Trainee Teacher - Science

Are you considering a career as a Science Teacher? Start date: September 2026 Chemistry - Bursary of £29,000 per annum Physics - Bursary of £29,000 per annum Biology - Bursary of £5,000 per annum Contract: Full Time, one year in the first instance. (Opportunity for successful candidates to continue their teaching career at Nova Hreod Academy). Would you like train on the job at Nova Hreod Academy and receive a tax-free bursary during your training year? Don’t miss the opportunity to complete your PGCE at Nova Hreod Academy Close to the beautiful Cotswolds and within commuting distance of Bristol, Bath, Oxford and Gloucester You can also apply for a maintenance loan to help with living costs. To check eligibility criteria, please visit the get Into Teaching website. Apply for teacher training - GOV.UK Nova Hreod Academy is part of United Learning - the biggest Multi-Academy Trust in the UK. United Teaching is our Initial Teacher Training scheme. We can offer you more than any single school. Training while you teach, you will learn from the best and share our expertise nationwide. With support from mentors and tutors across the Group, it all adds up to the best start for our children, and your career. Because here, teacher training is a path to senior leadership roles across the country. United Teaching National SCITT is a bespoke teacher training course, run in partnership with a top university, who award the Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). The course starts with a two-week ‘summer school’ in August. You will spend your academic year at Nova Hreod Academy with additional training one afternoon each week at the lead school. You will complete a second placement at the partner Cluster School and attend up to three ‘conferences’. Assessment will continue throughout the course, based on your classroom experience and achievement measured against Teaching Standards, while your academic study will comprise of two academic assignments. We are looking to appoint someone who: is truly committed to making a difference to the life-chances of students has been awarded or are on track to achieve a 2:2 Degree (Negotiable in exceptional cases) is passionate about their subject is committed to working as part of a team is committed to continuous improvement can demonstrate excellent organisational and inter-personal skills and the ability to contribute to a team has experience working with children (not essential) Please note that if you have qualifications from outside the UK, you’ll need to show that they’re the same standard as UK GCSEs and a UK bachelor’s degree. You can get a statement of comparability from UK ENIC to show the standard of your qualifications. We offer: Support and training that will lead to qualified teacher status (QTS). Train to teach in disruption free classrooms, allowing you to focus on mastering the art of teaching. Access to a well-resourced Science curriculum that includes