Start date: 1 September 2025 Washwood Heath Academy Burney Lane Birmingham B8 2AS Telephone number: 0121 675 7272 Contact email: satwalwashwood.academy Contract type: Permanent Are you an inspirational and enthusiastic History Teacher? Do you have the teaching skills and personality required to motivate and energize pupils? Are you passionate about the History Curriculum and helping pupils to achieve their full potential? We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, highly organised and well-qualified History teacher to join our friendly and supportive Humanities Faculty and History Department. The successful candidate will be capable of inspiring pupils through their passion for the subject and have an excitement and drive for teaching and learning and a desire to maximize student outcomes. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established History team and contribute to a faculty that seeks to provide a first-class education for all of its learners. In order for all pupils to achieve academic excellence, we deliver a knowledge-rich curriculum where teachers are the experts and their role it is to convey their knowledge and expertise to pupils. We believe that all pupils are entitled to learn about ‘The best, which has been thought and said’ (Matthew Arnold). Our school is in a central location, with wonderful and enthusiastic pupils, amazing staff who always go the extra mile for their classes. Our friendly, family feel is part of the reason that parents choose Washwood Heath Academy for their children and a significant number of staff are long term employees. We are part of the Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust which is a family of local schools located within 15 minutes of one another: 4 Primary schools, 2 Secondary schools and 1 All-through school. This will give you the opportunity to grow and develop professionally with a fantastic Academy Trust that is very supportive and collaborative with a strong sense of community. The successful candidates will: be an inspiring teacher with real passion and enthusiasm for the subject with excellent subject knowledge be committed to delivering an excellent standard of teaching for all students set themselves and their students high standards and have high expectations be a good communicator and a strong team player have a willingness to contribute to the department and whole school projects, including the extracurricular life of the Academy have a thorough knowledge of present curriculum developments, particularly those relating to History We can offer you: enthusiastic, well behaved learners who engage positively with school life a hard-working, motivated and engaged staff and governors, who care deeply about the outcomes for children and young people a culture of support for all staff MAT-wide continued professional development opportunities to enable practical and research based school improvement initiatives high level of support and coaching from the Lead Practitioners and the Assistant Headteacher for T&L access to an employee benefits scheme on-site parking Informal discussion are welcomed. N.B. CVs will not be accepted We value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. We have an outstanding opportunity to work at Washwood Heath Academy as a History Teacher. We promise to treat all candidates fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment, and selection process. We are also “happy to talk flexible working” subject to the operational requirements of the role. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. How to Apply Please apply online. Washwood Heath Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions. Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.