Teacher of History (one year maternity cover)

Tibshelf Community School, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 5LZ

30 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  19 April 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 March 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Social sciences
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Fixed term - one year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Actual salary: MPS £32,916 - £45,352 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Please see the Recruitment Pack for further details

What the school offers its staff

We recognise the importance of ensuring that all staff at Tibshelf Community School enjoy a healthy work-life balancein order to ensure they can not only provide the best teaching and learning outcomes to our students, but that theschool can promote a culture of progress and wellbeing at all levels.

We work hard offering a variety of initiatives, services and events to provide a well-rounded sense of wellbeing. Ahappy working life and career at Tibshelf Community School is supported by some of our key wellbeing initiativesincluding:

• Whole Staff Induction programme

• 1-1 personalised performance management/appraisal system

• Mentors for ECTs

• Exemplary CPD programme

• Leadership Development Opportunities

• Celebration Events

• Sports & social events

• Dedicated department bases for teaching faculties

• On-site parking

• Laptops with secure home-school access for all teaching staff

• Extended access to school during our wider opening hours

• Access to the canteen and dining facilities

In addition to the above, all staff members have access to complimentary medical and wellbeing support servicesavailable 24 hours a day / 7 days a week including (but not exhaustive):

• Nurse support service

• Emotional support and counselling

• Workplace assessments

• Occupational health referrals for access to physiotherapy and workplace adjustments

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

Tibshelf Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff and volunteers are required to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS before they can be appointed.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

Recruitment Pack - Teacher of History, Maternity Cover - Sept 2026.pdf - 815 KB (opens in new tab)

About Tibshelf Community School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 819 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tibshelf Community School website
• Email address: recruitment@tibshelf.derbyshire.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01773 872391
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tibshelf-community-school

Tibshelf Community School opened on a brand new £17m purpose built site in November 2013. We were inspected by Ofsted (September 2021) and were judged to be a ‘Good’ school in all categories.

We are a popular, over-subscribed, 830 strong 11-16 school serving a rural area of North East Derbyshire. We draw students from a geographically dispersed catchment area of nine villages. The official PAN is 150 students per year group but numbers are well above this in all year groups. The proportion of students from minority ethnic groups is very low and significantly below national averages. 30% of the intake are ‘disadvantaged’ and are supported through Pupil Premium funding; 30% of students are SEND, with 5% having an EHCP, including a number of pupils with ASD. The school’s deprivation index is very close to the national average, but it is in the top third within Derbyshire LA and contains a number of wards with extremely high levels of deprivation. Prior attainment data suggests that students are close to national average.

Ofsted September 2021 said:

“There are high expectations of every pupil at Tibshelf Community School. Teachers and leaders are ambitious of what pupils can achieve academically and how they can develop personally. Pupils have very strong relationships with staff at the school. There is a feeling of family and community which is evident and pupils say they are happy and feel safe”

Arranging a visit to Tibshelf Community School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@tibshelf.derbyshire.sch.uk.

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