Teacher of Humanities

Endeavour Federation is looking for a dynamic and passionate Humanities Teacher for our Meade Hill School, with excellent subject knowledge, who can deliver outstanding humanities lessons to pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. The successful candidate will co-ordinate humanities at Meade Hill School, whilst working collaboratively with other humanities specialists across the Endeavour Federation, having a resolve to make a real difference to our pupils, setting a level of challenge for all abilities across Key Stage 3. In addition, the role involves delivering aspects of the emotional curriculum and PSHCE to an assigned form group. As Meade Hill is a small school, there may be a need to deliver other subjects. 

Skills

• Teach history, geography and/or religious studies up to KS3, with a vision to develop an offer at KS4 
• Have an Excellent understanding of assessment in the humanities subjects, using this to improve outcomes for all learners
• Develop high interest activities, to make the humanities subjects come alive to this SEMH cohort
• Understand the importance of high-quality planning, preparation and marking, to achieve the best outcomes for all pupils

Meade Hill

Meade Hill School is a small special school for young people with social, emotional and mental health needs. We provide a high-quality learning environment, that has been designed to deliver our therapeutic vision. This vision is to create a therapeutic, harmonious environment, which promotes feelings of safety and security, to allow our pupils to explore, enjoy learning, and reach their full potential, building a sense of community around the child. We aim to become a leading therapeutic provision, which is high quality and expert in recognising and meeting the needs of all of the pupils, with outstanding teaching and engaging learning. We have introduced cutting edge interventions for working with our neurodiverse population, so we can achieve positive outcomes for all our pupils. We strive to develop their emotional wellbeing and self-belief; creating successful, happy, healthy individuals, who develop skills which enable them to sustain employment and build security in their lives.

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

The school's governors are committed to safeguarding, and successful applicants will be subjected to a thorough screening procedure that includes self-disclosure with regard to any prior or current convictions, safeguarding concerns etc. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and enhanced DBS clearance is required and the children’s Barred List will be checked. Endeavour Federation’s Safeguarding Policy can be found here: Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy".