Teacher of History
Upper Shirley High School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 7QUThis job expired on 1 June 2026
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
1 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- History
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job purpose:
- To have commitment and enthusiasm and work closely as part of a team.
- To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and adapted curriculum for students studying in your lesson, in accordance with the aims of the school.
- To aim to make your subject effective and high profile within the school and community.
- To prepare, develop and deliver appropriate schemes of work, which provide challenging lessons that stimulate students and allow them to succeed.
- To provide information to parents about the achievements and progress of their child as required through parents’ evenings and reports.
- Have excellent subject knowledge and understanding of current developments.
- To effectively inspire students and improve their achievement.
- To be focused consistently, inspiring confidence and commitment from students and colleagues.
- To use self-evaluation in a well- informed manner and effective analysis of performance.
- To participate in collaborative planning and the effective sharing of good practice.
- To teach effectively across the full age and ability range.
- Have ambitious aims for the subjects you are teaching and its relevance to the students attending USH.
- To communicate these aims effectively to students and staff.
- To take on the role of a tutor within the team and be responsible for the academic and pastoral well-being of a tutor group.
- To take an active interest in their own personal development and keep professional skills up-to-date.
- To complete all other reasonable tasks as directed by the Headteacher or line manager.
Key Duties:
Achievement of students
- Enable almost all students, including, where applicable, disabled students and those with special educational needs, to make rapid and sustained progress in the subject over time given their starting points.
- To enable the students to develop and apply a wide range of skills to great effect, including reading, writing, communication and mathematical skills that will ensure they are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their education, training or employment.
- To focus where standards of attainment of any group of students are below those of all students nationally, to close the gap over a period of time.
- Supporting and owning excellent subject knowledge, resulting in planning astutely, setting challenging tasks based on systematic, accurate assessment of students’ prior skills, knowledge and understanding.
Curriculum Provision
- To provide highly positive, memorable experiences and rich opportunities for high quality learning.
- To deliver a subject which impacts on student behaviour.
- To add to student achievement and where appropriate to moral, social and cultural development.
- To liaise with the Head of Department to ensure the delivery of an appropriate comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective curriculum programme which is in line with the school priorities.
- Deliver a subject which provides constant opportunities for discovery and challenge, where students take greater responsibility for their learning.
Curriculum Development
- To participate in, and contribute to, curriculum development for the whole department.
- To keep up-to-date with national developments in the subject area and teaching practice and methodology.
- To actively monitor and respond to curriculum development and initiatives at national, regional and local levels.
- To ensure that the development of the subject is in line with national developments.
- To work collaboratively with other departments to develop cross-curricular links.
Additional Duties
- To take responsibility for, and demonstrate commitment to, own professional development.
- To engage actively in the performance management review process.
- To undertake any other duty as specified by STPCB not mentioned in the above.
Supporting the school:
At an appropriate level, according to the job role, grade and training received, all employees in the school are expected to:
- Support the aims, values, mission and ethos of the school and participate in a team approach to all aspects of school life.
- Attend and contribute to staff meetings and INSET days as required and identify areas of personal practice and experience to develop.
- Take appropriate responsibility for safeguarding and children’s welfare and be aware of confidential issues linked to home/child/teacher/school and keep confidences appropriately.
- Be aware of health and safety issues and act in accordance with the school’s Health and Safety Policy.
Other Duties:
The postholder may be expected to carry out duties other than those given in the job description where the level of responsibility is similar and he/she has appropriate qualifications or receives appropriate training to carry out these duties.
The postholder must:
- Ensure that Trust policies and procedures are implemented and followed.
- Work as appropriate with the Trust Central Services team in matters relating to finance, HR, IT and Health and Safety.
What the school offers its staff
We offer;
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Upper Shirley High School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1062 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@ushschool.org
- Phone number
- 02380325333
USH is a heavily oversubscribed community school with just over 1050 students and 140 staff. We are incredibly proud of our family ethos and our success in delivering values-led education. Our students are vibrant, aspirational and well-behaved. We are known for our excellent career progression routes and we attract professionals who are willing to contribute to our sustained success.
USH is a Leading-Edge School, consistently ranked high in Hampshire schools for overall achievement. USH is pleased to be an SSAT Leadership Delivery Partner. The school was delighted to be awarded SSAT accreditation for Engaging with Evidence and Research in 2026 and for Transforming in Professional Learning in 2025.
If you are motivated to make a difference to the lives of young people and have a commitment to excellence, then this could be the job for you. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the role or would like to come into school to see the USH family in action.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE We positively encourage prospective candidates to enquire about our school prior to applying. Please contact our recruitment team via email or telephone 02380 325333. Full details and application forms can be downloaded from our website: http://uppershirleyhigh.org/staff_vacancies.
Please return your completed applications to recruitment@ushschool.org.
To give your application the best chance at being short-listed, where at interview you can demonstrate suitability for the role, please ensure you read the person specification and job description and give examples in your application. Should you be new to the education sector or do not have direct examples related to the person specification, do please provide examples from a similar experience.
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date.
SAFEGUARDING All schools within the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
THE JEFFERYS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP The Jefferys Education Partnership is part of an umbrella Trust called the Hamwic Education Trust. At the Hamwic Education Trust we offer unique opportunities for those individuals that excel in education. We aim to deliver an outstanding education to our pupils and to do so we must employ outstanding people. We offer a training pathway for all employees including teachers, support staff and our middle and senior leaders. Our staff have opportunities to work on cross phase projects and to work in other schools within the Trust in order to gain invaluable experience and enhance their skills.
Arranging a visit to Upper Shirley High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@ushschool.org.
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