Humanities Teacher

The Job: Pleckgate High School seek to appoint a Humanities Teacher on a part time (0.6), permanent basis from September 2026. The pro rata salary will be £19,749.60 to £30,628.80 per annum. What does this job do? To deliver engaging history and geography lessons across both key stages within humanities. To teach the subject curriculum successfully to help pupils to develop well developed knowledge and skills. To work with the department in offering a range of extracurricular activities for pupils involving history and/or geography To teach history and geography lessons at KS3 and either history or geography, ( depending on subject specialism) at KS4 To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for pupils and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate. To monitor and support the overall progress and development of pupils as a teacher/form tutor. To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides pupils with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential. To contribute to raising standards of student attainment. What are the job requirements? Qualified to degree level in a Humanities based subject or adequate post degree conversion course. Qualified teacher status. Ability to deliver high-quality lessons in history or geography to pupils of all ages and abilities. Experience of teaching history and geography at KS3 and either history or geography at KS4 and securing good outcomes. Knowledge of requirements of the history and geography curriculum at KS3 and developments and initiatives relating to the subject and its implications for pupils.   About Pleckgate High School: We are a large secondary school, part of the Education Partnership Trust (EPT), situated on the northern outskirts of Blackburn. Our school community is made up of 1350 students and 180 staff with excellent facilities to benefit both the school and local community. Pleckgate High School is a thriving multicultural community that places the best interests of young people at the heart of everything we do.   We are an ambitious school with high expectations for ourselves and our pupils. We are committed to providing excellent teaching and learning and we want all our pupils to be safe, happy and successful. In our Ofsted report in June 2024, our school was described as offering a “harmonious and supportive environment. Pupils learn the importance of being kind and respectful towards others”. Every pupil at Pleckgate is encouraged to have ambitious goals and to work hard. A copy of our full report is available from the school website.   We are proud of our achievements – our ambitious curriculum, our examination success, opportunities for pupils' personal development, our charity work and our community involvement. We are significantly oversubscribed and pupils achieve positive outcomes at Pleckgate.   We