Overview
Closing Date: 08/10/2025 09:00 · Interview Date: w/c 13/10/2025 · Start Date: 05/01/2026
Establishment: Halewood Academy · Location: Halewood · Salary: £32,916 - £55,747 · Department: History & RE · Job Type: Full Time · Contract Type: Permanent · Contract Term: AYR - All year round · Hours per Week: 32.50 · Weeks per Year: 52.143 · Pay Grade: MPS/UPS/Leadership
Additional Information
The Role
We are seeking to employ an energetic and enthusiastic Teacher of History to join the department. You will join an established and supportive team of colleagues, who aim to raise the aspiration of all students and support them to achieve their full potential.
We pride ourselves on our commitment to ensuring student progress through high-quality teaching and learning provision for all. The successful applicants will share these values and play an active part in the curriculum at all levels. You will be able to enthuse and motivate our students with your passion for the subject and creative teaching, presence and personality. The Teacher of History role is suitable for ECTs.
For suitably experienced candidates we would consider appointing a Lead Practitioner – please indicate on your application if you would like to be considered for this role and you will be sent further information.
You will be joining the Academy at a very exciting point along its journey to excellence. Our School has been judged to be a good school in March 2022 by Ofsted.
In this report, Ofsted have highlighted the following about our school:
* Pupils said that Halewood Academy is a caring community.
* Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and learning.
* Pupils achieve well, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
* Leaders take positive action to support the workload and wellbeing of staff.
* Staff are proud to work at Halewood Academy.
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of our person specification and be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Requirements (Person Specification)
* Qualification Title — Graduate and qualified Teacher Status Essential
* Degree in a relevant subject — Essential
* Skills — Evidence of appropriate professional development Essential
* Relate to and motivate students — Essential
* Possess good behaviour management strategies — Essential
* Experience/Knowledge — Experience of successful teaching as evidenced by adding value to student achievements Essential
* Have a thorough working knowledge of the curriculum as it relates to this subject — Essential
* Knowledge of examination syllabus requirements in specialist subject(s) at KS4 — Essential
* Understand how ICT can be used to enhance students’ learning — Essential
* Good level of ICT literacy, including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and email — Essential
* Personal Attributes — Able to communicate effectively with colleagues and to deal politely and tactfully with a wide range of people; Ability to work as part of a team; Reliable, honest and trustworthy — Essential
* Organisational Fit — Committed to safeguarding the welfare of young people; Ability to plan own work and work on own initiative; Ability to prioritise work to achieve deadlines — Essential
The Wade Deacon Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure. All applicants should read the school’s Safeguarding/Child Protection policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on our websites.
Apply
Submit your application today with our simple application process. The address for correspondence is:
The Avenue, Wood Road
Halewood
Knowsley
L26 1UU
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