Teacher of Social Science or Humanities - Potential TLR Opportunity
| Posting date: | 29 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2025 |
| Location: | Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 8BU |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4a95ea13-d312-4570-9253-3a3fbd3f4a61 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
About You:
As a Teacher of Social Science or Humanities at Abbeyfield School, you will teach across the ability and age range, bringing your expertise and enthusiasm to support our students providing quality first teaching. Promoting and upholding the values and ethos of the school and Creative education Trust. Potential TLR opportunity for the right candidate to work with teachers and leaders within the faculty to support Teaching and Learning. This would include deliberate practice coaching within the department alongside other leaders and also a real involvement in our subject curriculum development.
Requirements:
To apply, you must hold:
• Qualified teacher status.
• Good honors degree level.
• Experience of teaching KS3 and KS4
What the school offers its staff
About the Social Science and Humanities Departments:
The Social Science Department is dedicated to fostering a deep understanding of human society, behaviour, and relationships through interdisciplinary learning and critical inquiry. Through innovative teaching, collaborative research, and real-world application, we strive to address the complex challenges of our time and contribute meaningfully to a more just and equitable society.
The Humanities Department is a vibrant hub of intellectual exploration, creativity, and critical thinking. Through disciplines such as literature, history, philosophy, languages, and cultural studies, we empower students to engage deeply with the human experience across time and place. We prepare students to become thoughtful communicators, ethical leaders, and culturally aware citizens who contribute meaningfully to society.
About Our School:
At Abbeyfield School, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, aspirational, happy, and hard-working community. We strive to provide the best education, empowering pupils to become young adults with the best qualifications possible. Our mission is to educate, keep pupils safe, and promote their personal development. Pupils are expected to attend school daily, look smart, be ready to learn, and follow our routines: Right Place – Right Time – All the Time.
We warmly invite you to explore our ethos and discover what it's like to be part of our community on our website.
Discover More About Our Trust:
We encourage you to learn more about our trust's culture, the continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities we offer, and the benefits available to our colleagues. Visit our Trust website to explore these aspects in detail and see how we support our staff in their professional journey.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR Manager is here to help. Reach out at Kelly.burdett@abbeyfieldschool.org.uk, who will be delighted to assist you.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
We reserve the right to interview before the publicised closing date should suitable applications be received for this post.
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.
About You:
As a Teacher of Social Science or Humanities at Abbeyfield School, you will teach across the ability and age range, bringing your expertise and enthusiasm to support our students providing quality first teaching. Promoting and upholding the values and ethos of the school and Creative education Trust. Potential TLR opportunity for the right candidate to work with teachers and leaders within the faculty to support Teaching and Learning. This would include deliberate practice coaching within the department alongside other leaders and also a real involvement in our subject curriculum development.
Requirements:
To apply, you must hold:
• Qualified teacher status.
• Good honors degree level.
• Experience of teaching KS3 and KS4
What the school offers its staff
About the Social Science and Humanities Departments:
The Social Science Department is dedicated to fostering a deep understanding of human society, behaviour, and relationships through interdisciplinary learning and critical inquiry. Through innovative teaching, collaborative research, and real-world application, we strive to address the complex challenges of our time and contribute meaningfully to a more just and equitable society.
The Humanities Department is a vibrant hub of intellectual exploration, creativity, and critical thinking. Through disciplines such as literature, history, philosophy, languages, and cultural studies, we empower students to engage deeply with the human experience across time and place. We prepare students to become thoughtful communicators, ethical leaders, and culturally aware citizens who contribute meaningfully to society.
About Our School:
At Abbeyfield School, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, aspirational, happy, and hard-working community. We strive to provide the best education, empowering pupils to become young adults with the best qualifications possible. Our mission is to educate, keep pupils safe, and promote their personal development. Pupils are expected to attend school daily, look smart, be ready to learn, and follow our routines: Right Place – Right Time – All the Time.
We warmly invite you to explore our ethos and discover what it's like to be part of our community on our website.
Discover More About Our Trust:
We encourage you to learn more about our trust's culture, the continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities we offer, and the benefits available to our colleagues. Visit our Trust website to explore these aspects in detail and see how we support our staff in their professional journey.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR Manager is here to help. Reach out at Kelly.burdett@abbeyfieldschool.org.uk, who will be delighted to assist you.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
We reserve the right to interview before the publicised closing date should suitable applications be received for this post.
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.