Establishment: Atherton High School Location: Atherton Salary: 31650 - 49084 Department: Humanities Job Type: Full Time Key Stage: Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
Closing Date: 26/03/2025 12:00 Interview Date: 28/03/2025 Start Date: 01/09/2025
Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: AYR - All year round Hours per Week: 25.00 Weeks per Year: 52.143 Pay Grade: Main Pay Range M1-M6 / UPS1 - UPS3
The Role
The Job:
We are looking to appoint an outstanding teacher to join the Humanities department in September 2025 on a full time and permanent contract. We recommend coming to visit our school and meet the Humanities Team, and the Senior Leadership Team to further discuss the role and opportunity, and to see our school in action. Please contact the School Business Manager, Mrs Carruthers - lcarruthers@atherton-ept.com.
What does this job do?
* To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
* To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher/form tutor.
* To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.
* To contribute to raising standards of student attainment.
* To share and support the Academy’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.
What are the job requirements?
* QTS Qualification
* Excellent professional knowledge and understanding of national and examination curricular requirements of the subject
* Excellent knowledge of Geography with the ability to plan lessons with clear objectives to ensure progression for all students
* Established as an effective teacher across the age and ability range
* Good knowledge of current educational research relating to the subject and wider aspects of how pupils learn
* A thorough understanding of and commitment to safeguarding children and young people
* Some experience of successfully teaching to KS3-KS4 students, with a clear understanding of the teaching provision required in secondary schools
* A second Humanities subject would be advantageous.
About Atherton High School:
‘Our curriculum ambition at Atherton High School is to make learning irresistible for all'. We have designed a challenging and ambitious curriculum to provide the best learning opportunities for all our students to aspire and achieve.
Our core values that drive our curriculum are:
* Aspiration for all to improve life chances for every student.
* Excellence in learning through an ambitious knowledge and vocabulary-rich curriculum for all.
* Character and personal development to equip all of our students to succeed in life.
At Atherton High School, what is taught is coherently planned and sequenced to equip students to succeed in life. Our curriculum supports students from all backgrounds, including those who are disadvantaged, so students can access a high-quality, knowledge-rich curriculum. Our school community believes strongly in providing disadvantaged pupils with a curriculum that enables them to reach the academic standards of their non-disadvantaged peers. Our goal is to bring our young people into the big conversations of subject disciplines, to bring depth to our curriculum, so they can understand the world around them.
About the Education Partnership Trust (EPT):
EPT was established in 2012 as a multi-academy trust and is an approved academy sponsor. Our vision is to create outstanding schools which transform learning, lives and communities. We benefit from our diverse and unique range of schools which include secondary mainstream, alternative provision and special and have a proven track record of sustained improvement. Our schools are united by a drive to improve opportunities and outcomes for children and young people within a collaborative learning culture.
Our staff are our most valued asset, so we continually invest in our colleagues and we believe that all teaching and support staff posts within our schools are key in terms of supporting pupil achievement and improving their life chances. As such, we are keen to recruit dedicated and ambitious professionals who will add value to our schools and trust by helping our young people to succeed.
“If you’re good at what you do, you can work anywhere. If you’re the best at what you do, we want you to work for Education Partnership Trust.”
Our extensive range of rewards and benefits include:
* Healthcare cash back plan provided free by the trust includes optical, dental, physio, diagnostics, health assessment, NHS prescription charges, hospital cover, discounted gym memberships plus lots more.
* Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, CBT, and wellbeing initiatives.
* Cycle to Work scheme.
* Access to government pension schemes.
* Free parking.
* Electric Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice).
* Training, mentoring and progression opportunities including our Emerging Leaders programmes.
* Trust wide intranet to share knowledge and resources.
Incomplete application forms will not be shortlisted; if you need to discuss a reason for being unable to complete a section, please contact the recruitment team at HR@ept-uk.com.
Please be advised, as part of due diligence checks, online searches will be carried out on shortlisted candidates.
The Education Partnership Trust is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Education Partnership Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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Hamilton Street
Atherton
Atherton
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