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  • Start date details

    January 2027

  • Closing date

    19 October 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    9 October 2026

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Job details

Job role

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Subjects

Law, Social sciences

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

£32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher of Law & Social Sciences job summary

The Person

Are you passionate about Law and Social Sciences?

Can you offer the teaching of multiple subjects?

Can you inspire and motivate students?

Are you driven and committed to leading students towards success?

If so, we are the school for you!

The Role

We are looking to appoint a Teacher of Law and Social Sciences who wants to join an experienced, supportive, committed faculty and make a real difference with our young people. Full or Part Time arrangements will be considered in conjunction with the successful candidate. A forward thinking, dynamic teacher, with experience of teaching Law plus one or more of the following subjects across Key Stages 4 and 5, will only strengthen our existing team:

Psychology, Sociology, Criminology, Health and Social Care, and Child Care.

The faculty is well-established, well-resourced, and highly supportive. Led by a full-time Head of Faculty and supported by a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the faculty work collaboratively, always putting the needs of our students at the forefront of what we do. We have spacious and equipped computer rooms and the ability to teach theory-based lessons in traditional classrooms. We would love to show you round our department and our academy. Social Sciences are taught passionately as option subjects from Year 9 through to a range of extremely popular classes at Post 16.

Results in the faculty are consistently strong, and we are driven to ensure this continues. This role offers you the opportunity to develop and excel as a teacher, within a strong and effective team of practitioners. We understand that working collaboratively not only improves outcomes, but also reduces workload.

We offer:

Salary commensurate to your experience

A strong and ongoing CPD program

Opportunities for career development and progression

Teachers’ pension scheme

Use of the onsite gym

A Senior Team that are keen to drive school improvement and are open to innovation and creative thinking

A strong commitment to staff wellbeing

The Four Cs MAT is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All appointments involve regulated activity and are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, Barred Check List and two successful references. Online searches are carried out on all shortlisted candidate.



We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications. If you have previously applied for this role in the past 6 months, please do not reapply.

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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About Ken Stimpson Academy

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
996 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Website
Ken Stimpson Academy website
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