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Teacher of History

Teacher of History

Upper Batley High School

Kirklees

  • New
Salary:
ECT/MPS/UPR
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
To commence 22nd April 2025 (Summer Term)
Apply by:
19 November 2024

Job overview

ECT/MPS/UPR

1.0 FTE

Permanent 

To commence 22nd April 2025 (Summer Term)


Batley Multi Academy Trust’s sole purpose is to provide a great education for Primary and Secondary learners throughout a local family of schools. The Trust is passionately committed to the communities of Batley, Birstall, Dewsbury and our surrounding areas, serving our local learners and their families in order to secure excellent educational outcomes, partnered with high aspirations. Batley Multi Academy Trust currently comprises Batley Girls’ High School, Batley Grammar School, Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School, Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School, Manorfield Infant and Nursery School and Upper Batley High School. We provide high quality education for all young people. This collaboration enables us to share expertise, knowledge and best practice to ensure academic and pastoral excellence throughout all of our schools, with all schools embracing the same overall ethos and values, whilst maintaining their own unique characters. 

Upper Batley High School was identified as a Beacon School in the Northern Challenge report due to the excellent progress our disadvantaged learners make. We also hold the Gold Award for Mental Health & Wellbeing, the PSHCE Charter Mark, the Careers Quality Standard and we are a lead school within the Kirklees Careers Hub. We are one of only a few schools in the UK to achieve 100% in all Gatsby benchmarks. Ofsted identified our careers programme as a “real strength of the school” and we are in the top 14% of all schools nationally. 

Our 11-16 school is multi-cultural and located close to the town centre, within easy access of the motorway network. Our work is focused on developing the unique potential of every individual whilst working towards becoming an outstanding educational organisation. We are a vibrant, rich and exciting learning community with unique and inspiring opportunities inside and outside the classroom.

We are seeking to appoint an innovative Teacher of History to join our successful and hardworking Humanities team. The successful applicant will be learner centred and a collaborative practitioner. The post offers excellent opportunities for a committed teacher with good knowledge of the GCSE syllabus to teach History to KS3 and KS4.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive forward thinking Trust, who in return for your commitment and hard work, will support you to achieve your own career goals and aspirations.   

Please contact the People and Talent team on 01924 942076/ recruitment@batleymat.co.uk, if you have any questions or to arrange a visit.

Closing date for applications is Tuesday 19th November 2024 at Midday

Interviews will be held week commencing 25th November 2024

Batley Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for Regulated Activity and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Batley Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.



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About Upper Batley High School

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+44 1924 326343

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Upper Batley High School is a dynamic and innovative learning community. We are proud that our focus is on educating ‘Tomorrow’s Successful Men’ and we are specialists in the education of boys. We inspire every member of our learning community to be the very best version of themselves each and every day and we strive for excellence in everything we do. We are looking for forward thinking individuals to join our team on our journey to outstanding.

Upper Batley High School is a school dedicated to delivering academic success, coupled with first class care, guidance and support. Our bespoke, engaging and enriching curriculum ensures our young people achieve at a high level, and our outstanding Career Pathways education inspires our learners to reach their potential and achieve their career goals. We are ambitious for what our learners can achieve, and our curriculum enrichment provides a wide range of experiences outside of the classroom. From the Barnyard to Forest School, from cricket to croquet, from the music recording studio to rocket club there is something for everyone, and plenty of new activities to try. Our school lies at the heart of our community and we firmly believe community makes us.

Our GCSE results are improving rapidly and we were graded as a ‘Good’ school in all areas by Ofsted in 2019, with outstanding provision for careers. Ofsted said our learners are making rapid progress and ‘the school is a harmonious community in which to learn’. We were identified as a Beacon School due to the excellent progress we make with our learners (Northern Powerhouse Report 2016) and we have achieved several awards such as Eco Schools, Gold Award for Mental Health & Wellbeing and our community work is currently featured in an exhibition in the People's History Museum, Manchester.

Our 11-16 school is multi-cultural and located close to the town centre, within easy access of the motorway network. Our work is focused on developing the unique potential of every individual whilst working towards becoming an outstanding educational organisation. We are a vibrant, rich and exciting learning community with unique and inspiring opportunities inside and outside the classroom.

We are part of the Batley Multi Academy Trust, whose sole purpose is to provide an outstanding education through our family of schools. Batley Multi Academy Trust currently comprises Batley Girls’ High School, Upper Batley High School, Healey Junior Infant & Nursery School, Field Lane Junior Infant & Nursery School and Batley Grammar School.

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