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Humanities Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Humanities Teacher (Maternity Cover)

The Reach Free School

Rickmansworth

  • Expired
Salary:
Academy Trust Payscale
Job type:
Full Time, Maternity Cover
Start date:
January 2019
Apply by:
13 November 2018

Job overview

Humanities Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Dates: Apply by Tuesday 13th November 2018

Location: Rickmansworth

Contract type: Full Time 

Contract term: Maternity Cover (January 2019 to July 2019)

Salary: Academy Trust Payscale based on skills and experience, plus potential for additional Reach Points

Start Date: January 2019

The Reach Free School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Humanities trainee teacher to join our team of talented, energetic and visionary teachers. 

The position is for a Humanities teacher with a specialism in History. You will have a passion for History and you will hold and embody the highest expectations of your pupils and will have the drive and ambition to create an outstanding environment for learning, in Humanities and beyond. 

History is taught as a discrete subject from year 9 onwards and the successful candidate will also be expected to teach Geography and Religious Education to pupils in Key Stage 3. There may also be some teaching of BTEC Travel and Tourism at Key Stage 4.

We are looking for an expert practitioner with successful teaching experience across the age and ability range, and someone who demonstrates a good understanding of the potential of technology to enhance learning. 

You will have a passion for all the Humanities, and a track record of excellent teaching, collaboration and creativity. You will hold and embody the highest expectations of your pupils and will have the drive and ambition to create an outstanding environment for learning, in Humanities and beyond. 

The Reach Free School is looking for its teachers to: 

Be outstanding practitioners who inspire pupils and colleagues

Be creative in delivering a rigorous, academic curriculum

Believe that every child can and will succeed

Be flexible, collaborative and resilient

Be excited about helping to design and create every aspect of the school, including the curriculum, policies and the extended day programme

Contribute to the whole life of the school through our extra-curricular programme

Have the highest ambitions for your pupils, the school and yourself

In return we will offer you: 

A unique opportunity to help build on the school’s successes to date

A happy and supportive working environment with high expectations and standards

An opportunity to pioneer an exciting new curriculum at Key Stage 4 and Post-16

A network of outstanding practitioners to collaborate with and learn from

Leadership and management opportunities both now, and in the future as the school grows

A BUPA cash plan to contribute to medical care 

The Reach Free School is a successful and rapidly growing secondary Free School, which opened in September 2013. The over-subscribed school is a popular choice for local families. In September 2018 the school moved into a brand new purpose built building right in the heart of the community that it serves.  

If the challenges of working to develop a new local school appeal to you, then we would like to hear from you.

Further information is available from our website: www.thereachfreeschool.co.uk

Potential candidates are encouraged to contact The Reach Free School with any questions on 01923 711517 or via email to Mrs S Berman, Headteacher’s PA at sberman@reachfree.co.uk  

Closing date for applications: Apply by Tuesday 13th November 2018

Interviews to take place: November 2018

The Reach Free School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff to share this commitment. In accordance with our Safer Recruitment Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as 'spent' must be declared when applying. The applicant may post such a declaration in an envelope marked 'Private & Confidential’ for the Headteacher. The successful applicant must obtain DBS clearance at enhanced level. The school will also carry out a prohibition from teaching check. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of your employment.

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About The Reach Free School

The Reach Free School is an 11- to 18-year-old school in Rickmansworth that serves pupils of all backgrounds and abilities. It was opened in September 2013 by teachers and local parents in response to a significant demand for more secondary school places in the area.

All involved with the school have high aspirations for our pupils and high expectations of them. As such, we expect all pupils to:

  • Commit their best efforts to all that they do
  • Support each other to achieve their potential
  • Work with their teachers to exceed their goals
  • Demonstrate exemplary behaviour in all that they do
  • Take pride in their school and its community within its walls and beyond
  • Enjoy learning


The Reach Free School plays an active role in the community, working with local businesses, supporting local events and providing a hub for local services. Pupils are involved in the school’s wider responsibilities, developing leadership and decision-making skills, communication and collaboration and independent, self-led learning.

A sense of purpose and responsibility pervades lessons and activities at The Reach Free School, and our pupils recognise their responsibilities as members of the community. This underpins The Reach Free School’s ethos; Achievement, Community, Enjoyment – ACE.

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