Teacher of Humanities

Kingsmead School, Enfield, EN1 1YQ

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  21 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Humanities, Humanities, Religious education
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,870.00 - £56,154.00 Annually (Actual)

Teacher of Humanities job summary

Kingsmead is a large, oversubscribed school, serving a hugely diverse community. The school has:

• An ambitious curriculum, with over 80% of students being entered for the EBacc
• A commitment to the arts, having a performing and visual arts specialism
• A track record of above average progress scores, including for disadvantaged pupils
• High expectations for pupil behaviour
• A thoughtfully constructed wider school experience, with an ambitious combination of clubs, trips, careers guidance and wider enrichment.

The Humanities Faculty (History, Geography, RE) is well‑established and highly valued. It is formed of several Learning Directors of Department across the subject specialisms, and their experienced teams. Colleagues teach across multiple subject areas, which are underpinned by established curriculums that are fully resourced. Lessons are adapted by teaching staff to help meet the needs of their individual pupils, and the curriculums are regularly reviewed to ensure best practice in the sector is reflected.

All students study History, Geography and RE in Key Stage 3, and vast majority continue with History or Geography alongside their compulsory RE studies at Key Stage 4. Geography and History are offered at Key Stage 5 with a healthy intake, and students achieve well in their A-Level examinations. Three students in 2025 met their offers to study History at Cambridge.

The majority of teachers are allocated their own teaching rooms, and have access to online learning platforms to support their students. Departments are allocated weekly meeting time to support them with co-planning and necessary curriculum adaptations in response to formative assessments.

The successful candidate will play a crucial role in driving forward each subject area where needed most, collaborating with colleagues to support their students to achieve their potential across all subject specialisms, ensuring consistency across the faculty.

The Humanities team is supportive, friendly and highly collaborative, with a strong culture of shared planning, professional dialogue and mutual support. Many teachers teach across multiple subject disciplines, and Learning Directors of Department work collaboratively to ensure a fair distribution of workload to enable colleagues to succeed well professionally. There is a strong track record of promotion from within the Humanities Department.

We are looking for an ambitious, motivated and diligent teacher with high expectations, who can inspire students across all Key Stages and multiple subject disciplines to thrive academically. The ideal candidate will have experience teaching at least two subject specialisms across the Humanities Faculty, although strong applications with one discipline only will be considered.

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Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Kingsmead School

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1502 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kingsmead School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingsmead-school-enfield

Kingsmead is a large, mixed, oversubscribed school – easily accessible from both central London and surrounds – with loyal staff, an established standing in the community and a very strong track record. We are consistently above average in Progress 8 and A Level value added, with high Ebacc entry and a wide range of options at KS4 and KS5. Those outcomes are built on a calm, purposeful and collaborative atmosphere.

Despite the school’s size and standing, the Headteacher was appointed relatively young after experience of leading for a high-performing academy chain and in one of the most successful London boroughs. He has restarted the school culture and approach over the last few years and is determined to push it forward from being in the top 20% nationally to being somewhere where things are achieved others do not think possible.

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