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Science Teacher– Vacancy

  • Start Date : 20 August 2025
  • Applications from ECTs welcomed
  • £32,650-£50,809 per annum (dependent on qualifications and experience)

Do you love teaching science and like to collaborate with passionate colleagues in a team committed to being at the forefront of pedagogical practice? If so, The JCB Academy has an exciting opportunity for you to join our warm and welcoming community and to help us develop the engineers and business leaders of the future. This role offers first class career development, excellent CPD, wonderful learners, an innovative education vision, great links to industry and higher education and an opportunity to work in a unique environment with fantastic facilities. There are also plenty of opportunities for staff to organise exciting trips and activities linked to our curriculum, to get involved in extra-curricular enrichment days and to participate in residential trips both in the UK and overseas.

About The JCB Academy

The JCB Academy is a school specialising in business and engineering. We teach learners from Y9 to Sixth Form and provide Intermediate (L2) and Advanced (L3) apprenticeship programmes as well as Business and Engineering T-Levels which provide additional choices post-GCSE. Our approach pairs classroom learning with practical application, and we have an impressive range of world-class industry partners who help with that.  JCB, of course, but also including Bosch Rexroth, Harper Adams University, Rolls-Royce and Toyota Motor Manufacturing. Names that can turn heads with learners and lock in their learning engagement.

We offer a benefits package including an Employee Assistance Programme (including financial guidance, legal enquiries, support for issues at home and at work), interest free financing through BHN Extras to buy the latest technology through salary deductions, discounted shopping with over 85 big-name retailers and discounted gift cards and eGifts, access to JCB’s dental scheme (monthly fee), free access to the academy’s gym, free on-site parking, Cycle scheme and paid time off for significant birthdays.

About you

We welcome applications from both qualified and early career teachers.  Not a qualified teacher? No problem. You’ll need a degree to back up your subject area expertise, but what’s most important is being able to inspire learners with your passion for science. We’ll train you on the rest. The JCB Academy is defined by a can-do culture and, as a teacher with us, you’ll drive it. Your positivity, subject area authority and energy will make you a role model for learners – it’s something you’ll live up to in every aspect of school life.


Closing date: Monday, 17 March 2025 at 9:00am.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Please ensure your application clearly states your science specialism(s).


This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

The JCB Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check which includes a check of the Children’s Barred List. We encourage applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy before applying.

Please review our Information for Applicants Guide before submitting your application.