Science Teacher - Maternity Cover (Nov 2026)

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Peterborough

Remote

GBP 28,000 - 40,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Teachers’ Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and wellbeing benefits

CPD opportunities

Job summary

EMAT is seeking a Science Teacher for maternity cover at Prince William School (Oundle). The role involves delivering engaging science lessons to Key Stage 3 and 4, planning sequences, and contributing to the department’s ongoing improvement.

The post requires commitment to high standards of teaching, safeguarding, and collaboration within EMAT’s trust schools. Interviews TBC; start date November 2026.

Qualifications

To maintain thorough and up-to-date subject knowledge and pedagogy.
To plan lessons and sequences of lessons and to support students in meeting their personal and academic potential.
To use a range of effective strategies for teaching and for behaviour management, as detailed in the school’s Learning Policy and Behaviour Policy.

Responsibilities

To maintain thorough and up-to-date subject knowledge and pedagogy.
To plan lessons and sequences of lessons and to support students in meeting their personal and academic potential.
To use a range of effective strategies for teaching and for behaviour management, as detailed in the school’s Learning Policy and Behaviour Policy.
To ensure the effective deployment of classroom support where appropriate.
To use and analyse performance data including prior learning data, progress data and external examination data when planning lessons, and in order to establish and set expectations, targets and action plans for individuals and groups of students.
To assess, monitor and record progress of students in teaching and tutorial groups.
To set home learning regularly and in accordance with the school’s Homework Policy.
To mark work regularly, provide appropriate feedback, and ensure this feedback is acted upon, in accordance with the school’s Homework, Marking and Assessment Policy.
To communicate students’ progress with parents and carers.
To take part in activities, such as Open Evenings, Parents’ Evenings, Options Evenings and Celebration Events.
To engage actively in your own Performance Management and to take responsibility for your own Professional Development within the context of the school’s Performance Management and Professional Development policies.
To be a team player within your department, contributing to department meetings, improvement plans and evaluation processes.
To work with, learn from, and support departmental colleagues.
To cooperate with colleagues to ensure a sharing and effective use of resources and to inform the process of ordering and allocation of equipment and materials.
To alert relevant staff to problems experienced by students and to work with those staff to implement solutions.

Job description

The post requires commitment to high standards of teaching, safeguarding, and collaboration within EMAT’s trust schools. Interviews TBC; start date November 2026.

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