Role: Teacher of History
Start: September 2023
Reports to: Head of History
Salary: AMPS £33,209-£44,274 or AUPS £46,447-£49,981
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We’re looking for an exceptional history teacher to join our team, as we embark on our fifth year as a new Ark secondary school. Our Head of History leads the subject across our network, and we are developing an exciting, new history curriculum through working with great thinkers from the subject community, including Christine Counsell. This is an exciting time to join the team, as we continue to plan our Key Stage 4 curriculum and as our founding year group prepare to progress into Sixth Form.
What’s special about this role?
This role is ideal for passionate historians. Our curriculum offer is broad, rich and rigorous drawing on up-to-date historical scholarship and taught using rich narratives and carefully crafted enquiries. The year 7 curriculum includes the Inka Empire, humanism and the Renaissance taught through the compelling story of Poggio Bracciolini’s search for manuscripts and the story of Morebath during the English Reformation. year 8 pupils learn about Nur Jahan and the Mughal Empire, the later Stuart period through the eyes of Samuel Pepys and the impact of abolition in Jamaica. Our team plan collaboratively and have the chance to learn from and moderate with colleagues across our network of schools. Our pupils have three lessons of history a week from year 7 and four a week at Key Stage 4, allowing us to teach beyond the exam specification; GCSE history is a popular choice. We offer a range of enrichment opportunities for our pupils - from Young Quills writing competitions, to presentations from inspirational speakers and trips to the National Gallery.
Who are we looking for?
Across school life, we embed high aspirations and a growth mindset in all of our children. We believe that every single child who joins us has the potential to be knowledgeable, articulate and successful. It’s important this resonates with all candidates. Equally important is subject expertise, which is critical to support strong curriculum planning and implementation. We welcome and support Early Career Teachers; Teaching & Learning Responsibilities (TLR posts) would be considered for the right candidate. Read more about this teaching role and our ideal candidate here: Job description & Person specification
Why will you love our school?
There are lots of reasons! We’re lucky to be based in a brand-new building with top class facilities. We serve a wonderfully diverse community - we are non-denominational, mixed gender and two-fifths of our pupils receive pupil premium funding. We’re led by our values - Aim High, Have Integrity, Be Kind and Model Determination and our team truly unite behind our vision. Curriculum is incredibly important to us and we’ve planned backwards from university readiness to give our pupils the very best in every subject discipline. We timetable collaborative planning and love to engage in ‘productive struggle’. Every team member is supported with coaching and tailored professional development, whatever stage they are at in their career. Our extended school day (we finish at 4 four days a week and earlier on Wednesday) allows us to offer a broad, rich curriculum and timetabled enrichment for every child - but we never have meetings after school. Our team say: ‘All staff are incredibly supportive and positive, and it is a great environment to work in’. Read more about our school here
What are the benefits of working with Ark?
We are lucky to be part of the Ark network of schools, and to build on the successes of numerous exceptional start-up schools in our North London region. Ark offers bespoke professional development to all team members and the opportunity to plan and moderate with colleagues in the same discipline, beyond our own school gates. Joining our network opens a breadth of opportunities - many of our team have taken on leadership roles progressing from one of our sister schools. Ark employees have benefits beyond the classroom including everything from shopping discounts to a supportive and comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme. In short, you won’t find a better network of schools to join! Read more about Ark here
Would you like to visit?
We’d love you to come and see our school for yourself. We’re hosting a ‘Joining Team Pioneer’ afternoon on Monday 6th February (2:30pm) - guests will meet our principal, enjoy a tour with pupils, see lessons in action and speak to members of our team - a chance to see what our school is really like and ask any questions. Please sign up here. If you’d like to speak to our principal about this role Chloe would be happy to arrange this – contact c.conces@arkpioneer.org.
Safeguarding
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, click here.