Working at Prior Park Schools

We are a family of Christian schools comprising Prior Park College (Bath), The Paragon Junior School (Bath) and Prior Park School Gibraltar.

The Schools’ Mission is to steward a thriving family of communities with love for the young people they serve at their heart. These vibrant communities cultivate creativity, foster integrity, and transform lives.

Prior Park Schools is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all individuals are respected, valued, and included. We actively encourage inclusive practices throughout our recruitment process and welcome applications from individuals who share these values.

We aspire to attract staff who are committed, ambitious and passionate and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds. In return you will join a talented, stimulating and caring community with access to impressive facilities and attractive range of staff benefits.

To find out more about working at Prior Park, please get in touch with HR by phone 01225 835353 or by email recruitment@priorparkschools.com

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APPLICATION PROCESS

Completed application forms are required for all vacancies. Please email along with any covering letter to recruitment@priorparkschools.com

Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. We therefore encourage you to apply early.

Please note it is an offence to apply for a role that involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Online screening checks will be carried as part of the interview preparation on candidates invited to interview as per current recruitment guidelines outlined by Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

Prior Park Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Prior Park Educational Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a registered Educational Charity no. 281242 as well as a data controller and registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as required under current data protection legislation

Vacancies - Teaching

Teacher of Science, Prior Park College Bath

Temporary Absence Cover

Prior Park College is looking to appoint an inspirational and dynamic Teacher of Science to join our thriving Department teaching Science at all levels from KS3 to A-Level.

The ideal candidate will have an excellent academic background, first-rate communications skills and a passion for holistic education. Immediate start, on completion of pre-employment checks. The role is available for a minimum of 0.4 FTE with a specialism in Chemistry or Physics preferred but not essential.

The Science Faculty comprises a close knit, experienced team of some 12 teachers and 4 technicians across three departments: Biology, Chemistry and Physics, each of which is led by a Head of Department, who are operationally managed by the Head of Science.

The department occupies three modern, purpose-built laboratories, served by a generous prep room and is extremely well resourced, aiming to teach practically whenever possible and provide the richest experience for our students. We are academically ambitious for our students, passionate about enthusing our subject, value its role within a coherent understanding of science and enjoy working as a team.

The Science curriculum - At the start of the school in Lower 3 and Form 3 (Years 7 and 8) students take Science as an integrated subject, taught by a single teacher from the Faculty. This means new students have a smaller number of teachers to get used to and gives more opportunity to get to know the students in these two years. From Form 4 (Year 9) upwards students are taught the sciences separately, overseen by the Heads of Biology Chemistry and Physics. For GCSE, students may select either Combined Science or Triple Science, all of which follow the AQA GCSE specification. Biology is an extremely popular A-Level subject, with between two and three full groups in each of L6 and U6. We currently follow the AQA specification at A-Level. We take pride in teaching “beyond the specification” and have recently completed a book review of some of the Royal Society science book nominees for 2024.

All staff at Prior Park College are issued a Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga – a powerful laptop computer for use at school and home – and a full subscription to Microsoft 365, including a 1TB personal OneDrive. All students benefit from a school-issued personal learning device (PLD), a similarly powerful laptop which students use for much of their classwork and homework.

Prior Park combines the very best of tradition and progress, with cutting-edge facilities and accommodation, including a pioneering digital learning programme. Classrooms are equipped with smart docks and large touch-displays, as well as traditional whiteboards, so teachers can exploit the best of both worlds to deliver the most inspiring lessons for our students.

We offer excellent and supportive working conditions with an attractive rewards package to include free lunch and free onsite parking plus use of onsite gym.

Set in a stunning location Prior Park College established in 1830 is an exceptional 11-18 HMC senior school overlooking the Georgian City of Bath a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A modern Christian school, in a Catholic tradition, home to over 600 students to include 150 boarders from ages 11 to 18 years. The school is a thriving community operating in Ralph Allen Drive, Bath.

Prior Park Schools are a family of Christian day and boarding schools comprising Prior Park College (Bath), The Paragon Junior School (Bath) and Prior Park School Gibraltar.

The Schools’ Mission is to steward a thriving family of communities with love for the young people they serve at their heart. These vibrant communities cultivate creativity, foster integrity, and transform lives.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the school is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Interviewing December 2025 - on receipt of successful applications!

To apply for a position with Prior Park Educational Trust, we ask that an application form is completed and returned to the email below:

For further details, please contact Emma in HR on 01225 835353 or recruitment@priorparkschools.com

Vacancies - Business Services

Prior Park Schools is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a registered Educational Charity no. 281242, as well as a data controller registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as required under current data protection legislation.

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