Teacher of History (Head of Department)
St Edmund's School
Surrey
- New
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 5 November 2024
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a History teacher to lead the subject in the school up to and including GCSE. The successful candidate will join a department of seven History teachers. History is a very popular subject at GCSE and the school follows the I/GCSE Cambridge course.
St Edmund’s is an expanding and successful school of 600+ girls and boys aged 2 to 16. The ability to offer a subsidiary subject, particularly Religious Studies is desirable although not essential for full-time employment. The school participates in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. Accommodation on site may be available. Early applications are encouraged.
St Edmund’s is thriving with numbers the highest in its 150 year history. Average class sizes are small, circa seventeen pupils. In 2024 our students posted a 97% GCSE pass rate (grades 4-9) against a national average of 67%. The proportion of grades awarded at 7-9 (the old A*/A) was 45% compared to a national average of 22%. In History pupils achieved a 100% pass rate.
The school was inspected in October 2024 by ISI and the school passed in all areas but the report has not yet been issued. In June 2021 the key findings were:
The quality of the pupils’ academic and other achievements is excellent.
- Pupils develop high levels of knowledge, skills and understanding as they progress through the school.
- Pupils are adept and confident communicators.
- Pupils have outstanding attitudes to their learning and are determined to succeed. Pupils achieve well in a wide variety of curricular and co-curricular activities.
The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent.
- Pupils develop strong self-confidence and self-knowledge from an early age.
- Pupils demonstrate kindness and compassion towards one another and are highly respectful. Pupils are confident and considered decision makers.
- Pupils contribute enthusiastically to help create a strong and vibrant school community.
The full report is available via our website.
A combined information and application form may be obtained from Richard Taylor (Deputy Head Academic) by email at rmat@saintedmunds.co.uk or by phone on 01428 604808.
Applications via TES are NOT accepted.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 5 November 2024.
Applications by email are preferred and interviews will take place in February.
Please note that the school takes very seriously its responsibility for safeguarding the children in its care and the successful applicant will be required to undergo enhanced DBS vetting.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
About St Edmund's School
St Edmund’s School is a mixed, independent all-through day and boarding school for pupils ages two to 16, located in Hindhead, Surrey.
The school comprises four parts: Little Ed’s Nursery and Reception’ the Lower Prep and Prep; the Senior Prep; and the Senior school.
The school was originally founded in Norfolk in 1874, but moved to Surrey in 1900. It became a charitable trust in 1979.
Values and vision
Since its foundation in the late 19th century, St Edmund’s has had the same ethos: to instil in every child a sense of self-esteem and belonging by building on their own talents, opening their eyes to new ones and giving them focussed and personal support whenever it is needed.
The school focuses on the individual needs, talents and strengths of each pupil, and aims to help children make use of extra-curricular activities to ensure each one receives a holistic education.
Its academic aims include a commitment to providing a broad based curriculum that reflects traditional values and subjects yet with due emphasis on innovation and modern techniques. The school aims to promote confidence, and to encourage pupils to achieve at a level appropriate to their individual abilities.
Headmaster
Adam Walliker
ISI report
“Pupils make a high rate of progress in relation to others of similar ability. Pupils with SEND make excellent progress and achieve as well as their peers… the progress of those identified as academically able is high”.
“Regular and effective reviewing of the curriculum, through the academic committee, ensures that planning is effective and in line with pupils’ needs.”
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