Teacher in Charge of Politics
Westminster City School, London, SW1E 5HJ23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2026
Closing date
26 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Politics, Religious education
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS-UPS
Additional allowances
MPS-UPS
Teacher in Charge of Politics job summary
Are you ambitious to lead a key department to even greater success?
Are you passionate about how high-quality curriculum thinking, planning and delivery in Politics can transform young people’s understanding of the world?
Are you keen to work in a dynamic school in the heart of London, offering a truly transformative education to all students?
A rare opportunity has arisen to lead our Politics department to greater heights. Outcomes at A Level are strong and improving year on year. Our Sixth Form is exceptionally popular, with over 1500 applications for entry in September 2025, and Politics is one of our most popular social science subjects. Many students progress to top universities to study Politics, PPE, International Relations, Law and related disciplines.
Politics will be the main teaching responsibility of this role. In addition, the successful candidate must be able to offer one or more of the following subjects: Religious Studies, History and/or Geography.
This post offers an exciting opportunity for someone looking to move into middle leadership, or for an existing leader wishing to further develop their leadership in an exceptionally supportive school. For an ambitious and high-quality candidate, additional responsibilities may be offered in future. As such, the post provides rich opportunities for leadership development, including potential secondment to the Leadership Group. Applicants from a GMH background are strongly encouraged, with the school actively involved in the Church of England’s Leaders Like Us programme.
The candidate:
You, like us, will share our belief in the highest standards of academic attainment in a comprehensive setting.
The successful candidate will have:
Strong personal values of integrity and compassion
Excellent subject knowledge in Politics and a commitment to continually developing it
Experience of developing and delivering an excellent A Level Politics curriculum
The ability to teach Politics alongside at least one of the following subjects: Religious Studies, History and/or Geography
The ability to work effectively as part of a wider Social Sciences team
Strong knowledge of curriculum design, assessment and progression
The ability to motivate and lead a team to deliver excellent student outcomes
A keen interest in developing leadership and management skills
An awareness of current best practice and a desire to foster a research-informed approach to designing and implementing a highly impactful curriculum
Cognisance of current best practice and want to foster in others a research-based approach to designing and implementing a highly impactful Politics curriculum.
You will deliver lessons to a consistently high standard, and you will have a proven track record of excellent outcomes at A level.
You will be joining a team of highly skilled subject leaders who are ambitious in ensuring our vision of a powerful knowledge curriculum enables all pupils to take part in the great conversations in society.
"Leaders have introduced a broad and ambitious curriculum for all…and have thought carefully about how to capture students’ wider interest in the subjects they learn." OFSTED 2022
We believe in developing our staff and have a dynamic and supportive management team and an effective CPD programme which includes a regular teaching and learning forum, peer-coaching and teacher journal club. At Westminster City School, we will offer you:
A supportive and collegiate staff culture;
An evidence-informed approach to teaching and learning;
A bespoke CPD programme; and
Staff benefits, including an interest-free season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme
Westminster City School is a successful 11-18 boys’ Christian non-denominational comprehensive academy with a heavily oversubscribed, mixed sixth form. Ours is a vibrant learning community situated in the heart of central London with all the opportunities and advantages of an inner-city school. In March 2022, the school’s OFSTED inspection confirmed that the school remains a ‘Good’ school, but we are restless in our ambition to be ‘Outstanding’ in time for the school’s 150th anniversary in 2027.
“Leaders and Governors are proud of and ambitious for the school. They consider staff workload carefully, for example when introducing recent changes to the school’s feedback policy” OFSTED 2022
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS.
If you would like to discuss the role informally with the Assistant Headteacher (6th Form) via phone or video call or to talk informally with the Headteacher please e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com (PA to Headteacher). You may also wish to visit our website (www.wcsch.com) to research more about the school.
Closing date for completed applications: Thursday 26 February at 12pm
Interviews will be held week on either Monday 2 or Tuesday 3 March 2026.
The school reserves the right to interview exceptional candidates ahead of these dates.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Westminster City School
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 800 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Westminster City School website
Westminster City School is a comprehensive with a mixed Sixth Form located in the heart of central London close to Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. We are proud of our diverse school community which is multi-faith, multi-cultural and a true reflection of the modern city we live in. Ours is a school with a Christian foundation and character but we welcome boys of all faiths and of no faith. Our strong moral and spiritual ethos ensures pupils develop and prosper during their time at our school.
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