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  • Job start date

    13 April 2026

  • Closing date

    8 December 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    28 November 2025

Job details

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Classics

Working pattern

Full time, part time: School day is tutor time (20 mins) plus x5 1hr lessons.

Contract type

Fixed term - up to 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

M1 to UPR3 (Outer London)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Candidates suitable for the role will:

  • be confident in teaching Latin up to and including GCSE to high achieving students and be excited about moving on to teaching to A level
  • have the opportunity to teach GCSE Classical Greek (but this is not a requirement)
  • be passionate about personal and professional development and demonstrate a willingness to engage with the findings of evidence-based research through our whole school CPD programme.
  • help extend and enrich students’ school experiences beyond the curriculum
  • have the ability to communicate effectively with staff, students and parents

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

  • the opportunity to join a highly successful and fully resourced Classics department with a wide range of experience and expertise
  • a stimulating and creative environment in a school where extra-curricular activities flourish and teachers are encouraged to introduce new and innovative activities
  • a CPD provision tailored to your needs focusing on areas of research and development
  • a diverse workplace, with an engaged student and staff community who are currently collaborating on a review of the school’s approach to equality, diversity and inclusion
  • a supportive environment where the work-life balance of teachers is proactively supported by the governors and senior leadership team
  • a two-week October half term
  • numerous other benefits (please see our attached information pack)

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.

We are seeking a passionate and self-reflective teacher of Classics who has the knowledge and love of their subject to inspire students and make a positive impact on their progress.

This temporary post offers a wonderful opportunity to inspire our highly motivated, engaged and hardworking student body. The school greatly values the contribution that the study of Classics, Latin and Classical Greek brings to its curriculum offer and to the all-round development of the students, helping them develop their cultural literacy and flourish as global citizens.

We support the development of new teachers through an excellent ECT induction programme and the Classics department is very supportive in its approach.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Tiffin Girls’ School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share and support this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to both a full employment history and child protection check, and will also be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring (criminal record) check.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Classics - Recruitment Information pack (teaching staff), 2026.pdf - 659 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Tiffin Girls' School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1256 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
The Tiffin Girls' School website
Email address
recruitment@tiffingirls.org
Phone number
020 8546 0773
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The Tiffin Girls’ School, a selective state school and stand-alone Academy, is a vibrant and happy community where the students take centre stage. The school is currently home to 1,235 students, aged between 11 and 18, and is now into its 143rd year. The school is a six form entry selective school, with 180 students in each year group and over 340 in the Sixth Form.
The school prides itself on encouraging students to aspire to do the best in everything they do, whether that be: academic excellence, a passion and enthusiasm for the creative and performing arts, sporting prowess, or student leadership. A broad and challenging curriculum sits alongside a stimulating and rewarding range of extracurricular activities, many of which are student-led, and these elements of school life combine to develop inquisitive, confident, dynamic and successful young people ready for their future lives as global citizens.

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