Teacher of Biology
| Posting date: | 10 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 November 2025 |
| Location: | London, N17 0BX |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 039ef97d-109f-407b-9447-a614a36d8408 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key responsibilities
● To ensure that learners in the classroom make outstanding academic progress
● To provide effective pastoral support to a tutor group of ambitious and aspirational
students
● To contribute fully to the extended curricular offer at LAE Tottenham
Specific tasks to achieve the above
● To teach good and outstanding lessons in Biology at A-Level
● To have high quality and in-depth subject knowledge
● To plan and adapt teaching effectively to meet the needs of all students, especially those
who require additional support
● To ensure the provision of resources which allow students to become independent learners
● To provide formative and summative assessment for all students in a timely and effective
manner
● To build a positive academically-focused rapport with all learners
● To support students academically outside lessons as appropriate
● To have an effective understanding of the examination arrangements in the specialist
subject area
● To create a challenging but caring and nurturing learning environment
● To produce high-quality resources and maintain displays which promote academic
achievement
● To actively reflect on teaching practice and welcome feedback from colleagues
● To be a pastoral tutor for a group of Year 12 or Year 13 tutees, supporting their academic
and pastoral development
● To play an active role in the co-curricular offer at LAE Tottenham, including parts which
require evening or weekend commitments
What the school offers its staff
LAE Tottenham offers a range of benefits to all directly-employed members of staff,including free breakfast and lunch and access to Benenden Health private healthcare.
Further details about the role
The London Academy of Excellence Tottenham is committed to the safeguarding and
welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening
Teacher of Biology
appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers and the
Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note that this role is ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and
therefore, you are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final
warnings that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). It is an offence to apply
for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Further
information is available on the school's website.We are actively working to close the gap in areas within the school that are currently
underrepresented. To better reflect the diversity of Haringey, we especially encourage
applications from educators within the Black community, as well as other members of our
diverse community, to further enrich all aspects of our school.
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.
Key responsibilities
● To ensure that learners in the classroom make outstanding academic progress
● To provide effective pastoral support to a tutor group of ambitious and aspirational
students
● To contribute fully to the extended curricular offer at LAE Tottenham
Specific tasks to achieve the above
● To teach good and outstanding lessons in Biology at A-Level
● To have high quality and in-depth subject knowledge
● To plan and adapt teaching effectively to meet the needs of all students, especially those
who require additional support
● To ensure the provision of resources which allow students to become independent learners
● To provide formative and summative assessment for all students in a timely and effective
manner
● To build a positive academically-focused rapport with all learners
● To support students academically outside lessons as appropriate
● To have an effective understanding of the examination arrangements in the specialist
subject area
● To create a challenging but caring and nurturing learning environment
● To produce high-quality resources and maintain displays which promote academic
achievement
● To actively reflect on teaching practice and welcome feedback from colleagues
● To be a pastoral tutor for a group of Year 12 or Year 13 tutees, supporting their academic
and pastoral development
● To play an active role in the co-curricular offer at LAE Tottenham, including parts which
require evening or weekend commitments
What the school offers its staff
LAE Tottenham offers a range of benefits to all directly-employed members of staff,including free breakfast and lunch and access to Benenden Health private healthcare.
Further details about the role
The London Academy of Excellence Tottenham is committed to the safeguarding and
welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening
Teacher of Biology
appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers and the
Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note that this role is ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and
therefore, you are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final
warnings that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). It is an offence to apply
for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Further
information is available on the school's website.We are actively working to close the gap in areas within the school that are currently
underrepresented. To better reflect the diversity of Haringey, we especially encourage
applications from educators within the Black community, as well as other members of our
diverse community, to further enrich all aspects of our school.
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.