A top London private school and a leading state secondary have joined forces to recruit a shared chemistry teacher because it is so difficult to find specialist staff in London.
The £21,000-a-year all-girls selective South Hampstead High School and neighbouring mixed state UCL Academy are advertising for a teacher to work across both schools in what is believed to be the first arrangement of its kind.
Both schools had been separately looking for their own chemistry teachers but were unable to find suitable candidates.
They hope that by creating the role, which will allow candidates to split their time between private and state sectors, they will grab the attention of teachers attracted by forward-thinking schools and tempt them to work with them.
