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  • Start date details

    1st September 2026

  • Closing date

    18 May 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    7 May 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Subject

History

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) Plus a TLR 2a - £3527 per annum

Subject Leader for History job summary

Sir James Smith’s School is seeking a dynamic, knowledgeable and inspiring Subject Leader of History to lead and further develop our History department. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced teacher with the ambition and capacity to take on subject leadership. You will be joining a school with a strong academic culture and a clear commitment to continuous improvement.

Sir James Smith’s School is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive, beautifully located on the North Cornish coast between Bude and Wadebridge, offering easy access to stunning beaches and countryside.

We are looking for someone who:

  • Is an outstanding classroom practitioner with the ability to model and promote excellent teaching across the department.
  • Has high expectations of themselves, their team and their students.
  • Believes that every student can succeed and works relentlessly to make this happen.
  • Can lead, motivate and support colleagues, building a strong, collaborative team.
  • Has the drive and organisational skills to lead curriculum development, assessment and improvement within History.
  • Can build positive relationships quickly with students, colleagues and leaders

If you have the energy, passion, resilience and drive to lead History as part of our journey to becoming an outstanding school, we would love to hear from you. Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement once sufficient applications have been received.

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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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Sir James Smith's School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all pre-employment checks necessary to meet Safer Recruitment requirements, including a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and references.

Applying for the job

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About Sir James Smith's School

School type
Academies, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
605 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
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Sir James Smith’s is part of North Cornwall Learning Trust. Apart from being a ‘Good’ school, Sir Jim’s is also a great place to work. Visitors, including Ofsted, comment on the friendly and supportive atmosphere. Staff and students are happy and enjoy their time at school.

We are a smaller than average co-educational comprehensive school, serving a large rural hinterland in North Cornwall. It’s a fantastic place to live if you like the outdoors. Our extensive rural catchment area of 100 square miles includes 8 partner primary schools though we attract students from many others. The dispersed settlement pattern means approximately 70% of students travel daily by bus. North Cornwall is one of the least sparsely populated areas in England and Wales thanks to the glorious Bodmin Moor.

At present we have 38 teachers, and 40 non-teaching staff including 4 technicians, 1 Librarian, 8 admin assistants and 7 classroom assistants. The Local Governance Committee work closely with staff, as do various support agencies. The small size of the school means that we all know the students very well and staff work together effectively. This is a school on a humane scale where personal relationships matter.

We have a "continental day". This means an earlier start - at 8.10 am for staff and 8.25 am for students. Students have one year assembly per week. There are 5 one-hour lessons and 2 breaks of 20 and 30 minutes. The main part of the day ends at 2.30 pm. On Mondays there are meetings; on Wednesdays Tuesdays and Thursdays, extra-curricular activities and late buses; on Fridays many staff go home a little earlier!

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