Teacher of History (maternity cover)

• Contract: Part time 0.6FTE, maternity cover until December 2025
• Start date: December 2024
• Salary: £34,100- £49,164FTE or actual 0.6FTE £20,460 - £29,498.40 (dependent on experience)

Are you passionate about shaping young minds and fostering a love for History? Fascinated by the past and eager to spark that same curiosity in students?  

We're looking for a passionate History Teacher to cover maternity leave from December 2024 until December 2025.

The successful candidate will be responsible for planning and delivering engaging lessons that challenge and inspire students across the full age and ability range (11-18). Your role will involve creating a positive learning environment, building students' confidence, and maintaining strong working relationships with colleagues, pupils and parents. 

The History department is made up of eight colleagues who form a warm and collegiate team with a wide-ranging expertise and experience throughout the school. We broadly follow the National Curriculum at KS3 but teachers are encouraged to explore their own interests and those of their students around the core teaching and skills should they wish to do so. This approach means that we have an excellent record of building historical skills leading to exceptional public exam results year-on-year, but also that the passion teachers bring to the subject is amplified within the classroom. The History department runs numerous trips, including a trip to Washington and New York teaming up with the Economics department, and our annual Y9 visit to the battlefields of Belgium and Northern France.   

About GSAL  

The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) was awarded North Independent School of the Year 2024 and Independent Secondary School of the Decade in 2021. The school continues to be a friendly, fun and supportive environment with high investment in pupil and colleague wellbeing, while insisting upon and maintaining high expectations.   

‘Be inspired’ is the ethos behind our teaching and learning at GSAL. We nurture all our pupils to make the most of their talents, realise their potential and develop into confident young people ready to rise to any challenge. These values have been at the heart of our school life for over four centuries.  

GSAL provides a high quality independent education for 2,100 boys and girls between the ages of three and 18. The main school campus at Alwoodley Gates in north Leeds was purpose built for Leeds Grammar School, which relocated in 1997 from the city center.  

GSAL is academically selective, with consistently excellent A-level and GCSE results. After merger, the school introduced the diamond model of teaching, through which boys and girls learn together up to age 11, then in single sex classes between Year 7 and Year 11, and come together again in sixth form lessons. Form time and extracurricular activities are mixed throughout. Class sizes are usually between 16 and 22.  

Academic achievement is at the heart of a rounded education at GSAL, which offers our students personal development opportunities and broad experience beyond the classroom. With superb facilities available in school, students can take part in sport, music, drama, scouts, CCF, Duke of Edinburgh, debating and much more. We offer an outdoor learning programme and a wide variety of trips at home and abroad. Our lively house system encourages students to get involved and have fun.  

This success can only be achieved with committed, professional and well-qualified colleagues who are focused upon excellence in the classroom and contributions to the wider life of the school. Colleagues have a good degree of autonomy in their teaching, outstanding learning resources and an attractive benefits package. A large school offers opportunities for CPD, career progression and leadership roles in academic, pastoral and extracurricular areas.  

We value our team and offer a wide range of benefits including:   

• Enhanced school holidays (approximately 16 weeks) 
• Significant discount on school fees  
• Childcare provided for colleauge’s children during school INSET days (from the age of 3 up to age 11)     
• DC pension scheme through Aviva with 0% employee contribution and 21% employer contribution plus 4x basic salary life insurance  
• Training and CPD available including five inset days per academic year   
• Colleague lunches: three courses for £2.40 available during school lunchtimes plus free tea, coffee and hot chocolate machines  
• Access to 24/7 online GP appointments through our provider Health hero    
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme well-being app, Vivup, offering telephone counselling, financial and legal advice plus 6-8 face-to-face counselling sessions  
• Discounts through multiple providers, including Vivup, discounts for teachers and Extras  
• Beautiful lunch time walking routes around our 140 acre site  
• Onsite gym and swimming pool available for colleague use within set times as well as classes such as pilates, meditation, kettlebells, spinning and bootcamps  
• Salary sacrifice schemes for cycle to work      
• Free car parking available on site    
• Use of the school’s extensive library facility  
• Generous leave of absence scheme to support our employees when they need it    
• Opportunity to be involved in extracurricular activities such as the staff pantomime, well-being committee or volunteer for community events  

How to Apply: If you're passionate about shaping students' educational experiences and contributing to a vibrant learning community, we encourage you to apply. Simply complete the online application form available on our website. Please be prepared to provide copies of any qualifications mentioned in your application. 

More information about the school, role and responsibilities are contained in the job description and person specification attached in the documents section on our website advert. Please note we cannot offer tours or visits due to the high volume of interest. A virtual tour can be found on our website jobs page and a full tour is provided as part of the interviewing process.  

If you have any questions, feel free to contact vacancies@gsal.org.uk 

The closing date for applications is: Thursday 19th September 9am 

Interview date: TBC