Vacancies

Teacher of History

MPR or UPR

Full or Part -time FTE 0.8 permanent

Required:  Easter or September 2025

Closing Date:  9am Monday 24^th February 2025

 

We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified, committed and enthusiastic highly skilled Teacher of History to a permanent full-time vacancy at The Henry Box School.  Applications are welcome from ECTs or experienced teachers. 

 

We are looking for candidates who are committed to the development of the History subject and Social Sciences faculty.  The successful candidate should be able to inspire and motivate students as well as have the ability to work well as part of a lively and professional team. History is an extremely popular and forward-thinking subject in our school. We are very proud of our own school history, which dates back to our founding in 1660.

 

We also have a lively extracurricular programme, including an A level seminar group, The Young Quills Programme and a series of talks from outside speakers. We are very proud to have been awarded a ‘Gold History Quality Mark’ from the Historical Association. We are the only school in Oxfordshire to have achieved this and one of only forty-one secondary schools in the country as a whole.

 

Please take a look at our recruitment pack which will give you all the information you need about our school and the Social Sciences faculty.  Visits to the school are most welcome by prior arrangement with the HR Team; and if you have any questions or would like an informal discussion about the role please contact the HR Team on 01993 848166 or at jobs@millacademy.co.uk and they will be pleased to make the arrangement for someone to call you back.

 

The school has had a recent OFSTED inspection in February 2023, retaining our "good school" status - more details can be found on our career site link or the school website.

 

The successful candidate for this role will have:

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Ability to teach KS3 and KS4
• Effective behaviour management
• Knowledge of planning, assessment and record-keeping
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to be an effective tutor
• Commitment to further training and development
• Willingness and ability to be an effective tutor, including a willingness to teach
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Benefits

• A hard working and committed team of colleagues
• Beautiful, historic school location, with a good range of shops, bars and cafes within a

short walk

• Competitive salary with upper pay scales above the usual national levels
• Regular programmes of professional development to Teacher Development Trust

Gold Standard

• Support for and commitment to your future training and development needs
• On-site free car parking
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Annual free flu vaccination
• 24/7 employee assistance wellbeing scheme

 

We are seeking to appoint the best possible candidate and our recruitment process will reflect our desire to undertake all possible measures to achieve this.

 

The Henry Box School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All successful candidates are required to have enhanced DBS clearance and will need to undertake the DBS check with our organisation.  Other relevant pre-employment checks will also be carried out including references from present and previous employers, a confidential health check and internet/social media checks.

 

Applicants should download and complete the teaching staff application form from our website or complete our online application form on our TES recruitment site.  You should also submit an accompanying letter of application, addressed to the Headteacher, that is no more than two sides of A4.  Applications should be returned to jobs@millacademy.co.uk please or via the TES online portal.