Lead Practitioner for Science

Overview

Powered by Supporting schools to deliver outstanding science education

Responsibilities

• Supports science departments across multiple schools, helping teachers and leaders improve the quality of science education.
• Delivers coaching, curriculum development, and lesson support, including teaching students directly when needed.
• Works across a wide region, balancing school visits, training, planning, and remote work.

Qualifications

To do this role, you need the same qualifications you'd need to become a science teacher: GCSE English and maths at grade C or above (grade 5 now), A levels in your subject, and a subject specific degree. For me, that was chemistry. After that, I completed a PGCE, which gave me qualified teacher status.

Working hours and travel

My typical working hours are eight until five during term time, but because I travel a lot, I'm usually out of the door well before eight and home well after five. Sometimes I need to pick up work in the evenings or at weekends, especially when I'm planning lessons, training, or meetings. On Fridays I work from home, mostly doing online meetings, and the rest of the week I'm in different schools working with teachers and students.