Teacher of Science in Leicester

The successful candidate will teach Science throughout the age range 11-16 including all three subjects; Biology, Chemistry and Physics to GCSE. Full Time Permanent (Part time considered) Start Date: 24 August 2026. Salary: MPS/UPS (£32,916 – £51,047 per annum).

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Science specialist to join our highly successful Science department, in a school where:

• Staff are nurtured to develop their craft.
• Excellent CPD opportunities through our professional learning Mondays, weekly learning sessions and CPD Library.
• Be part of a school where every child studies a Science subject.
• Science is valued by students and families.
• The majority of students go on to study science at A level.
• The school achieves exceptional results, always well above national averages.
• There is a strong academic ethos and high expectations of students.
• Behaviour management is centralised and teachers are enabled to flourish.
• Practical science is well supported technically.
• Teaching resources and assessments are already established.

We can offer you the opportunity to advance your career within a supportive academy environment. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a high achieving and forward-thinking department within a highly successful school. You will be able to take advantage of their evidence led practice and learn from them to aid you contribute to a department which regularly achieves above the national average. We look to improve, not because we are not good enough but because we can always do better.

Rushey Mead Academy is well placed to offer a comprehensive support package to ECTs from all routes into teaching, including PGCE, SCITT, Schools Direct and Teach First. Both new and established teachers will be supported and encouraged to develop their practice by engaging in the numerous opportunities to collaborate and share ideas with colleagues within our Professional Learning programme.

Rushey Mead Academy is part of The Mead Educational Trust (TMET) which is a growing partnership of primary and secondary schools situated in the East Midlands. The Trust draws its educational excellence from the established track record of the high-quality education provision of Rushey Mead Academy, the Trust's convertor academy. TMET provides its academies access to a world-class education network and staff with an employer providing high quality professional development. We are committed to ensuring each academy enables every pupil to achieve the very best. We believe that together we make a positive difference.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure check. This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind-overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.

How to apply: If you are interested in this post, please complete the application form online. A letter detailing why you are a suitable candidate for the position should accompany your completed application form. Should you have any queries regarding your application please contact the school.

Closing date: Thursday 21st May 2026 4pm. Interview date: Friday 22nd May 2026.

Rushey Mead Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, as well as equal opportunities and equal value for staff and students, prevention of discrimination in its many forms.