Teacher of History
Wrenn School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 2DQ21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- History
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650 - £49,084
Pay scale
- MPS1 - UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
About You:
As a Teacher of History at Wrenn School, you will bring your expertise and passion for art and design to inspire both students and colleagues, driving innovative teaching practices and fostering a culture of academic excellence. Our ideal candidate would:
- Be an outstanding and committed teacher.
- Have the ability to develop and maintain successful relationships with students and colleagues.
- Have a readiness to share expertise, skills, and knowledge, coupled with the ability to inspire others to do the same.
Requirements:
To apply for the Teacher of History opportunity, you must hold:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject.
- Experience in teaching History at key stages 3, 4 and 5.
- Recent and relevant Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
What the school offers its staff
About Our School:
Wrenn School is unique, we are lucky enough to be a split site school, enabling us to provide a lower and upper school site. The school has beautiful grounds, purpose-built Art, Music, Drama and Design Technology, Wrenn Astro, playing fields, hard play areas and Gyms provide excellent facilities for our pupils. We aim for excellence in all that we do, we invest heavily in the development of our pupils’ and find ways to nurture them both academically and personally. During their time at Wrenn our students thrive, we are proud of the outcomes that they achieve, and we believe that all students can make outstanding progress and experience individual success.
About the History Department
The History Department at Wrenn School is dedicated to fostering a deep understanding of historical events and their impact on the modern world. At Key Stage 3, students explore a broad range of topics, from ancient civilizations to contemporary history, developing critical thinking and analytical skills. The GCSE program follows the AQA specification, covering significant periods such as the Norman Conquest, the Industrial Revolution, and the Cold War. For those pursuing A Levels, the curriculum delves into complex themes like British political history, international relations, and social change. Led by passionate educators, the department aims to inspire students to appreciate the lessons of the past and apply them to their future endeavors.
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 14,500 children and young people.
We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities. Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.
CET Benefits & Continual Professional Development:
CET are committed to your learning and development, which is a continuous process that starts with your induction. The opportunities include a wide range of subjects from middle leadership and DSL training to autism awareness. We run annual conferences including Safeguarding and Learning and Teaching and have regular network meetings across the Trust.
We have a wide range of benefits that you are more than welcome to explore further in our Staff Benefits brochure attached.
Commitment to safeguarding
We have a strong Safeguarding team at the academy and a strong culture for Safeguarding in the school. Safeguarding is fully compliant, and the wellbeing of students is a real strength of the academy. The school has been awarded Northamptonshire School of the Year for a second time in 2021 for the exceptional care and guidance provided to the students during the last year. We invest in students’ cultural capital through a very strong personal and community enrichment programme. We have strong links to our community and work closely with local partners and providers to maximise opportunities for all students.
Applying for the job
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Additional documents
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About Wrenn School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1446 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wrenn School website
- Email address
- rosie.smithobrien@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk
Steeped in History, Wrenn school has been providing high quality education to the young people and families of Wellingborough for over 100 Years.
Our Upper School’s origins at London Road lie in Wellingborough County High School for Girls which was established in 1907. Our Lower School site at Doddington Road which was established in 1930, was once the Wellingborough Grammar School for boys. In 1975, under the then headmaster, Mr Harry Wrenn, the two schools merged to form Wrenn School and in 2025 we look forward to celebrating 50 years as Wrenn School.
Wrenn School is a split site school, the lower and upper school site, KS3 (Aged 11-14) are entirely based on our Doddington Road site with KS4 & 5 (14-19) predominantly based at London Road. The Educational environment is full of historical character and the school has retained many of its original features. The school has beautiful grounds, excellent Art, Music, Drama and Design Technology purpose-built facilities. The Wrenn Astro, playing fields, hard play areas and Gyms providing excellent facilities for the multitude of sports which are played across the school.
“Pupils benefit from a plethora of opportunities and clubs which extend beyond the curriculum’ Ofsted, December 2023
At Wrenn school ‘we set no limits and accept no excuses’ and we aim for excellence in all that we do. We invest heavily in the development of our pupils’ and find ways to nurture them both academically and personally. During their time at Wrenn our students thrive, we are proud of the outcomes that they achieve, and we believe that all students can make outstanding progress and experience individual success. Our Sixth form students, student leadership teams and student mentors play an active role within the school, providing a support to peers and the wider community.
“Sixth Formers play a full part in the life of the school’ and ‘The school has successfully created a vibrant, inclusive culture where pupils succeed’ Ofsted, December 2023
Arranging a visit to Wrenn School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rosie.smithobrien@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk.
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