Teacher of History

Kingsway Park High School was established in 2010 and joined the Altus Education Partnership in February 2022. We are now a very popular oversubscribed school (1350 students in years 7-11 and 190 staff) located in central Rochdale. We are very proud of the high-quality facilities, resources, and environment that we provide for both staff and students.

At Kingsway Park High School we strive to transform students’ lives. Through our relationships, we endeavour to instil both resilience and an intrinsic motivation to become confident, creative and highly skilled students, capable of meeting tomorrow’s challenges head on. We strive to establish a culture rooted in achievement and progress that encourages our students to grow academically, personally and socially; equipping them with the values of equality, fairness and openness. We pride ourselves on our relentless drive to achieve outstanding, high quality teaching that provides a safe, supportive and encouraging environment for all our students to be able to realise their academic potential in pursuit of educational excellence.

We are looking to appoint a teacher of History who is looking for a new challenge and is willing to join an innovative and forward-thinking department. The ideal candidate must have a real passion for their subject and be equipped with the skills to maximise outcomes for students at both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. History is currently taught three times a fortnight at Kingsway Park High School at Key Stage 3 and five times a fortnight at KS4. Our exam board at GCSE is Edexcel, so any experience having worked to this previously would be beneficial. The department is looking for someone with the drive and passion to continue to increase the subject popularity through the delivery of quality lessons, production of engaging resources and extensive use of their own subject knowledge. This is an exciting time to contribute to the History curriculum and to align the subject curriculum intent with the school’s new mission statement- ‘We Cooperate, We Pioneer, We Belong.’

The History department at Kingsway Park High School is a supportive department that is well resourced with four specified classrooms. There is a work area for staff within the department which allows the team to work cohesively to support each other. The successful candidate will be supported by their curriculum leader and will work alongside experienced and motivated staff. Planning is shared across the department, and applicants should be confident in planning schemes of work. The ideal candidate would engage students both in lessons and with extra-curricular support. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is vibrant, passionate and pioneering to really help create the next generation of Historians.