St Peter's School York - Teacher of Biology

Summary

We seek to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced person to the position of Teacher of Biology available for an immediate start or from January 2026.

Detail

Role Description

St Peter’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment by always complying with the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. The successful applicant will be required to undergo statutory pre-employment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We seek to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced person to the position of Teacher of Biology available for an immediate start or from January 2026. Dependent upon the candidate, there can be flexibility regarding the part-time or full-time nature of the role. The appointed person will teach Science, with a primary focus on Biology for pupils aged 11 to 18. The ability to teach an additional Science would be welcomed.

This is a fixed term position until 31st August 2026.

Teaching and Learning

• Planning and preparing courses, lessons and activities that ensure appropriate challenge and high expectation for all learners.
• Teaching lessons according to the educational needs of the pupils and as required by the school timetable.
• Setting, marking and recording work carried out by pupils in accordance with the school marking and presentation policy.
• Liaising with other teachers, as necessary, to ensure consistency across the curriculum.
• Periodically reviewing programmes of work and methods of teaching.
• Maintaining good order and discipline among pupils and safeguarding their health and safety at all times.

Assessment and Reporting

• Assessing and reporting upon the progress of pupils in line with school policy, including producing written reports as required and those on request (e.g. for school transfers).
• Maintaining and updating appropriate and accurate records of pupils’ marks and progress.
• Attending and contributing to parents’ evenings to discuss pupils’ progress with parents.

Other Professional Duties:

Sharing in the overall responsibility for the academic progress, personal development, health and safety, discipline and well-being of all pupils.

• Participating in meetings to discuss curriculum, pastoral and other issues including staff meetings, departmental and whole school meetings as required.
• Attending school events and activities as necessary.
• Making an appropriate contribution to the planning and management of the subject area and to share departmental responsibilities as required.
• Providing supervision or cover for classes / absent colleagues as necessary.
• Participating fully in the school Review and Development process and engage in appropriate continuing professional development.

General

1. Health & Safety - You have a legal duty to take reasonable care of your own health and safety and that of others and you are expected to be familiar with, and adhere to, St Peter’s School’s Health and Safety policy.

2. School values – You have a duty to ensure your work, communication and approach conforms to the school’s core values and mission. You will need to be aware and comply with school rules, policies and procedures at all times including, but not limited to, those relating to safeguarding, conduct, equality and data protection.

St Peter's School strives to be diverse and inclusive. We encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the school. The school is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and pupils. This means that employees are treated fairly, irrespective of sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, gender, marital status or other reason. The post holder is expected to always comply with the provisions set out in law and the St Peter's policies on equality and diversity. The school is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

Note: This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities associated with the post. The post holder will be expected to comply with any reasonable request to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

This job description may be amended at any time.

Documents

• Teacher of Biology Recruitment Pack- Sept 25 PDF Document