History Teacher
Southfields Academy, London, SW18 5JUDeadline is today
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
23 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- History, Politics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Early applicants should be ready for interview on Friday 23rd May, otherwise interviews will take place after the May half-term.
What we are looking for:
We are looking to appoint a motivated and inspiring History teacher to deliver a relevant and differentiated curriculum and monitor and support overall progress of students as a teacher and form tutor from September 2025. The ideal candidate will be able to use creativity to develop rich and exciting collaborative projects that link curriculum areas. They will be ambitious and adaptable, with excellent planning and classroom management skills. We are looking for someone who is not only keen to promote their subject around the school but who is also dedicated to improving the lives of young people.
The successful candidate will be able to teach across the ability and age range, and with experience in applying knowledge of the assessment criteria in History and Politics qualifications across Key Stages 4 and 5. Ideally the candidate would be able to teach Politics to Key Stage 5.
This would suit an ECT or experienced teacher.
What the school offers its staff
About the department:
We are ambitious and forward thinking history department with a large uptake at GCSE and A Level. At A Level we offer History and Politics and many of our Year 13s leave us to carry on their studies in History at top universities including Oxford and Cambridge.
As a department we have an invaluable role to play in the Academy’s vision of creating a culture of tolerance and respect for others. By showing students where we have come from through the events of the past we hope to foster considerate, creative and innovative minds able to analyse and fairly judge people and events. The department is tireless in its striving to widen the experience and knowledge of the students and engages outside speakers (notably: The United States Ambassador to the U.K, Holocaust survivors, local and national politicians, people with first-hand experience of war and occupation from Israel and Palestine) and has a programme of trips and visits to bring the history being studied alive (notably: Mediaeval and Norman castles, WWI Battlefields, Auschwitz).
Southfields Academy is a thriving non-selective secondary academy located in south west London. It has recently undergone complete redevelopment and benefits from the cutting edge in sporting facilities, art, design & vocational technology facilities, spacious and bright communal areas and classrooms. All of which are equipped with the latest technology and designed by our staff and students to ensure their fitness for purpose to educate the children of today and future-proofed for the children of tomorrow.
About us:
Please note that Southfields Academy will only accept applications directly from candidates themselves.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a sufficient number of applications be received.With this in mind, we encourage early submission of an application to avoid any disappointment.
If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Southfields Academy is unable to provide visa sponsorship.
Southfields Academy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and recognises the importance of an inclusive and diverse workforce.We welcome applications from all suitable qualified candidates.
Southfields Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, along with other relevant pre-employment checks.In line with the recommendations in KCSiE, these include basic online checks of shortlisted candidates’ social media presence and other internet-based public forums.
Closing Date: 23rd May 2025
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Southfields Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1275 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Southfields Academy website
- Email address
- sean.french@southfieldsacademy.com
- Phone number
- 020 8875 2600
At Southfields we aim to create a culture of tolerance and respect for others, where students and staff work together to improve. Our vision is to develop a provision that will secure the best life chances for our students once they leave Southfields Academy. This environment must inspire each individual in the community to be the very best that they can be. At Southfields we have the highest expectations of achievement and behaviour and offer a nurturing and supportive environment where we celebrate difference and ensure that everyone meets their full potential. We value every individual and commit to ensuring everyone feels supported and listened to.
We offer the highest quality educational experience, aiming to inspire a generation of lifelong learners, who take pride in their achievements and take ownership of their learning. We believe creativity and imagination are the key to developing future passions and talents. We have a positive, “can do” attitude, believing that the sky is our limit, and we will think creatively and innovatively to meet the needs of our learners and our community.
A successful Southfields student will be one that understands the world we live in and is curious and keen to develop further by learning from others around them. This student will leave Southfields ready for their next stage in education or employment, equipped to learn and to grow.
Arranging a visit to Southfields Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sean.french@southfieldsacademy.com.
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