Teacher of History

Co-op Academy Priesthorpe, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5SG

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  1 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: M1 £32,916.00 - UPS £51,048.00

Teacher of History job summary

Are you a passionate historian with a gift for inspiring historical inquiry and a commitment to pedagogical excellence?  

About the Role

We are looking for an expert practitioner who believes that History is the world’s memory and a vital tool for helping students navigate and find their place within today’s modern, multicultural society. As a History Teacher at Priesthorpe, you will journey with our students through years of history, helping them see how change, continuity, conflict, and peace shape our world.

Our Pedagogy: Excellence through Evidence

You will join a dynamic department that is committed to a research-led, ambitious curriculum. Our approach is rooted in the latest educational research, and we are looking for a teacher who can embed high-impact strategies, such as those found in Teach Like a Champion (TLAC).

• Rigour and Inclusion: You will use techniques like No Opt Out and Cold Call to ensure our commitment to inclusion is met, giving every student an equal chance to succeed.
• Support Mastery: Use evidence-based strategies like retrieval practice, interleaving, and the 'I do, We Do, You Do' model to move students from novices to experts.
• Check for Understanding: Integrate opportunities to skillfully check understanding such as effective questioning and active observation.

Our Values: The Co-op Way

We are guided by the Co-op’s ‘Ways of Being’:

• Succeed together: We achieve more through solidarity than as individuals.
• Do what matters most: Focusing on the academic and personal growth of our students.
• Be yourself, always: Celebrating our multicultural community and treating everyone with respect.
• Show you care: Prioritising the well-being of both students and colleagues.

Why Join Us?

We recognise the vital part you play in our success and offer a comprehensive rewards package:

• Well-being First: Dedicated well-being weeks each term (with all meetings cancelled) and a supportive Academy Leadership Team.
• Professional Growth: Fortnightly ‘CRAFT’ sessions focused on your personal and professional development, alongside weekly ‘Community’ sessions with free staff breakfast.
• Co-op Benefits: A Co-op colleague discount card.
• Inclusive Environment: Join a community where pupils are "proud to be members of an inclusive community".

How to Apply

If you share our vision for a learning environment that is both ambitious and inclusive, we would love to hear from you.

For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk.

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.

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.

About Co-op Academy Priesthorpe

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1055 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Co-op Academy Priesthorpe website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/co-op-academy-priesthorpe

Co-op Academy Priesthorpe is situated in Pudsey and just 15 minutes from both Leeds and Bradford centre with places for 1250 students and 135 colleagues. The Academy has a very special ethos, which visitors continue to comment on. Equity and equality are key drivers for us in ensuring that all students have the opportunity to excel within a highly inclusive and supportive community.

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