Teacher of History

Rivers Academy, a comprehensive secondary school (11-18), and Space Studio West London, a studio school (14-18), work closely together and are jointly committed to securing outstanding outcomes for students. The Campus has a great location in West London, being situated close to Feltham Station (a short train journey from Clapham Junction) and also benefiting from other excellent transport links and on-site parking.

We are looking for an exceptional Teacher of History to play an important role in our unique and growing Academy. The successful candidate will be an excellent teacher of History with the ability or potential to learn how to effectively lead a team. This is a key role for the Academy, and we are looking for someone who is passionate about both their own development alongside profoundly wishing to make a difference.

We are also seeking someone who is ambitious, for both themselves, and their students, who would want to make their mark and then seek further promotion opportunities. The successful candidate may aspire to become a Specialist Leader in Education or Senior Leader.

We work hard to foster high levels of self-worth within an Academy community that has the very highest expectations across uniform, behaviour, attendance, and punctuality. We want to empower future generations to follow their dreams. Rivers is a great place to work too, with a strong focus on career development. Many of the staff that trained with us are now in Leadership positions and being on that development journey with our staff is important to us.

At Rivers we ask our students to take risks, be creative and make mistakes. As educators we are encouraged to think big, improvise and fail forward, through leveraging student interests, incorporating real world problems and using professional tools / expertise to design engaging interdisciplinary projects that drive student’s curiosity for learning. 

The successful candidate will:

● Have the potential to be an outstanding Aspirant Lead Teacher of History, with emerging leadership skills

● Deliver consistently good to outstanding lessons

● Be resolute in bringing our community together to deliver effective and engaging teaching

● Be relentlessly optimistic and positive

● Be ambitious first and foremost for the children we serve

● Have drive and steely determination but also a deep sense of personal humility

● Be fanatically driven to make the Academy truly great for every child

● Have a deep seated and strong moral purpose

● Be innovative: identifying and collaborating and supporting to solve challenges with empirical creativity

● Be insistent on a consistency of approach, individually and with curriculum teams

● Have an enthusiastic discipline about seeing things through

● Collaborate to ensure consistency of approach

A Teacher at Rivers Academy:

● Understands the importance of developing a culture of “we”

● Ensures that our moral purpose is known and understood, leading by example

● Measures the impact of action and astutely makes use of data to contribute to improvement planning

● Never waits to ‘see what happens’ or lets emotions get in the way of necessary action. Ensures that scheduled meetings are necessary, kept a priority, do happen and are followed up.

● Is open to scrutiny and advice.

● Will find opportunities to offer deep personal gratitude for the work of all staff in open and closed forums and will create a culture of positive support and encouragement.

Interview Date: TBC

About Aspirations

Across our 16 Academies, Aspirations educate more than 9,000 pupils across the ages from 2 to 19 years, covering an area from West London to the Southwest of England. Operating since 2011, we have a consistent track record of improvement and success and offer excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities. We are determined that children receive an excellent education that prepares them for success in adult-life and are looking for people to join us who share our ideals. 

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and guarantee an interview for those with a declared disability should they meet the minimum criteria for the job. The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as “any physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities”

Our Commitment to Safer Recruitment:

Aspirations are committed to safeguarding and undertake pre-employment checks in accordance with DfE requirements.