Teacher of History

St Edmund's Catholic Academy, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV3 9DU

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  19 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  27 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: History
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Teachers Pay Scale

Teacher of History job summary

Teacher of History

Required September 2025

Teachers Pay Scale,

Full Time

Due to exceptional growth in student numbers, we are seeking talented individuals to deliver high-quality lessons and excellent pastoral care across KS3-KS5. It is an exciting time to join St Edmund’s Catholic Academy as we continue our journey towards outstanding.

Our extremely popular school is situated in leafy Compton Park, adjacent to the Wolves Academy training grounds, with its wonderful open fields and sports facilities.

Excellent behaviour and student progress for all are underpinned by our CARE values (Calm - Aspirational - Respectful - Engaged) upheld by all who work or study at St Edmund’s.

Our community is wonderfully diverse, engaging and energetic. “A good school with an excellent sixth form” (Ofsted Nov 2019) we are at the forefront of both in-class and remote e-learning with a mission to ensure our students are all productive, active citizens who will go on to do good in the world and make a difference. Our mission of “Love - Service - Forgiveness” underpins both formal teaching and the personal and spiritual development of our students.

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with a real passion for their subject and a desire to work collaboratively within a very well established and high performing team and will:

Be able to teach History at KS3-4. (There is the potential to teach KS5 for suitably skilled candidates)

Be actively supportive of the Catholic values and beliefs of St Edmund’s and to make a positive contribution to the wider life of the school.

As part of our strong commitment to safeguarding means this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 (KCSIE) online searches will be undertaken for prospective shortlisted candidates.

This post is suitable for ECT or more experienced teachers.

Prospective candidates are welcome to talk to Mr Steven Petrie Curriculum Leader of Humanities and are most welcome to visit the academy in advance. Please contact on 01902 558888 or spetrie@stedmunds.org

For more information, please visit our website www.stedmunds.org or telephone the St Francis and St Clare Catholic HR Department on 01902 558257.

Closing Date: noon, Wednesday 19th March 2025 (early applications are welcomed, suitable candidates may be interviewed promptly upon receipt of application and we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date in the event that the post is filled).

Interviews: TBC

St Edmund’s is part of the St Francis and St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Company You can find out more at: Sfscmac.co.uk

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St Edmund's Catholic Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1114 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Edmund's Catholic Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-edmunds-catholic-academy

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