Job Description

About Us

HAZELWICK SCHOOL

Crawley, West Sussex RH10 1SX



FULL-TIME TEACHER OF SCIENCE

PHYSICS SPECIALIST



Join Hazelwick - a popular, highly-successful and happy community where our students enjoy learning and teachers enjoy teaching, where Ofsted judged us to be outstanding in all areas (October 2023).



Our shared vision is "for each and every student to achieve their maximum potential."



Ofsted 'Outstanding' October 2023



Salary: 33,075 - 50,471 per annum

MPR/UPR including Fringe Area Allowance



Recruitment incentives of up to 10,000 may be available for suitable candidates



Hazelwick is a high achieving and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed secondary school with 1500 students in Years 7 - 11 and 383 students in the 6th form.



As one of the highest performing schools in West Sussex, with a Progress 8 score of +0.30, (2024) we have an unwavering focus on enabling our students to achieve their maximum potential.



Hazelwick is an outstanding school. According to our recent outstanding Ofsted reports (2022 & 2023), Hazelwick is a school:


which is very successful, welcoming and ambitious which is kind and caring, with remarkably strong relationships between staff and pupils where you can see and feel the shared values of respect and responsibility in and out of lessons where there is a remarkable sense of community where staff have extremely high expectations where pupils behave impeccably where pupils from diverse backgrounds work extremely well together to achieve very high standards with confident learners who focus especially hard in lessons and use lesson time extremely well where pupils 'thrive' and 'flourish' where pupils achieve exceptionally well in national examinations which is a safe and inspiring place to learn where the school motto 'effort achieves' pervades all aspects of school life where staff at all levels speak very highly of the support and professional development they receive where staff 'love working'


Science at Hazelwick is:


taught by a team of highly skilled, supportive and dedicated staff a popular KS5 option with 18 classes across the department and excellent results a supportive and collaborative staff team fully committed to STEM and a wide range of co-curricular activities


For September 2025 or January 2026 we are looking for:


a Physics teacher who is able to teach KS3 and KS4 whilst the ability to teach KS5 now or in the future is desirable. A level teaching will be available for a suitable candidate.


a positive teacher who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and is committed to excellence and high student achievement. a teacher with a passion for working with young people and a perseverance to make a difference to them and their future. a teacher with a focus on their own professional development and a drive to work with us to become the best teacher they can be.

Applications from ECTs are welcome.



For further details about this post and to apply, please go to our school website: www.hazelwick.org



Visits to the school are welcomed. Please email recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk to arrange a tour of the school or for further information about the post.



Please submit your completed application by 9am on Tuesday 15th July 2025.



You are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible, as there may be occasions where we will close a vacancy before the published closing date and interview once sufficient applications have been received.

Job Details

Salary: 33,075 - 50,471 per annum.

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time

Location: Crawley

Interviews: interview date to be confirmed

What You Need to Succeed

To be successful in this role you will need to be:


a positive teacher who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and is committed to excellence and high student achievement. a teacher with a passion for working with young people and a perseverance to make a difference to them and their future. a teacher with a focus on their own professional development and a drive to work with us to become the best teacher they can be.

Further Information

Hazelwick School and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.

How to Apply

For further details about this post and to apply, please go to our school website: www.hazelwick.org



The vacancy details can be accessed under the 'Join Us' tab on the website.



Visits to the school are welcomed. Please email recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk to arrange a tour of the school or for further information about the post.



Please submit your completed application by 9am on Tuesday 15th July 2025.

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Job Reference: SCHO00730