History Teacher

Wildern Secondary School is a large secondary school in Hedge End, Southampton. We are looking for passionate, enthusiastic, and creative History Teacher to join our Humanities department. We are part of the RAISE Education Trust which comprises Wildern School, Deer Park Secondary School and Boorley Park Primary School. 

The successful candidate would be given excellent career development opportunities. For interested candidates who would like to work in a great school with a strong positive and supportive culture and work with a fantastic curriculum team with excellent GCSE results we would love to hear from you. This role is also suitable for Early Career Teachers.  More information about our bespoke school led ECT programme can be found at https://wildernacademytrust.org/cpd/professional-learning/early-career-teacher/ 

Wildern School is recognised as a ‘Good’ school across all four areas in our recent Ofsted 2024 inspection. Please see the following quotes from our report.

• "Pupils are prepared well for life beyond school". 
• "They achieve well across a range of academic and vocational subjects".
• "The school sets high expectations for pupils’ academic learning. This is mirrored by an emphasis on developing character and resilience".
• "The school provides a broad range of experiences to enhance pupils’ learning".
• "Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) benefit strongly from the opportunities the school provides".

Benefits of working across our Humanities Department:

• Large and supportive team of 7 experienced teachers with a passion and love of History.
• Excellent record of GCSE results.
• Very popular subject with incredibly high uptake at GCSE. 
• 3 year KS4.
• A diverse range of subjects taught at KS3 and KS4. 
• Opportunities to develop cultural capital through residential and international trips and clubs. 
• Well-resourced schemes of learning which are adapted and updated regularly to ensure subject knowledge is relevant and engaging for us and our students which are shared centrally with the team. 
• Opportunities to develop CPD through curriculum meetings and workshops with the team as well as whole school twilights. 
• Great access to ICT facilities.

Benefits of working for our trust include: 

• Helping to shape the futures of children in our community.
• Welcoming, Supportive, Friendly and sociable colleagues.
• An Amazing Competitive salary.
• Excellent Continuing Professional Development with high quality CPD program.
• Many opportunities for career progression.
• A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice.
• An amazing rate for staff membership at our modern on-site Leisure Centre.
• Free large on-site car park.
• Good transport links.
• Workplace Pension Scheme.
• Enrolment in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

If you currently work in a school, please ensure one of your references is from your current Headteacher. Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date. Closing Date: Midday Wednesday 27th November 2024.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

RAISE Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.