Teacher of Humanities

The Ambition Community Trust are looking for a dynamic and passionate humanities teacher for Meade Hill School, with excellent subject knowledge, who can deliver outstanding history, geography and RE lessons to pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. The successful candidate will co-ordinate humanities at Meade Hill School, whilst working collaboratively with other humanities specialists across the Trust, having a resolve to make a real difference to our pupils, setting a level of challenge for all abilities across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. In addition, the role involves delivering aspects of the emotional curriculum and PSHCE to an assigned form group. As Meade Hill is a small school, there may be a need to deliver other subjects. 

This role is open to Early Career Teachers (ECTs) and we welcome applications from those at the beginning of their teaching journey. Full support and mentorship will be provided as part of our commitment to professional development

Skills

• Teach humanities across KS3 and RE up to KS4, with a vision to develop the curriculum to further meet the needs of our learners
• Have an excellent understanding of assessment in the humanities subjects, using this to improve outcomes for all learners
• Develop high interest activities, to make humanities come alive to this SEMH cohort
• Understand the importance of high-quality planning, preparation and marking, to achieve the best outcomes for all pupils

About Meade Hill School

Meade Hill School is a small special school for young people with social, emotional and mental health needs. We provide a high-quality learning environment, that has been designed to deliver our therapeutic vision. This vision is to create a therapeutic, harmonious space, which promotes feelings of safety and security, to allow our pupils to explore, enjoy learning, and reach their full potential, building a sense of community around the child. We aim to become a leading therapeutic provision, which is high quality and expert in recognising and meeting the needs of all of the pupils, with outstanding teaching and engaging learning. We have introduced cutting edge interventions for working with our neurodiverse population, so we can achieve positive outcomes for all our pupils. We strive to develop their emotional wellbeing and self-belief; creating successful, happy, healthy individuals, who develop skills which enable them to sustain employment and build security in their lives.

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

Meade Hill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references. We are exempt from from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and there by have a right to know about the criminal history of job applicants and can take this into account when making recruitment decisions.

We are also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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