Teacher of History / TLR available for suitable applicant (Maternity Cover)
Townsend Church of England School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6DR49 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Monday 3rd November 2025
Closing date
12 September 2025 at 9am
Date listed
22 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- History
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main Scale or UPS if entitled, Outer London Fringe Pay Spine is payable. TLR 2B for suitable applicants
Teacher of History / TLR available for suitable applicant (Maternity Cover) job summary
We are seeking to appoint an inspirational teacher with a passion for History and a driving ambition to continue to raise standards at all key stages. To teach across the age and ability range, as and when experience allows, and to provide a learning environment that enables all students to make progress regardless of their starting points. To share the responsibility of all staff to ensure that our students are challenged, encouraged, nurtured and developed as all-round young people. For a suitable applicant there is the opportunity to have some leadership responsibility. (Details can be provided on request)
Main Responsibilities
- Teach across the full range of age and abilities, as and when experience allows
- Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people
- Monitor and evaluate the progress of students in your classes in line with school policies, and lead on actions within your classes to address underachievement
- Plan and deliver lessons that are in line with the department’s curriculum
- To maintain good order and discipline in line with the school’s behaviour policy
- Actively engage in the performance management process
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing with students, staff, parents and governors
- Have a commitment to your own continued professional development
- Keep up to date with your subject knowledge
- Attend all relevant meetings as required in order to fulfil your role and responsibilities
- Lead and participate in extra-curricular activities
- Be a form tutor as required
- Take responsibility to complete all safety checks, e.g. online training, when directed
- Ensure that all students have equality of opportunity
- Promote the school’s ethos and culture within the department and wider community
- To comply with the school’s Health and Safety policy
About the School
Townsend is a relatively small and very friendly school with a great atmosphere, circa 800 on roll, including a Sixth Form. Townsend is rated Good by Ofsted (January 2024) in all areas. In our last SIAMS inspection (May 2024) it was found that we are living up to our foundation as a Church school.Townsend Church of England School is situated on a large, green site between St Albans and Harpenden, and welcomes applicants from people of all faiths and of no faith. Children who attend Townsend live in St Albans and Harpenden, as well as other towns in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, including Welwyn Garden City, Hemel Hempstead and Luton.
Townsend has evolved at pace in the last 18 months with a clear ambition to be a school which provides the highest quality education that a setting can. Our outcomes have improved with children making good progress in their qualifications as well as maintaining a caring and supportive environment. Opportunities to enrich the curriculum have increased recently with school visits to France, Italy, Poland and America. Townsend has also embraced the best technology available by becoming an Apple school in September 2024, which has seen all students provided with access to an iPad. We are also improving the fabric of the building with integrated learning spaces and plans to develop the sports and technology facilities.
Townsend believes that educating the whole child is key to a successful education. The Bible-based vision of Love Your Neighbour underpins all we do. Students are taught to respect and care for themselves and each other, and Townsend’s supportive environment encourages them to make the most out of their journey through Secondary School.
Although this is a Church School you do not have to adhere to the Christian faith to work here, but you must be in sympathy with our work and be able to support the aspects that give us our distinctive character as a Church of England School.
Townsend CofE School is committed to the safeguarding of all students and all staff appointed are subject to the usual teaching vetting and compliance checks that include DBS checks, two satisfactory references, confirmation of identity, qualifications, and barred list checks.
Headteacher, Mr Anthony Flack is excited by the opportunity to make Townsend, ‘The first choice secondary school for all’.
Friendly and welcoming, Townsend impresses with its calm learning environment and caring staff. To find out more about the school, please visit our website for more details https://townsend.herts.sch.uk/
We reserve the right to move to shortlisting and interviews when we have viable applications.
If you would like additional information or to discuss this vacancy - please email the school (recruitment@townsend.herts.sch.uk) for the attention of Mr Flack (Headteacher), or Mrs Llewellyn (Senior Deputy Headteacher), and we can either email a reply or telephone you if you leave a contact number.
To apply for this vacancy, please send a cover letter and an application form to Mr Flack, Headteacher, Townsend CofE School, High Oaks, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6DR or email to recruitment@townsend.herts.sch.uk
Following the shortlisting stage, and before making a final decision, the school will collect and process information publicly available about you by conducting a brief online search using an internet search engine. We do this to ensure that the school acts in accordance with its obligations set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Townsend Church of England School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Successful candidates will be required to have a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Baring (DBS) check and meet the safeguarding requirements consistent with those outlined in the Keeping Children Safe in Education document. Please note that references are always taken up.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Townsend Church of England School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 756 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Townsend Church of England School website
A Church of England Voluntary Aided secondary school.
See Website www.townsend.herts.sch.uk
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