17 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    12 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    25 April 2025

Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

History

Working pattern

Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share)

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS1 - UPS3

What skills and experience we're looking for

The ideal candidate will have:

• Qualified Teacher Status.

• A degree in a relevant subject area.

• Successful teaching experience in a relevant subject area.

• Thorough knowledge of the National Curriculum and GCSE specifications.

• Experience of working in partnership with parents/carers to facilitate effective linksbetween home and school

What the school offers its staff

Now is a really exciting time to be joining Colne Primet Academy as we go through a period of rapid expansion, both in terms of staff and student numbers and with extensive new building and refurbishment work completed in September 2024.

We currently have 875 students on roll from a diverse range of backgrounds, and the students numbers continue to grow up to our full capacity of 1050 over the next few years. Throughout the school, we have students who speak 23 different languages. Working with such a diverse community brings lots of opportunities for students to learn more about each other and themselves.

By joining the Primet family you will become part of a supportive and ambitious team. The core drive of being part of the Primet staff team is about wanting the best for our students, and to help them overcome any barriers to their success. Our aim here at Colne Primet Academy is to give each and every child the very best educational start in life. At all times, we guide, support and inspire.

Further details about the role

History sits within the Humanities and MFL curriculum team, along with Geography,Religious & Citizenship Studies (RCS) and MFL (French and Spanish). In addition to the Head of Curriculum, there is a strong team of leaders within this faculty including Layla Hunt, 2nd in Faculty and History teacher; Dianne Bielby, Head of PD and RCS; Anne Henderson, Lead Practitioner in Geography; Holly Kilshaw, T&L Leader in MFL; and from September is also joined by Rachel Giles, Lead Practitioner in MFL. In addition to this strong leadership team, there are six other teachers within the curriculum team, including this post. This well established team effectively supports ECTs and RQTs. As well as the teaching team, we have engaged with the British Council Languages Assistant programme, successfully having at least 1 Language Assistant in school for 3 years now. Humanities and MFL benefit from being based in our new building which was only opened in May 2024, providing an excellent learning environment for students with 12 new classrooms, large team office base and staffroom facilities. Within this building the 4 subject areas are grouped together with neighbouring subject specialists. As you can see, this role joins a well established and valued curriculum area, and this is an exciting opportunity to join this team.

Commitment to safeguarding

https://pendleeducationtrust.co.uk/safeguarding-and-child-protection/587.html

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

History teacher.pdf - 6.67 MB (opens in new tab)

About Colne Primet Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
864 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
Colne Primet Academy website
Email address
hr@pendleeducationtrust.co.uk
Phone number
01282863970
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teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/colne-primet-academy

Colne Primet Academy became part of the Pendle Education Trust family in 2013 and has experienced transformational change across all areas since then. Former Principal Lynne Blomley has now moved into an Executive Principal for Secondary Education role with the Trust, and the Academy is led by Julia Pilkington.

The school was named Secondary School of the Year at the 2021 East Lancashire Education Awards.

Arranging a visit to Colne Primet Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@pendleeducationtrust.co.uk.

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