Teacher History / RE

Northallerton School & Sixth Form College, Northallerton, DL6 1ED

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  23 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: History, Religious Education
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) Salary, dependent upon qualifications and experience from £31,650 based on MPS/UPS

Teacher History / RE job summary

Job Details

Hours of Work: 1.0FTE (0.8FTE will be considered)

Position Type: Maternity cover

Line Manager: Head of Humanities

Travel Required: No

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.

We are seeking two enthusiastic and committed teachers to join our Humanities team on a maternity cover basis. We welcome applications from candidates able to teach History and/or Religious Education to students at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.

These roles are full-time, however 0.8FTE will be considered for the right candidate.

You will join a supportive and forward-thinking department, passionate about delivering high-quality lessons that inspire, challenge, and engage our students.

We welcome applications from both experienced teachers and ECTs.

Key Requirements:

• Ability to teach History and/or RE to KS3 and KS4

• Strong classroom practice and a commitment to student progress

• Flexibility, professionalism, and a passion for Humanities subjects

For an informal chat about the role please contact Mr G Ient, Interim Deputy Headteacher, on gient@northallerton-alt.uk

About the Trust

Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.

At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.

Our Trust is committed to promoting:

Health, happiness and wellbeing

A safe, disciplined and supportive environment

A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach

High standards and expectations

Integrity, kindness and good manners

Respect for individuality and difference

Collaborative working to secure excellence

To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.

Why work for us?

We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.

We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.

In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.

Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.

Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.

Regardless of role, we seek staff who:

Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with.

Are committed to our Trust values.

Show initiative and are responsive to change.

Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.

Are creative in their approach to problem solving.

Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role.

Are team players.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds; for more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy statement (https://www.arete.uk/careers). If you are ready for the next step in your career and you feel that your skill set makes you a good fit for this very exciting opportunity, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Application Process

Please complete the online application form to apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.

Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

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.

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About Northallerton School & Sixth Form College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1079 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northallerton School & Sixth Form College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northallerton-school-sixth-form-college

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