Teacher of Biology

GDST (The Girls' Day School Trust); Sutton Green; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Sutton High School is seeking a passionate Biology teacher to engage and inspire students in Key Stages 3, 4, and 5. The successful candidate will join a supportive faculty with excellent professional development opportunities. The role offers a competitive salary and benefits, including a generous planning allowance and a focus on teaching creativity and collaboration.

Benefits

Competitive salaries and pay progression

Membership of GDST flexible pension scheme

Access to extensive professional development opportunities

Training grants for qualifications

Free life assurance benefit

Discount on fees for children at GDST schools

Free lunches during term time

Interest free loans for training and travel

Cycle to Work scheme

Competitive terms and conditions of employment

Qualifications

• Ability to teach Science in Year 7 and 8, and GCSE and A Level Biology.
• Experience in delivering engaging and thought-provoking lessons.
• Support for Early Career Teachers (ECTs) available.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Biology lessons to Key Stage 3, 4, and 5 students.
• Create challenging and thought-provoking lessons.
• Participate in professional development opportunities.

Skills

Teaching

Creativity

Collaboration

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Job description

Required September 2025 preferred (or January 2026)

Full Time

Permanent

Salary: £41,010 - £55,200 per annum, depending on skills and experience

Sutton High School is seeking an engaging and passionate teacher to deliver Biology to highly motivated girls in Key Stage 3, 4 and 5.

The successful candidate will have the ability to teach Science in Year 7 and 8, and GCSE and A Level Biology, creating challenging and thought-provoking lessons, with an emphasis on creativity and collaboration. Biology is taught as part of a combined sciences curriculum in Year 7 and 8 and is a highly popular A Level choice for our talented pupils.

We welcome applications from experienced teachers or ECTs. You will join a supportive department and faculty, with excellent provision for professional development, including tailored support for ECTs. With a dedicated ECT mentor, you will be teaching 28 of 40 lessons per week, to give you time to hone your teaching skills and participate in the GDST-wide training opportunities on offer.

At our school, girls want to learn, and you can focus on teaching your subject and enthusing them. Experienced teachers receive a generous planning allowance (20% PPA). All full-time teachers have one late start per week.

We are ideally seeking a candidate who can start with us in September 2025 but will consider a January 2026 start.

About Sutton High School

Sutton High School is an academically selective independent day school for 850 girls with an age range of 3 to 18 years. We are situated on a green and leafy site in central Sutton, close to excellent public transport links and major roads. Both Senior and Prep Schools are amongst the top schools in the country, with our A Level results placing us 69th in national rankings in 2024.

Sutton High School is characterised by a warm, happy and inclusive community, where girls support each other to aspire and achieve, and individuality is celebrated.

Why Sutton High School?

The school is a member of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) and the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA). Membership of the GDST, the largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, gives us unrivalled opportunities for training and sharing of good practice in teaching and learning.

Employee benefits include:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression

• Membership of the GDST flexible pension scheme (up to 18% employer contribution and flexibility to generate a pay top-up of up to 10% of pensionable salary in lieu of pension)

• 35 week school year (including INSET days) across 3 terms with a two-week break in the Autumn

• Access to extensive professional development opportunities

• Training grants for qualifications

• Free life assurance benefit

• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools

• Free lunches for all staff during term time (equivalent to at least £740 per year)

• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans

• A Cycle to Work scheme

• Competitive terms and conditions of employment

For further details and to apply, please click the apply button.

Closing date: Monday 2nd June 2025.

Interviews will take place the same week.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should a suitable candidate be found, and we advise early application.

Sutton High School is part of the GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust) - the leading network of independent girls' schools in the UK. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.

Sutton High School is part of the GDST (Girls Day School Trust) - the leading network of independent girls' schools in the UK. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.