This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated teacher to join a successful Science department from September 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 Science from Year 7 to 11 or as a Science teacher with 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 should indicate this on the application form, including preference of full-time equivalent teaching load. The Science faculty recently moved to a new £5 million STEM building. The new building offers twelve modern laboratories as well as classrooms and a Design and Technology suite. Built to a very high specification to provide a modern, innovative, twenty-first 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 the 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. TThe 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. The 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 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 3 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 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 & benefits package that reflects the substantial contribution made by teaching staff towards the success of the College.