Teacher of Humanities

Two Posts Available

Salary: £19,340 to £46,525; Unqualified - Main Pay Range or Upper Pay Range

Start Date: 1st September 2024

Contract type: Full Time

Contract term: Fixed Term Contract (12 Months, Maternity Cover)

Suitable for ECTs: Yes

Closing date: Monday 13th May at 12.00 noon

 Interview date: Friday 17th May 2024

Wilmslow High School

·        School age range: 11-18

·        Number on roll: approx. 2,000 (including 500 sixth form)

We are seeking to appoint two enthusiastic and energetic teachers of Humanities to join our large, thriving and highly regarded Humanities faculty. Applications are encouraged from both early career or experienced teachers who are committed to teaching at the highest standard and raising the aspirations and achievements of our students. 

 The role will require you to teach history, RE and geography across key stage 3, with the opportunity to specialise in history, geography or sociology at key stage 4. This is an excellent opportunity to work with three exceptional teams who all have well-structured curriculums, comprehensive resources and work collaboratively with the shared aim of creating the best learning opportunities for all. All three teams are highly professional, supportive of each other and place great importance on teamwork. It is a growing faculty with a desire to become even more integrated, with the belief that cross-curricular opportunities will only strengthen the learning experience for all our students.

 The successful candidate will have:  

·        A high degree of subject competency and personal organisation with a continuing personal interest in, and commitment to the range of humanity subjects. 

·        An innovative and progressive approach to curriculum development, working practice and teaching.  

·        The flair and ambition to motivate students of all abilities and develop the profile of each subject within the school and wider community.  

·        Effective planning skills and be an appropriate classroom manager with high expectations evident in all lessons.  

·        An ability to take responsibility and achieve success.  

·        The ability to work as a member of a team and to contribute to that team in a creative and purposeful manner.  

·        Rigorous professionalism in everything, accepting nothing but the best in a culture of excellence. 

·        A willingness to embrace and promote the importance of all the humanity subjects across all key stages.  

We offer a happy and caring environment rooted in our core values, in which staff and students can flourish, whilst challenging ourselves to pursue excellence for all our students. The school is set in extensive grounds, ideally positioned between the thriving city of Manchester and the open countryside of the Peak District. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to respect this commitment. A consideration of the person’s suitability to work alongside children is part of the selection process.   

If invited for interview, you will be:  

·        asked to complete a self-declaration form answering questions in relation to any criminal record or other information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. 

·        subject to an online search. This is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which we may wish to explore at interview.  

If successful, you will be subject to: 

·        an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.  

·        pre-employment checks which will include References, Health, Right to Work in UK, DBS and a Declaration that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same household is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.  

 Current or previous employers will be contacted and information requested will include: 

·        Disciplinary offences relating to children, including any for which the penalty is ‘time expired’ 

·        Whether the applicant has been the subject of any child protection concerns