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Salary: MPS/UPS Outer London (currently £36,413 - £53,994)

Apply by: Sunday 11th May 2025

Interviews: Week commencing 19th May 2025

Required for: September 2025

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and well qualified full time Teacher of Psychology. Part-time will be considered for the right applicant. There is also the possibility of a TLR for additional responsibilities.

Psychology is a very popular KS5 option subject and we require a well qualified graduate to teach this subject. The successful candidate will hold a relevant degree and teaching qualification, and possess the necessary experience and skills to take on this role within the department. Applications are equally welcome from NQT/ECT applicants.  

Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar School is one of the top performing grammar schools in the South East based in the London suburb of Sidcup. A heavily oversubscribed mixed selective grammar school where students excel with many going on to Oxbridge or other Russell Group universities.

The successful candidate must be a person with energetic passion and commitment for the subject and who can instil a love of learning by delivering inspirational lessons.

What we can offer you:

• Enthusiastic, able and well-behaved students;
• A modern teaching environment;
• Competitive pay and pension scheme;
• Tailored induction programme;
• Bluesky professional development scheme with the possibility of funding for additional qualifications;
• Employee Wellbeing Programme including counselling;
• Employee benefits such as Cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership and on-site gym.

Our ideal candidate will:

• Place the learner at the centre of everything they do;
• Be an excellent classroom practitioner;
• Be able to work effectively as a member of a team;
• Be well organised, proactive keeping to deadlines and encouraging others to do so;
• Be willing to contribute to the wider life of the school, and to a rich and diverse programme of extra-curricular activities;
• Have the desire and dedication to ensure high standards of pupil progression and attainment.

Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks.

To assist with your application, and give further background information on the post, we have enclosed details on the department, person specification and job description which can be found in the application pack.

We look forward to receiving your completed application form. Applications must be received by the closing date of Sunday 11th May. Interviews will take place in the week commencing 19th May 2025.

If you would like to speak to someone about the vacancy, please contact our HR by email at csgshr@csgrammar.com

CSGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or sexual orientation.

We are fully inclusive and actively promote equality of opportunity for all. We welcome all applications from a wide range of candidates.

Selection for roles will be based on individual merit alone.

Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found. 

Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

Hurst Road, Sidcup

Kent

DA15 9AG

United Kingdom

+44 20 8302 6511

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The school opened in the Autumn Term of 1931 and has been at three different sites since then. 'CSGS' has been at the current site for over fifty years and has undergone considerable building development, which includes a new Art & Technology block.

Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School aims to educate and prepare for life able pupils from all backgrounds. This mission is dynamically carried forward within a caring, happy and supportive community. The education that ‘CSGS’ offers develops its pupils intellectually, emotionally and physically. The ingrained idea of excellence in school life allows pupils to reach the highest academic, sporting, cultural and aesthetic standards. The special quality of learning in the classroom is equally matched by the richness of teaching that pupils experience.

Whilst healthy competition is central to the ‘CSGS’ ethos, there are also many opportunities for pupils to enter into the wider life of the school. Service to the school and community is enthusiastically performed and high levels of leadership and responsibility are actively taken on by pupils at all levels. There is a supreme belief that building ‘CSGS’s’ tradition of excellence comes not from dwelling on yesterday’s successes but performing tomorrow’s tasks.

The continued success of ‘CSGS’ is matched by an ongoing focus on site development and improvement. Upon extremely attractive grounds, almost unique in the south east of England, a heavy investment programme in new facilities is unfolding. Aside from a range of well-resourced specialist teaching areas, the school continues to add new buildings.

Significant enhancements to the Sixth Form Centre have also provided our Year 12 and 13 students with a dedicated study facility closely attached to the school’s Learning Resource Centre.