Subject Leader History
Oasis Academy Enfield, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 7XHThis job expired on 16 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 8am
Date listed
7 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- History
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS (Outer London)
Additional allowances
TLR 2a (£3,391) + TPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Subject Leader History
Dates: Apply by8am on Friday 16th May 2025. Job start: April or September 2025.
Salary: MPS/UPS (Outer London) plus TLR 2a (£3,391) + Teachers Pension Scheme
Location: Enfield, North East London
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Permanent
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational leader to join the humanities team and lead the history department through the next phase of our improvement journey. The Academy is committed to ensuring that all areas are led by subject specialists. Our team is made of subject specialists who are hardworking, flexible and committed to ensuring that History continues its journey in becoming an outstanding subject area. Staff across the Academy work together and share strategies to help everyone deliver good and outstanding lessons. The History department is well equipped with interactive whiteboards in every classroom. All teaching staff are provided with their own laptop. Schemes of work and a wide variety of teaching resources are held electronically and in hard copy, and we are always looking to develop new and innovative lessons.
You will join a team of committed humanities teachers and leaders. All the staff are enthusiastic, flexible and determined to develop the Learning Area into an outstanding department. You will be supported by a knowledgeable and experienced Head of the Humanities Faculty, plus a Subject Leader of RS and a Subject Leader of Sociology and Psychology, who has introduced many new teaching and learning strategies to improve the quality of education at Oasis Academy Enfield.
Oasis Academy Enfield is an inclusive 11 to 18 academy that is committed to giving children the best possible education. We are located in a new building with state-of-the-art facilities and situated 12 minutes from Enfield Lock train station. The percentage of students achieving top grades at GCSE has risen over the years. Our students progress to universities including Russell Group and other leading universities following a wide range of courses.
We are committed to providing staff with high quality professional development. We hold middle and senior leadership courses run by Institute of Education at UCL open to all staff who want to develop their skills in their current role or look towards the next step in their career. If you wish to grow professionally with our academy, join us and become part of the team to develop an outstanding academy.
We welcome informal visits to the Academy from prospective candidates.
Completed applications should be submitted by 8am on Friday 16th May 2025.
Interviews will take place: Week commencing 19th May 2025.
What the school offers its staff
Oasis Community Learning runs transformational Academies in many areas across the United Kingdom. Believing that every person, in addition to every child matter, we are working with the wider Oasis Group, transforming schools into Community hubs, through applying a holistic view of education.
Why you should work for us:
- Free access to our fully equipped boxing gym
- Free access to our fully equipped keep fit gymnasium
- Friendly matches played between staff regularly.
- Pre-created teaching resources which you just need to adapt – saving time and workload.
- Whole class approach to marking and feedback – saving time and workload.
- Opportunities to earn extra money for lunch time duties.
- A wide range of opportunities to progress and make your mark on student wellbeing and progress.
- 1:1 peer instructional coaching and high quality CPD sessions support you to teach great lessons every lesson
- Access to mental health support.
- 8 mins walk from Enfield Lock station or plenty of on-site parking.
- We are a soon to be Trauma Informed Practice school – we have a calm and relational approach to dealing with behaviour issues and ensure our students feel a strong sense of belonging to the academy family.
- We have a good Ofsted Rating. We are proud that our exams data show that we are constantly improving.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced Disclosure and Barring checks.
Oasis Community Learning supports Equal Opportunities Employment.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Oasis Academy Enfield
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 777 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oasis Academy Enfield website
- Email address
- Agnieszka.Brzeska-Dobrzanska2@oasisenfield.org
Oasis Academy Enfield opened in September 2007 as a new academy. Initially a group of portacabins and a pioneering spirit, the Academy moved into its £30 million purpose-built accommodation two years later on Innova Business Park, 12 minutes walk from Enfield Lock Station.
The Academy has enjoyed considerable success in its 15 year history. In 2018, Ofsted confirmed that we continue to be a good academy.
Academy leaders and staff share high expectations for all students
Students behave well, and treat each other and staff with respect
Safeguarding is a strength of the Academy, and staff are proactive at supporting the children to stay safe both in school and out
Students feel safe and happy in school. Parents support this view and are happy with the progress their children are making
We provide students with high quality teaching, which not only enables them to make to the best possible progress and achieve the highest grades, but also equips them with the skills, behaviour and character, which will help them be successful and make a positive contribution to their community.
The Sixth Form offers a wide range of courses and the highest standard of teaching and enrichment activities. We want all our students to gain the qualifications that enable them to move onto college, work, apprenticeships or university. Around 95% of our sixth form students progress to university with two thirds going to Russell Group and other leading universities following a wide range of courses from English, History to engineering, psychology and law.
We are committed to providing staff with high quality professional development. Masterclasses run by experienced colleagues focusing on academy priorities are available to all teachers. We hold middle and senior leadership courses run by Institute of Education at UCL open to all staff who want to develop their skills in their current role or look towards the next step in their career.
Arranging a visit to Oasis Academy Enfield
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Agnieszka.Brzeska-Dobrzanska2@oasisenfield.org.
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