Closing date: |
9.00am – Wednesday 19 March 2025 |
Date posted: |
Friday 7 March 2025 |
Salary: |
MPS/UPS (Outer London) / TLR 1b |
Start date: |
1 September 2025 |
Contract term: |
Permanent |
Contract type: |
Full time |
Suitable for ECTs: |
No |
“Pupils are happy and kept safe. They contribute to, and benefit from, the school’s friendly and respectful culture. Pupils’ behaviour is calm and purposeful.” – Ofsted Report
Our School
Isleworth & Syon School is a great place to work and a place where teachers can develop. Our teachers are energetic, dedicated and absolutely committed to working together in order to ensure that our boys (and students in our mixed Sixth Form) remain ambitious and highly successful.
We have a history of excellence, opportunity and tradition. Our progress measures at GCSE level are significantly above that for boys nationally and at all levels progress and attainment scores are well above national scores. This is an exciting opportunity to join a school that truly cares and is passionate about high quality education for young people.
Our Ethos
Relationships are critical to our success and to our future. We empower our staff, and everyone works collegially to create shared resources so that planning time can be spent refining, rather than re-inventing lessons. Our CPD programmes are highly rated, delivering well thought-out support and development for all staff. We regularly seek feedback from all stakeholders and implement change. We participate in staff voice and benchmark against national secondary schools; on all measures, responses are positive. Across the school, students benefit from our insistence on high standards and achievement, an exceptional range of extra-curricular activities, and a focus on traditional values.
Our Computer Science Department
We wish to appoint a dynamic and inspirational computer science lead, who will have the ambition to create computer scientists of the future and who will thrive on sharing in the successes of our students. We highly value the dedicated curriculum time in Key Stage 3 for students to focus on digital literacy, IT and computer science. At Key Stage 4, we currently offer a GCSE computer science course. We have large numbers of students in our mixed Sixth Form studying both GCE and vocational computing and IT-related courses. Many students further their computing studies at university.
Our Staff
We recognise that our staff are our greatest resource. Therefore, we are ambitious for our staff and invest heavily in their development. We offer an extensive programme of professional development with a range of opportunities for training, including internally and through local and national programmes. We have strong partnerships with universities and higher education institutions and actively support staff pursuing heavily subsidised Masters degrees and other higher qualifications. There will also be opportunities to collaborate within our local partnership of schools and work across school on various projects. We constantly seek feedback and try to be “the best that we can be”. Below is a recent quote from an anonymous staff voice survey (November 2024):
“The supportive, collegiate culture among staff; the deliberate focus on staff wellbeing from the senior leadership – I always feel valued.”
Our Location
We are situated in a tree-lined neighbourhood of Isleworth, a vibrant area of West London. The school is close to Osterley Park and a short hop from central London by tube (Osterley is a 10-minute walk) or rail (Isleworth is a 7-minute walk). There is easy access to the M3, M4 and Heathrow Airport.
Visit Us
We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
You are very welcome to arrange to visit us and to experience why we are such a successful school and a fantastic place to develop your career. We recommend viewing the full list of our benefits; a few are mentioned below:
- A recognised strong induction into the school with continuing professional development schemes and carefully considered succession planning.
- Access to schemes such as: childcare vouchers; cycle to work and free flu jabs.
- Superb ICT facilities and the free use of a laptop.
- Employee assistance programme and support through a subscription to APL Health. Investing in staff physical and mental health, such as GP appointments and physiotherapy.
- A chef-led canteen service.
- Free porridge (every day) and coffee and pastries on a Friday.
- Working with dynamic, innovative and supportive colleagues, and in a school where student behaviour is described as “calm and purposeful”.
“Staff feel well supported by leaders to manage their workload and well-being.” – Ofsted Report
Application details
Early application is encouraged, as suitable candidates will be interviewed promptly on receipt of completed forms. If we fill the post, we will bring forward the closing date.
School Information Pack (PDF)
Role Information Document (PDF)
Application Form (PDF)
Application Form (Word)
Closing date: |
09:00 – Monday 31 March |
Date posted: |
19 March 2025 |
Salary: |
MPS/UPS (Outer London) |
Start date: |
1 September 2025 |
Contract term: |
Permanent |
Contract type: |
Full time |
Suitable for ECTs: |
Yes |
“The school succeeds in dispelling the myths and stereotypes that are sometimes associated with boys’ schools.” [Challenge Partners Report]
Our School
Isleworth & Syon School is a great place to work and a place where teachers can develop. Our teachers are energetic, dedicated and absolutely committed to working together in order to ensure that our boys (and students in our mixed Sixth Form) remain ambitious and highly successful.
We have a history of excellence, are a high-performing school and are part of the ‘Leading Edge’ network. Our progress measures at GCSE level are significantly above that for boys nationally and at all levels progress and attainment scores are well above national scores.
Our Ethos
Relationships are critical to our success and to our future. We empower our staff and encourage everyone to work collegially in departments to create shared resources so that planning time can be spent refining rather than re-inventing lessons. Good practice is shared and all staff contribute ideas to further enhance the curriculum. Our school is systematically organised and pastoral processes are tightly managed to allow staff to build professional relationships with students in order to create excellent learning environments.
Across the school, students benefit from our insistence on high standards and achievement, an exceptional
range of extra-curricular activities, and a focus on traditional values. We are looking for a colleague that aspires to be part of a great team of staff and who will enjoy contributing to the successes of all our students.
Our Mathematics Department
We wish to appoint an enthusiastic maths teacher looking to further their career in an excellent school. The successful candidate will enjoy working with boys and will thrive on sharing in the successes of our students. At GCSE, students make excellent progress in all measures. Mathematics is currently the most popular subject at A level and we also offer Further mathematics. Our highly successful Sixth Form is mixed, and many students further their studies at university. The successful applicant will be joining a stable and highly supportive team. In 2018, the department benefitted from a new £6.5 million build which houses a suite of nine specialist maths classrooms.
Our Staff
We recognise that our staff are our greatest resource. Therefore, we are ambitious for our staff and invest heavily in their development. We offer an extensive programme of professional development with a range of opportunities for training, including internally and through local and national programmes. We have strong partnerships with universities and higher education institutions and actively support staff pursuing heavily subsidised Masters degrees and other higher qualifications. There will also be opportunities for internal promotion and to chances to collaborate within our local partnership of schools.
Our Location
We are situated in a tree-lined neighbourhood of Isleworth, a vibrant area of West London. The school is close
to Osterley Park and a short hop from central London by tube (Osterley is a 10-minute walk) or rail (Isleworth is
a 7-minute walk). There is easy access to the M3, M4 and Heathrow Airport.
Visit Us
We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. We want to make sure we are
attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
You are very welcome to arrange to visit us and to experience why we are such a successful school and a fantastic place to develop your career. We recommend viewing the full list of our benefits; a few are mentioned below:
- Working with dynamic, innovative and supportive colleagues, and in a school where student behaviour is described as “outstanding”.
- Induction into the school, a continuing professional development schemes and carefully considered succession planning.
- Superb ICT facilities and the free use of a laptop.
- Investment in staff physical and mental health through a subscription to APL Health.
- The opportunity to work with colleagues from a range of external partnerships.
- A chef-led canteen service.
- Access to schemes such as: childcare vouchers; cycle to work and free flu jabs.
“Staff are proud of the work they do. Building on the long-standing traditions of the school, staff support the development of ‘courteous, respectful and calm’ young men, reflecting the school’s well-established values.” [Ofsted Report]
Application details
Early application is encouraged, as suitable candidates will be interviewed promptly on receipt of completed forms. If we fill the post, we will bring forward the closing date.
School Information Pack (PDF)
Role Information Document (PDF)
Application Form (PDF)
Application Form (Word)