Curriculum Standards Lead for Humanities

The Halifax Academy, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 0BA

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  8 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Humanities, Social sciences
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS Plus TLR 1A £10,174

Curriculum Standards Lead for Humanities job summary

We are a vibrant, forward-thinking department on the lookout for ambitious educators who are ready to grow, lead, and make a real impact. If you’re driven, passionate, and excited by the idea of influencing curriculum design rather than following a pre-packed scheme, this is the role for you.

Are you looking for your next challenge? At The Halifax Academy we have the courage to do things differently. Our ground-breaking approach to education takes children through five phases from Reception to Year 11, creating a fully integrated school journey from ages 4- 16. The Humanities Faculty, is an integral part of our approach. This is your chance to join a friendly, community focused through school and founding Academy of the Impact Education Trust, helping us to shape the future of education.

This position offers the right candidate an opportunity to help pupils develop excellent knowledge and skills in Humanities. They will help design and further embed a range of activities and experiences that assist our students in becoming confident individuals. At the heart of our curriculum is a focus on social justice for the most vulnerable families and pupils, so that they realise their ‘voice to change the world’.

As Curriculum & Standards Lead for Humanities, you will have an opportunity to shape practice, working across all phases alongside the Senior Director of CHUMS and other key leaders. The faculty is a high performing team with strong values, work ethic and mutual sense of purpose and with a strong record of delivering results. The team care about the little things, enjoy learning together and share unrelentingly high standards. You will have access to a highly regarded professional development programme; we are incredibly proud that our school has been awarded the Investors in People Platinum Award - the only through school in the country to attain this level.

The successful candidate might be an aspiring teacher looking for their first position leading a subject or a current leader seeking a new and slightly different challenge. What matters is your mindset. We are looking for someone who can bring something special to our school. Someone who has the courage to change the way they do things, who is itching to innovate the way we approach the curriculum and teaching and learning; someone constantly curious, self-reflective, eager to explore collaborations and to experiment with classroom practice.

Please see the attached Job Pack for full details.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Halifax Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 16
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 1451 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Halifax Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-halifax-academy

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