Director of Humanitites

Connect Multi Academy Trust, Stanley, DH9 0TW

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  2 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £71,330.00 - £78,702.00 Annually (Actual) L14-L18

Director of Humanitites job summary

Director of Humanities

History or Geography Specialist preferred

Leadership Scale L14-L18: £ £71,330 - £78,702 (Pay award pending)

Based at Trust Headquarters, Stanley, County Durham with travel across the Trust’s schools

Connect Multi Academy Trust is seeking an exceptional and highly credible specialist teacher (ideally in History or Geography) to join our school improvement team as Director of Humanities.

This is a significant Trust-wide role for an accomplished leader with the expertise, ambition and influence to shape Humanities education across our schools.

Working closely with the Chief Executive Officer, Headteachers and Heads of Department, you will drive improvement across History and Geography, strengthen curriculum leadership and ensure consistently high standards of teaching, learning and student outcomes.

You will be an outstanding classroom practitioner with a strong record of examination success, curriculum leadership and developing others. You will use evidence, data and professional judgement to evaluate performance, identify priorities and provide the right balance of support and challenge.

This opportunity would suit an established middle leader who is ready to influence strategy and practice beyond a single school.

Please note that we operate a probationary period of 4 months across all jobs in the Trust (see attached policy for further details). You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation.

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 Connect Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/new-college-durham-academies-trust

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