Second in Humanities - History

Woodrush High School, Wythall, Worcestershire, B47 5JW

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st Sept 26

• Closing date

  15 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) Plus TLR 2B

Second in Humanities - History job summary

Second in Humanities - History

Tostart:September 2026

Contract:, Full time, Permanent

Salary: MPS/UPS & TLR 2b

We are excited to offer a great opportunity for a specialist practitioner with leadership potential, who is passionate about history to join us at Woodrush High School within the Humanities faculty, teaching across KS3, KS4 with the opportunity to teach KS5 for a suitably experienced candidate.

The successful candidate will provide excellent teaching that ensures all students, regardless of starting points, 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 and learning?

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 History in KS3, KS4 with the opportunity to teach KS5 for a suitably experienced candidate.

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

Contributing to the development of effective teaching and learning within the Humanities department

We are proud to offer:

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

Excellent opportunities for further career development

Please read the attached job pack for further information on the school and role.

Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.

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 Woodrush High School

• School type: Academies, None, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1019 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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