supporting and challenging our students to achieve in all aspects of life. Our vibrant curriculum combined with excellent teaching has resulted in our children achieving not only very high KS2 SATs results, but outstanding GCSE results in our very first year in the summer of 2017.



Our Key Stage 2 joins seamlessly with our Key Stage 3 and 4 curriculum and builds on the successes of our colleagues at our partner schools. It is a combination of all these elements that fashions our high standards at GCSE.



Having been judged as 'Good with outstanding features' by Ofsted in June 2017, we were delighted that the inspectors recognised our aspirational vision for the school and our determination to ensure that all our pupils excel. In addition, they commented that "leaders and teachers have developed a culture in which pupils expect and want to be challenged."

As part of the highly successful Scholars' Education Trust, we plan to build upon this success through benefiting from an exceptional range of support and guidance that the Trust can provide.

We enjoy a close-knit community, where we pride ourselves on providing high quality education and individualised care. Following the 'values-based' education philosophy, we promote and nurture our students to have a strong sense of social responsibility, ready for the wider world.



Please visit our school website for more details: www.prioryacademy.co.uk