Teacher of History (Maternity Cover)

Worksop College and Ranby House; one community set across two schools - educating children from age two to eighteen. We're proud of being a broad-ability school with a focus firmly on progress, recognising that every child has their own set of skills and abilities, whether it be academic, sporting, musical or otherwise. We believe that education is about more than the flight towards academic success, but about human flourishing. We want our students to be the very best version of themselves. If they are destined to attend an established University, here is where they will flourish, or if they are an outstanding sportsperson, here is where they will hone their skills. Perhaps they are a talented artist or musician, here is where they’d perfect their craft, but if these talents are yet to be revealed, here is where they’ll be discovered. We are a remarkable school, in a stunning setting, with exceptional facilities and a talented teaching staff. At our school, what matters is the individual, their aspirations and their future.

We are looking for a well-qualified, experienced teacher of history to work within this successful and established department. The successful applicant will have experience of teaching at GCSE/IGCSE and A-Level. Our focus is firmly placed on academic excellence for all within a non-selective school. Worksop College is entering an exciting phase in its development, and we therefore wish to recruit dynamic and self-starting staff to work with us in fulfilling our aims and objectives.

The successful candidate will provide outstanding high quality teaching and learning opportunities for our children, ensuring they achieve and make progress in relation to their potential and school expectations. The appointee will promote and support the mission, vision, values and ethos of the school and work as a supportive team member catering for a wide range of children’s needs and providing provision and organisation of a variety of learning experiences to support a broad, balanced educational experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Teach History at Key Stage 3, IGCSE & ideally A-Level
• Contribute to the development of the super-curricular life and offer of the department.
• Promote resilience, adaptability and independence through teaching.
• Inspire students through excellent teaching and passionate subject knowledge.
• Have high expectations of students and a commitment to ensuring that they achieve their full potential.
• Adopt high standards of behaviour in their professional role.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the professional duties of teachers and the statutory framework within which they work.
• Communicate effectively with students, colleagues and parents, giving timely and relevant information about attainment, progress and well-being.
• Have a commitment to collaboration and co-operative working where appropriate.
• Design opportunities for learners to develop their literacy, numeracy, ICT, personal, learning, emotional and thinking skills.
• Plan, set and assess prep, other out-of-class assignments and coursework for examinations, where appropriate, to sustain learners' progress and to extend and consolidate their learning.
• Have a good, up-to-date working knowledge and understanding of a range of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies.
• Teach engaging and motivating lessons informed by high expectations of students and designed to raise levels of attainment.
• Teach challenging, well-organised lessons and sequences of lessons across the age and ability range they teach.
• Know how to use skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT to support their teaching and wider professional activities.

The Department

The department comprises three members of staff, two of whom hold other positions of responsibility at the college. It is housed in two dedicated classrooms on the main cloisters and has its own small departmental library. History is a compulsory subject in Years 7-9 and pupils are taught British and world history from 1066 to 1966. The subject is a popular option choice at IGCSE, with typically two sets per year in Year 10 and Year 11. At IGCSE the CIE 0470 20th Century Option syllabus is followed, with a depth study on the Great War. At A-Level the department follows the OCR specification, presently teaching units on Rebellion & Disorder in Tudor England; Dictatorships & Democracy in Germany 1919-1963; and Britain 1930-1997. Each year a number of students apply to university to pursue the subject at undergraduate level.

Pastoral Care

In addition to the academic role, every teacher is expected to play a full role in the life of the School outside the classroom and is attached to one of the boarding or day houses.

This job Description covers the main duties and responsibilities of the role. The role holder may be asked to carry out other activities commensurate with this Job Description from time to time.

Additional Responsibilities

Successful candidates will be expected to undertake such additional responsibilities as may, from time to time, be considered to be reasonable and required by the Headmaster.

Other Matters

You will be required to carry out other duties as may be commensurate with the post which do not change the character or purpose of the post which are necessary to maintain high standards of business practice. This job description therefore may be altered from time to time to meet the changing needs of the School.

Health and Safety

The School is committed to ensuring the Health and Safety of all who learn, work, live and visit the School. You must take reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of other persons who may be affected by your activities. All safety instructions must be obeyed and the required training undertaken. All accidents and near misses must be reported and recorded within the Accident Book available on both sites.

Statutory requirements & equal opportunities

Safeguarding & Child Protection

For this post applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including, but not limited to, reference checks with previous employers, online searches, prohibition checks and a criminal record check via the Applicants Disclosure and Barring Service (including Barred List Check). All offers of employment are conditional upon the satisfactory outcome of child protection screening checks.

Disclosures

We will appoint, train, develop and promote on the basis of merit and ability alone. It is a stipulation of the Governors and a statutory requirement that members of staff appointed to Worksop College should be shown not to have any criminal record, which might prevent them accepting a post at the College. Accordingly, the College requires permission from all members of staff to make an appropriate investigation. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory outcome of this enquiry.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Equal Opportunities

Worksop College is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to a policy of treating all our employees and job applicants equally. It is our policy to take all reasonable steps to employ and promote employees on the basis of their abilities and qualifications without regard to age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, marital or civil partnership status, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sexual orientation, trade union membership, religion or belief.

Working at Worksop and Ranby House is as much about a lifestyle choice as it is about pursuing a satisfying career path. We have high expectations of our staff and reward with an attractive benefits package, which includes:

• Fee concessions for your children
• Workplace pension scheme
• Access to gym, sports hall and swimming pool
• Free meals provided when on duty
• Free onsite parking

Qualifications and Attributes

The ideal candidate:

• will have experience of successful teaching of History examination classes
• will have a good degree in History or related subject (with a supporting PGCE or QTS).
• be able to deliver inspiring and exciting lessons across all key stages
• will demonstrate a willingness to participate in the wider life and Christian traditions of the school.