Geography/History Teacher Maternity Cover

Woodrush High School, Wythall, Worcestershire, B47 5JW

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  6 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Geography, History
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (FTE) Main Pay Scale

Geography/History Teacher Maternity Cover job summary

Woodrush High School

Geography/History Teacher

Maternity Cover until May 2026

Full time, main pay scale

Start Date: 1st September 2025

We are seeking a Geography/History Teacher to cover a maternity leave until May 2026.

Situated in a pleasant suburban area on the borders of Birmingham, Solihull and Worcestershire (only 5 minutes from Junction 3 of the M42), Woodrush High School is an oversubscribed 11-18 mixed Academy and has an excellent reputation locally and nationally. We are a designated Training School committed to educational innovation and we enjoy working partnerships with many schools locally and across the region.

We are offering a great opportunity for a specialist practitioner who is passionate about their subject to join us at Woodrush High School within the humanities faculty on a temporary basis, to teach both Geography and History in KS3 and your specialist subject in KS4 and potentially KS5.

The successful candidate will provide excellent teaching to that ensures all students achieve the best outcomes and will join a vibrant department, where teachers work together and are encouraged to inspire all students to make excellent progress from their individual starting points.

Are you

Passionate about teaching?

Reflective and dedicated to improving your practice?

A caring professional who can build positive relationships and ensure young people are engaged and motivated to learn?

This role will include:

Specialist teaching of both Geography and History in KS3 and your specialist subject in KS4 and potentially KS5.

Pastoral duties as a Form Tutor

Planning and delivering well-structured sequences of lessons, aligned with the curriculum to ensure all students make at least good progress

Taking an active role in the department

We are proud to offer:

The benefit of being part of our Training School

A wealth of CPD aimed at teachers at all stages and levels of experience

Supportive Induction programme for Early Career Teachers

Excellent opportunities for further career development

Interested candidates are welcome to come and look around the school by prior appointment. Please contact Grace Terry Human Resources on 01905 701120 or email hr@woodrush.org

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.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Woodrush High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1010 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodrush High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodrush-high-school

Situated in a pleasant suburban area on the borders of Birmingham, Solihull and Worcestershire (only 5 minutes from Junction 3 of the M42), Woodrush High School is an oversubscribed 11-18 mixed Academy and has an excellent reputation locally and nationally. We are a designated Training School committed to educational innovation and we enjoy working partnerships with many schools locally and across the region.

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