Teacher of Social Science (Sociology/Religious Education)

Diss High School, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4DH

22 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  9 May 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  17 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Social sciences
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main Scale/Upper Pay Scale as appropriate
• Additional allowances:

  Main Scale/Upper Pay Scale as appropriate

Teacher of Social Science (Sociology/Religious Education) job summary

Teacher of Social Science

Diss High School

Walcot Road

Diss

IP22 4DH

Hours: Full time - permanent

Salary: MPS/UPS

We are seeking a Teacher of Social Science - The post holder will be a committed and reflective classroom practitioner, responsible for delivering high‑quality teaching and learning in Social Science, predominantly Sociology, with the flexibility to contribute to Religious Education as required. The role is central to ensuring strong academic outcomes, high student engagement, and excellent standards of behaviour and attitude to learning. Please see attached Job Description.

Enrich Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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

Diss High is committed to safeguarding the welfare of all of its students and all staff must have an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Applying for the job

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About Diss High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 918 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Diss High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/diss-high-school-diss

Diss High School is a mixed, 11 – 18 standalone academy situated in the south Norfolk town of Diss. It is an academy converter supported by a single-academy trust called the Diss High School trust. With a well-deserved reputation for being a consistently ‘Good’ school, academic standards are high, and students gain places at Oxford and Cambridge every year. Governors are equally proud of those students following apprenticeship routes into their chosen careers. A larger than average size for a secondary school, the school will provide 1,200 places for secondary school students between the ages of 11-18 when fully subscribed.
The School is situated on the north-eastern edge of the town on an attractive 32-acre site and is well provided with playing fields. Specialist facilities include a good Library, Drama Studios, Music Suite, Art Studios, Workshops, Laboratories, Technology Rooms, Media Suite and a Conference Centre. Sixth Form students use specialist facilities in the main school, but also have a tutorial and social base, with some teaching accommodation, in ‘Uplands House’ – an adapted large Edwardian House on the school campus.
The pastoral system is year based with Heads of Year supported by an Assistant Head of Year and responsible for teams of tutors in each year group. These teams move with their year group through the School from Years 7-11. There is a separate tutor team for Sixth Form students. The efficiency and effectiveness of the pastoral system is generally regarded as a major strength of this school.

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