Teacher of History

Join our successful, passionate, and dedicated teaching team.  Our success can be attributed to excellent conditions for learning, high-quality CPD, and manageable workloads within a collegiate, driven, and exciting learning environment.

We are an Ofsted Good School (2017) and are continually developing and improving to provide the very best experience for our staff, pupils, and wider community.

Parkside achieved the highest Progress 8 score in Derbyshire in 2017 and 2019. Since our last Ofsted inspection, the number of pupils attending the school has almost doubled and we expect to be oversubscribed in September 2022.

Our success is underpinned by our hugely successful, passionate, and dedicated teaching team. At Parkside we create the conditions for success through ensuring excellent conditions for learning, high-quality professional development, and manageable workloads within a collegiate, driven, and exciting working environment.

We use the phrase ‘Caring about the choices that will shape your future’ to capture our ethos and collective purpose. By doing so, pupils, staff, families and the wider community actively co-construct positive personal and social change which demonstrably improves life chances. We are absolutely committed to supporting every member of staff to thrive and achieve the level of performance, career progression and fulfilment that reflects their professional commitment and ambition to make a positive difference to children's lives.

The Parkside Curriculum is broad, dynamic, and values led. We have made considerable progress towards our ambition to create a world-class curriculum that facilitates the best academic and personal development outcomes for our pupils. Our Parkside Support Centre comprises a highly effective and driven team, who provide targeted support that ensures our pupils can learn, participate, and feel they belong to Parkside.

Parkside has and will continue to positively serve to change life chances for pupils and to affect positive change across the school community. We are forever grateful to all those who have contributed and continue to work with us in this most professionally fulfilling and meaningful endeavour.

The ideal candidate will

• Have a strong academic background, with good A Levels or equivalent, and a good degree 

• Have, or be able to demonstrate appropriate career-stage progress in developing strong pedagogical content knowledge

• Share our values and have a desire to contribute to our collective purpose

For further information, a confidential discussion or any technical queries please contact srussell@parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk.

We value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment checks.

Please take time to view our school website to learn more about our wonderful school. http://www.parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk

Candidates selected for interview will be contacted by telephone.  If you have not been contacted within seven days of the closing date, you should assume, on this occasion, that you have not been shortlisted for interview.  

Security Checks

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Candidates who are foreign nationals, or UK nationals who have lived abroad at any point in their adult life, MUST provide a Certificate of Good Conduct prior to taking up an appointment.