Freelance Science Content Writer

📝 We’re hiring Freelance Content Writers!

If you want to create content seen by millions of students every day, then we may have just the opportunity for you!

We are looking for Science and Maths Freelancers to join our content team.

Posted by: Daniel J. Gosselin

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🧪 Do you have a deep understanding of the secondary Science curriculum in the UK?

🏫 Do you want to use your knowledge to help students explore science more deeply?

🏡 Are you looking for flexible, remote work?

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. 

Start date: ASAP

Location: Remote 

Term: Freelance - minimum regular commitment of 10 hours a week.

Salary: £20 per hour.

Closing Date: 17th April 2026.

We recommend getting your application in as early as possible, as we review applications on a rolling basis and may close the role at any time.

About the role:

Sparx Science, our newest product, is already helping over 1100 schools and nearly a million students. It builds student confidence and independence by transforming challenge into understanding using adaptive support and purposeful practice

We’re looking for freelance contributors to help our team create high-quality content that supports students to think critically and engage more deeply with science.

About you: 

The essentials:  

• You have a strong understanding of the English Science curriculum, preferably evidenced by teaching or tutoring experience.
• You have an A-level or a degree in a relevant scientific field.
• You are an excellent written communicator with great attention to detail. 
• You are digitally literate and able to quickly pick up new software for content writing.
• You can work flexibly and remotely, with access to a laptop or computer.

We are ideally looking for Physics and/or Chemistry specialists to join our team, but we are accepting applications from any suitable candidate.

About Sparx Learning

We are a B-Corp with a massive mission, building a high-performance culture where excellence is the standard, not the exception. We exist to improve lives, and because our work impacts over 2.4 million students, we take our responsibilities seriously. We want to work with teachers to shape the future of education and continue to make a difference for millions of children.

How to get involved

• To register your interest, apply below.  
• If you’re successful in the first phase, you will then be required to complete a short content writer task, which will take approximately 60 - 90 minutes. 
• We hope to get back to all applicants within 2 weeks of submitting an application.

If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to email peopleteam@sparx.co.uk.

We look forward to hearing from you!