Teacher of Humanities - Maternity Cover MPS/UPS 1 Year Fixed Term Contract to cover maternity starting Term 5 - Monday 28th April 2025 - end of Term 4 Academic Year 2025/26 or the earlier return of the member of staff We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic teacher to join our strong team within the Somervale Humanities Faculty. Due to the size of the department and staffing flexibility they can have a specialism in either history, geography or philosophy and belief but there will be an expectation to teach across all areas at KS3. Somervale School is an oversubscribed, high achieving, 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive school situated in Midsomer Norton on the outskirts of Bath and on the edge of Somerset. The school occupies a large attractively landscaped site with an excellent range of specialist accommodation and facilities. We are part of the Midsomer Norton School Partnership, a large diverse successful multi-academy trust. We are an extremely successful oversubscribed medium sized school and that makes us unique in the local area. We have all the benefits of any other school with the added bonus of an attention to detail that you simply cannot achieve in a larger school. We place our students at the heart of everything that we do. We believe in working hard, being kind and enjoying learning. The school received its third judgement of Good by Ofsted in June 2022 and its high quality academic curriculum and excellent student engagement and pastoral care was noted. You will: Be committed to exceptional standards of teaching and learning Be able to motivate, challenge and inspire students to achieve their best Be able to establish and develop outstanding relationships with students and staff Be a team player able to contribute to key leadership decisions Contribute to our core vision and values We can offer you: A forward looking and innovative school A school with outstanding behaviour and safety for all Good facilities for teaching and learning Excellent and innovative CPD A school where care, guidance and support are central to ensuring students make outstanding progress A school where learning is really personalised Closing date for Vacancy: 9am 27th January 2025 Provisional date for Interview: Week Commencing: 27th January 2025