Job Description

The Gateway Academy

Thurrock
24,859 - 35,800 per year


Expiring soon

Salary:

Teachers' main pay scale (24,859 - 35,800)

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

01 January 2026

Apply by:

14 October 2025

Job overview

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The Gateway Academy is part of the Gateway Learning Community (GLC), a partnership of one secondary academy and four primary academies located in Tilbury and Chadwell St Mary, in the borough of Thurrock, east of London. We are a vibrant, innovative, and highly successful secondary academy, recognised as the place of choice to work and learn.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic teacher of Science. The candidates applying for this post should be hardworking professionals committed to thorough lesson planning, enthusiastic delivery and careful assessment. We welcome applications from committed and ambitious teachers seeking opportunities in an environment with a very active CPD programme and opportunities for career advancement.

We also welcome NQTs with drive and ambition, who feel they would thrive in a highly supportive and ambitious environment as well as from more experienced colleagues who have that something extra to offer an already well-established department.

The successful candidate will be passionate about education for all students, regardless of background, and, above all, be an inspirational practitioner. You will be, first and foremost, an excellent teacher who can engage and inspire students with your passion for the subject.

If you are interested in this role and would like to apply, please download the form below, fill it in and use the contact details on it to get in touch.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 14 October 2025 at 12 noon

Watch our video for an insight in to our academy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDFOVP3_K7w

You can read our latest Ofsted Report here: https://www.theglc.org.uk/page/?title=Ofsted+Reports&pid=21

Additional Benefits for Working for the GLC:

Generous non-contact time; Financial assistance for Masters and further degrees; An outstanding record of staff achieving promotion; Working as part of an exceptional team; 1000 Golden Hello for successful candidates; Staff well-being programme: Including access to Westfield Health Insurance; Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Electric Car Scheme and Cycle to work Scheme; Long service awards after: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and years of service; State of the art facilities and access to high quality resources to support learning; A paid 'My Day' each year; Excellent career development and training; 2 week October half term break; A supportive central team [reprographics, ICT, HR, Finance] which enables teachers to focus on teaching; Paid opportunities to teach during school holiday clubs; Subsidised holiday provision for children of staff.
We warmly welcome applicants who are interested in this position to visit our school prior to making an application. Please contact Dionne.Locke@theglc.org.uk to arrange a visit.
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About

The Gateway Academy

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The Gateway Academy

Marshfoot Road, Chadwell-St-Mary
Essex
RM16 4LU
United Kingdom

+44 1375 489000

At The Gateway Academy, we uphold the highest standards, firmly rooted in our core principles of Responsibility, Resilience, Compassion, and Aspiration. We expect both our staff and students to bring passion and energy in all that they do, playing pivotal roles in fostering a diverse, truly fair, and equal community. With exemplary teaching, an outstanding pastoral support system, and ample resources, we empower students to unlock their utmost potential. Our dedication remains unwavering in dismantling any obstacles to learning, ensuring no student is left behind.



It is quite extraordinary how well our Academy continues to flourish with student academic progress, student attendance, staff retention, and attendance, all above the national average. We are renowned for our unique family ethos and our focus on hard work and discipline.



We are resilient and relentless in continuing to 'improve upon our best' and offer our staff and students an exceptional experience that is life-changing for all involved. By working together, we make a difference in the life chances of the young people within our care.



"We were not born to be average.



We were born to be exceptional.



We are The Gateway Academy."

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