Teacher of History
Swanshurst School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 0TWThis job expired on 30 March 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
30 March 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 March 2023
Job details
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- View all Historyjobs
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs - 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you: • Committed to inspiring and motivating students?
- A team player and strong communicator?
- Enthusiastic and optimistic in wanting the very best for each student?
- Dedicated to your own professional development and growth?
We are seeking a well-qualified and enthusiastic ECT History graduate to join our successful department. It is essential that you can offer history at GCSE and have the potential to teach A level.
The history department is a highly successful one, making a significant contribution to a humanities progress score that is significantly above the national average. We want a dynamic and enthusiastic teacher who can work as part of a team in our continuous strive for excellence. The ideal candidate will be a well-motivated, hardworking and reflective practitioner.
What the school offers its staff
Swanshurst is an ‘Outstanding School’ for girls with over 1800 students on roll aged 11-19 years. We offer excellent support and CPD for staff at all stages of their career.
‘Swanshurst School has been a great environment for my first term as an ECT. The support I have received from my department and the mentoring team has been amazing and is ongoing. I couldn’t wish for a better place to spend the first of hopefully many years of teaching.’ (ECT)
Ofsted (2017) found pupils at Swanshurst to be “happy, well cared for and that they secure excellent academic and personal outcomes” they described the girls as “polite, respectful and courteous”. Needless to say, we are incredibly proud of them and of all our staff who contribute to the “purposeful learning culture within the school that characterises the work of staff and pupils”
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
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About Swanshurst School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1836 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Swanshurst School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@swanshurst.org
- Phone number
- 0121 464 2400
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