Head of Science
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: MPS/UPS + TLR 1B
We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and inspirational individual to lead our thriving and successful Science team as Head of Department from September 2025. They should combine excellent Scientific and pedagogical knowledge to inspire students in and outside the classroom. You must be a reflective practitioner and be committed to continuing professional development and educational research.
This position would suit an ambitious and passionate teacher looking to gain leadership experience, or an accomplished leader seeking further experience in a new context.
Joining Barking Abbey School represents a rare opportunity to join an outstanding department. This is an exciting time to join us much work has been put into developing our Key Stage 3 schemes of work and we regularly revisit and redesign our curriculum offer. We are all incredibly proud of our curriculum and the ongoing work we are doing to ensure that it enables every learner to engage.
Wellbeing & professional development, particularly subject knowledge, is prioritised in the department, in which you will be supported. The Science Department is vibrant and ambitious and leads on several highly successful extra-curricular activities involving various trips and a popular STEM club on both sites.
The full current curriculum for all year groups can be viewed on our website:
Barking Abbey is an Ofsted Outstanding heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.
The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.
Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.
In return we offer:
• A supportive and encouraging staff team
• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school
• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management
• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems
We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school. Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)
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secure rented accommodation at a discounted rate of 20% please contact:
info@bdsip.co.uk
Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants. Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence checks.