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Teacher of Science (Maternity Cover)

Job details
Posting date: 08 October 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 20 October 2025
Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0YG
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 4dc8d227-47ee-43ce-ab4c-80afcb5d031c

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you an inspiring teacher with a realpassion for Science?

We can offer you:

• An employer placing staff welfare and wellbeing at the heart of our school
• A stimulating working environment with a platform to share your ideas
• Career development opportunities
• A supportive and dedicated team of colleagues
• Enthusiastic and well-behaved students

We are seeking an inspiring teacher with excellent subject knowledge to teach inspirational lessons and to use their drive, passion and teaching dynamic to make a significant contribution to our successful Science department.

Who we are:

Weston Road is a friendly, harmonious, progressive, over-subscribed 11-18 Academy, located on the edge of an attractive county town. The Academy has an outstanding reputation for pastoral care. Ofsted recently judged the Academy commenting that students “are well behaved, hardworking and keen to succeed’.

The successful candidate will join a strong and committed team of teachers. This is a temporary post – maternity cover. All scientific disciplines will be considered.

Applications are welcomed from experienced teachers and ECTs.

We are strongly committed to promoting and safeguarding pupil welfare and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

Closing date: Monday 20th October, at 9am.

Please see the academy website (www.westonroad.staffs.sch.uk) for further details.

Completed applications should be returned to lbirks@westonroad.staffs.sch.uk

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• An employer placing staff welfare and wellbeing at the heart of our school
• A stimulating working environment with a platform to share your ideas
• Career development opportunities
• A supportive and dedicated team of colleagues
• Enthusiastic and well-behaved students

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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