This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated teacher to join a successful Science department from 2025 to cover maternity leave. This post would suit an enthusiastic, well-qualified and talented Science or Physics teacher with excellent subject knowledge, innovative pedagogical thinking, and strong practical and organisational skills.
Applications are invited for a KS3/4 Science teacher to teach all Sciences from Year 7 to 11 or as a Science teacher with an A Level Physics specialism to teach KS3/4/5. All specialist teachers are expected to teach KS3 Science. We are seeking a full-time member of staff, though applications for part-time will be considered, and you should indicate this on the application form, including your preference of full-time equivalent teaching load.
The Science faculty recently moved to a new £4 million STEM building. The new building offers 12 modern laboratories, as well as classrooms and a Design & Technology suite. Built to a very high specification to provide a modern, innovative, 21st-century teaching space, the new facility facilitates the delivery of an inspiring Science curriculum. The Physics department itself – comprised of four teachers and one specialist technician – benefits from dedicated laboratory and office space and is fantastically well supplied both in terms of practical and academic resources.
The Science department follows the Edexcel IGCSE specification, with pupils studying Science as part of a Triple, Double or Single Science programme. The Physics IGCSE results are excellent, with 63% of pupils achieving a grade 9 and 100% awarded 9–6 overall in 2024. IB and A Level results are also particularly strong, with 86% of students achieving an A*–B grade at A Level and 70% of candidates achieving 7–6 in the IB, both in 2024. The department is particularly proud of its record in adding value to students, an academic strength of the College as a whole. Physics is a popular university route for Ardingly College leavers, with students in recent years going on to study at Cambridge, Imperial, Bath, UCL, Bristol and Nottingham.
Physics is a popular pathway for Ardinians at A Level and in the IB Diploma. Enthusiasm for the subject is also fostered through field trips both within the UK and overseas, including to the LHC at CERN or the more local Herstmonceux Observatory. The Physics Department is also proud to have its very own observatory and fleet of telescopes that students have used to carry out their own research projects.
Ardingly College looks after the welfare and professional development of all staff and enables them to live and work with a strong sense of purpose and satisfaction. The College provides a collegiate, supportive and stimulating environment in which to work. A generous remission for teaching staff children is available at the College. Currently, Nursery fees are discounted at 50% (pro rata), and from Reception to Sixth Form, remission increases to 65% (pro rata), assuming a place is available and entry requirements are met.
Remuneration is pensionable. From January 2021, the College offered all teachers the Aviva Pension Trust for Independent Schools (APTIS), which provides the teacher with flexibility between salary and pension contributions and includes Death in Service cover of three times salary. Further details regarding our generous employer contribution rate towards the private teachers’ pension scheme are available upon request. We also offer discounted private health care and access to a Health Cash Plan Scheme giving financial support towards the costs of optical, dental, and medical costs.
During term-time, all staff are provided with a hot or cold lunch from the staff dining room or a grab-and-go option. Staff also have access to a range of additional benefits, such as gym membership, staff swimming, other sports and wellbeing activities and various social events.
The total remuneration offered represents a salary, pension and benefits package that reflects the substantial contribution made by teaching staff towards the success of the College.
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Closing date: 5.00pm on 24 January 2025.
Ardingly College is an independent co-educational boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 2–18, a member of the HMC and a school of the Woodard Corporation.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All employees are required to undertake child protection screening appropriate to the post, including enhanced DBS checks.