What skills and experience we're looking for
We are now recruiting for the post of Curriculum, Teaching and Achievement Advisor – History (Secondary) to start in September 2026. The successful candidate will be the lead professional in this curriculum area across the Trust’s secondary academies in Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5, providing strategic support to subject and senior leaders. The role will focus on curriculum development and innovation in line with the best evidence‑based research, our commitment to IB programmes and the Ofsted Framework. You will report directly to a member of the Trust Executive and will be part of a team of 17 Curriculum, Teaching and Achievement Advisors, each leading on a different curriculum area. You will be based at our Strood Head Office, but will spend a good deal of time visiting our academies to provide the strategic support necessary to raise standards.
Qualifications & Experience
We are looking for a secondary‑trained history expert with superb subject and curriculum knowledge. You will currently be an outstanding Head of Humanities or senior leader, such as an Assistant Principal. Most of your focus will be across our secondary academies, but opportunities also exist to support our primary curriculum development in the designated subject area. You will be a high‑performing professional with a strong commitment to raising standards across the board for young people.
Key Qualities
* An enthusiastic, energetic and ambitious leader with a track record of success
* A motivational and inspirational leader with high expectations of staff
* Confident and able to communicate a clear vision
* Approachable and keen to work with staff across the Trust to ensure wide success
* Able to develop excellent relationships with all stakeholders
What the school offers its staff
This is one of the most exciting job opportunities for career progression and satisfaction in our Trust today. We look forward to appointing a dynamic individual with ideas, skills and dedication to make our humanities curriculum even stronger.
What the role offers
The role itself offers superb career development and training opportunities. Having proven yourself already as an excellent teacher and subject leader, you will join one of the UK’s largest and best‑established multi‑academy trusts with a subject brief across the whole organisation. Others will look to you for advice and expertise; the impact you can have in this post will be highly significant. Key responsibilities will focus on curriculum design, improving the quality of teaching and securing the best outcomes for pupils. We anticipate that most candidates will have aspirations for further career progression beyond the Curriculum, Teaching and Achievement Advisor position into senior leadership positions in one of our academies. We are extremely well‑placed to assist you in achieving your ambitions based on excellent performance.
Benefits
* A highly‑competitive salary
* An exciting LAT career path with opportunities for further progression
* Access to a great range of employment benefits from day one, which are continually growing
Application Process
On the basis that interested candidates may be keen to have an initial conversation before making a formal application, you can arrange this by contacting Kayleigh Goldstone (Curriculum Team Coordinator) at kayleigh.goldstone@latrust.org.uk.
Please ensure you offer Kayleigh a range of dates when you are available in your initial email to ensure we can coordinate a call that works for both you and the team.
Contact & Dates
Closing date: Monday 18th May 2026, noon
Shortlisting date: Monday 18th May 2026, PM
Interview date: Friday 22nd May 2026
Please feel free to contact Charlotte Herberts (Recruitment Advisor) on 01634 412 245 or charlotte.herberts@latrust.org.uk for any queries or further information.
Safeguarding
Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates – you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
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