Job Description
History Teacher - Full-Time - Cardiff\n Days: Monday to Friday (Full-time)\n Start Date: September 2025\n Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent or Long-term\n Teaching Role: History teaching across KS3 and KS4 (potential KS5 depending on experience)\n\nAre you a passionate and knowledgeable History Teacher dedicated to bringing the past to life for young learners?\n\nA dynamic and inclusive secondary school in Cardiff, in partnership with Empowering Learning Cardiff, is seeking an enthusiastic History Teacher to join their humanities department from September 2025. This full-time role offers the chance to engage students with exciting and thought-provoking lessons, while promoting critical thinking, curiosity, and a deeper understanding of the world.\n\nYou will be responsible for delivering high-quality History lessons across KS3 and KS4 (with potential KS5 classes), contributing to curriculum planning, assessment, and extra-curricular enrichment such as school trips, debate clubs, or themed events.\n\nWhat We're Looking For:\n\n✅ Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or recognised FE teaching qualification\n ✅ Experience teaching History at secondary level (KS3-KS4, KS5 desirable)\n ✅ Passion for historical enquiry and evidence-based learning\n ✅ Ability to create inclusive, engaging, and challenging lessons\n ✅ A current DBS on the update service (or willingness to apply)\n\nThis Cardiff school is known for its supportive ethos, academic ambition, and commitment to delivering a broad, balanced curriculum that reflects diverse perspectives and real-world connections.\n\nEmpowering Learning Cardiff is proud to support the school in this exciting recruitment.\n\nEmpowering Learning offers competitive daily rates, expert career guidance, and access to professional development tailored to humanities teaching.\n Empowering Learning is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of young people.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and subject to an Enhanced DBS check and two professional references