Lecturer in Law

About Us:

Newham College London, now merged with NewVIc Sixth Form College, is the largest post-16 education provider in Newham. With campuses in East Ham, Stratford, Plaistow, and the London City Institute of Technology (LCIoT) in Canning Town, we serve over 11,000 students across a range of pathways - including 16-18 study, adult education, apprenticeships, and higher education.

With over 800 staff, four main campuses, and an annual turnover of £60 million, Newham College is one of the borough's largest employers and plays a key role in driving local economic and community development.

The Role.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Teacher of A Level Law to join our Academic Programmes team. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality teaching, learning, and assessment, enabling students to achieve excellent outcomes and develop a strong understanding of legal principles. The role includes planning and delivering engaging lessons, monitoring student progress, providing effective feedback, and implementing interventions to support achievement and progression.

Key responsibilities.

• Plan, prepare, and deliver high-quality A Level Law lessons that engage, motivate, and challenge students.
• Teach across all aspects of the A Level Law specification, ensuring students develop strong legal knowledge and analytical skills.
• Assess, monitor, and track student progress, providing timely and constructive feedback to support achievement.
• Set high expectations for student attendance, punctuality, behaviour, and academic performance.
• Implement effective intervention strategies to improve retention, achievement, and examination outcomes.
• Prepare students for external examinations through effective teaching, assessment, revision planning, and exam technique development.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of student progress, attendance, and assessment outcomes.
• Contribute to curriculum planning, development, and continuous improvement of the Law provision.
• Participate in parents', carers evenings, open events, enrolment activities, and progression interviews.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to share best practice and contribute to departmental and college quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with all safeguarding, health and safety, equality, diversity, and college policies.
• Engage in continuous professional development to maintain and enhance subject knowledge and teaching practice.
• Contribute to the promotion of a positive, inclusive, and aspirational learning environment that enables students to achieve their full potential.

Our Ideal candidate should have the following qualifications, skills and experience.

Relevant qualifications and subject expertise in Law, together with a recognised teaching qualification or a willingness to work towards one.

Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education All employment offers are subject employment checks. These include (some of which are dependent on the role and the individual): Enhanced DBS including Children's Barred List check, DfE teaching/management Barred List check, on-line searches, overseas criminal record check, evidence of identity and Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory references, confirmation of medical fitness, evidence of relevant qualifications and a check of previous employment history.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects its staff to share this commitment. You will be required to become familiar with the College's policies, and comply with the requirements to safeguard and protect the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults. All staff are asked to complete mandatory training in relation to KCSIE and other key areas, and to read the relevant policies.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The College has a strong commitment to working towards the implementation of equality of opportunity in both service delivery and employment. The College's mission and strategic objectives directly support this aim. All employees are required to actively support the development, dissemination and implementation of this aim and related policies and programmes.

Recruitment Process

The email account you use to apply will be used for all recruitment communication. Please ensure that you use an email account that you regularly monitor.

All application forms must be fully completed, including a full record of education and employment history. Incomplete applications will not be considered for shortlisting.

The salary for this position is inclusive of London weighting. Please note that we advertise our salaries on a range to indicate the trajectory of progression that can be made. Appointments are usually made at the start of the salary range.

We regret that we are unable to respond to every application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications.

We do not accept CVs

Closing Date: 22.09.2026

Interview Date: TBC