Head of History

Beckfoot Trust wishes to appoint an Head of History to work at Beckfoot Upper Heaton

MPS-UPR (Plus TLR2 - £5346) and Recruitment and Retention allowance is available for an outstanding candidate

We are seeking an individual who has the motivation, enthusiasm and skill set to work with the humanities team and other stakeholders to plan and teach appropriate well structured lessons demonstrating evidence informed practice and high expectation for pupils to progress.

School Sentence

The school taught students to act with integrity and kindness and they went on to demonstrate excellence in their chosen field; it was a place where all belonged.

School values

Excellence: We work hard. We strive to be better tomorrow than we are today.

Integrity: We are honest. We do the right thing because it is the right thing to do.

Kindness: We work as a team. We care about others.

We are highly ambitious for our students, and we are working incredibly hard to craft a purposeful, motivational and inclusive culture with exceptional pedagogy at the heart. We are 'team Beckfoot Upper Heaton and 'team child'.

Our overall aim is to be in the top 10% of schools nationally by 2027 at the latest.

We believe in keeping things simple and our 4 priorities to be better tomorrow than we are today are;

Drive up attendanceFurther develop a curriculum of high ambitionEmbed a model of excellence for pedagogyDevelop a teach not tell behaviour curriculum If our values are your values. If you believe that all children can achieve if we do whatever it takes to make that happen. If you want young people to have choices in life and go on and change the world for the better, we look forward to receiving your application. To apply please fully complete the application form attached to the advert. Once complete, please return to Please note we do not accept CVs

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful staff will be requested to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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