| School | Preston Park Primary School |
|---|---|
| Head | Mrs Georgina Nutton |
| Salary | Main Pay Scale: 1-6 £40,317.00-£52,300.00 Upper Pay Scale: £57,632.00-£62,496.00 with TLR 2.1 £3,527.00 per annum Inner London |
| Closing date | Monday 6 October 2025 at 10:00am |
| Interviews | Week commencing 13 October 2025 |
| Start date | January 2026 or earlier by negotiation |
| How to apply | Visits to the school are welcomed please call the school office on 020 8904 3602 to arrange your visit. Please fill out Brent’s application form (CV’s are not accepted) and email it to the school. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please find the Privacy Notice, Job Description/Person Specification and Advert to assist you with your application. |
| Additional information | Brent Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check. |
The school
Preston Park is a thriving three form entry, fully inclusive and diverse community school set in the heart of Wembley, Brent. At Preston Park we are proud to educate children from all over the world and strive to ensure that all children are ‘Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow’ for truly inspirational learning experiences. Teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do at Preston Park. We are committed to ensuring that children achieve excellence, enjoy their time at school and develop into confident, resilient and independent learners. Our school is well resourced with rich indoor and outdoor learning environments comprising of bright classrooms, spacious playgrounds, wildlife nature reserve and a sensory quad area.
Preston Park are working towards becoming a recognised school leading on STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths. Preston Park’s approach to learning is through a creative curriculum and the school has specialist teachers in Science, Music and Art who provide PPA cover to our teachers.
The role
Preston Park is looking for an exceptional Science Specialist Teacher, to join our vibrant school starting in January 2026 or sooner by negotiation. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified teacher to lead and teach primary science curriculum across the whole school.
We are looking for a creative and committed outstanding teacher to join our successful team. We guarantee an outstanding work environment, superb resources and an inspirational team to work with.
What we can offer:
- Programme of bespoke professional development
- Inner London salary, on-site parking and good transport links
- Support and challenge by leaders at all levels
- Friendly and supportive colleagues
- Dynamic learning climate with a warm friendly feel
The person
We are looking for an individual who can share the founding vision and ethos for Preston Park, (please visit the school and look on the school’s website).
The successful candidate will:
- Be a consistently Good and Outstanding classroom practitioner with high expectations (no excuses) of accelerated progress
- Be knowledgeable of how to motivate children to learn
- Be innovative, passionate about teaching and with a ‘can do’ attitude
- Have relevant experience and knowledge of primary school science curriculum
- Be a team player with energy, stamina and lots of creativity and fresh ideas
- Be resilient and able to hit the ground running
- Have previous mentoring and networking experience
- Have a degree or equivalent and a teaching qualification/QTS