Teacher of History

Vacancy Details

Contract: Permanent - Full Time

Salary: MPS/UPR

Beckfoot Thornton

Leaventhorpe Lane
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD13 3BH

Contact Details

Head Teacher: Mrs Sally Trusselle

School Office:

Vacancy Summary

Teacher of History

Location: Beckfoot Thornton, UK

Salary: MPS/UPR

Education Phase: Secondary

Working Pattern: Full-Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy Information

We are seeking to appoint a Teacher of History, on a permanent, full time basis. Working Term Time Only +3 days. The right candidate will be a highly valued member of our Humanities team within Team Beckfoot Thornton. We are a local trust with a national outward focus, determined to make a difference to the community that we are so privileged to serve. We would urge you to take the opportunity to visit us or speak to us to find out more.

About us

• Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind.
• Established in 2013, we are a well-respected local school trust, completely committed to our inclusive and ambitious mission.
• We are different to many trusts in that we are diverse in composition; 10 schools: primary, secondary, and special and this gives us a unique feel as we learn so much from one another.
• We want our students to love learning and be well placed to do something great with their lives, our values of enjoy, learn, succeed reflect this.
• We are ambitious for all our children, and we are determined that all can succeed.
• We value our teams and are committed to the professional development of all.
• We are proud of the clarity that we have as expressed in our principles of alignment and the value that we place on individual and school diversity.
• This Trust is determined that everyone has the power to lead and that we serve our local community in action as well as words.
• All our leaders are committed to being supported and challenged to be better tomorrow than they are today and are genuinely excited about the next phase in our journey to remarkable.
• We are Team Beckfoot Trust and Team School.
• Please see the candidate pack for more details about our Trust.

Why Choose Beckfoot Thornton

• We are a large 11-16 community secondary school, judged as Good in all areas by Ofsted in September 2023.
• Supported by our trust central team, we have been on a rapid journey to remarkable and we are very proud of what we have achieved so far.
• Visitors always comment on how calm and purposeful our school is, this is a place where teachers can teach, and learners can learn.
• We keep things simple to reduce cognitive load.
• We are committed to being a People First organisation - our recognition and value of staff reflects this.
• We are currently exploring ways of being even more flexible to benefit our employees and as a result our students.
• We have an active People First Staff Voice Group and a reverse mentoring scheme for senior leaders.
• Our school sentence (underpinned by our values of enjoy, learn, succeed) sums up what we are striving for; we do whatever it takes every day to ensure that students acquire the knowledge, build the cultural capital, and develop the character to live their best lives.

If you have any questions, please contact: centralrecruitment@beckfoottrust.org

Application Deadline: Wednesday, 26th March 2025

Interview Date: Wednesday 2nd April 2025

Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide.

Beckfoot Trust collects and processes personal data in accordance with UK Data Protection Laws. For more information on the personal data we collect and why, please see our Recruitment Privacy Notice: Beckfoot Trust - Privacy Notices.

Please Note

Closing Date: 00:00, Wednesday 26th March 2025

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• Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind.
• Established in 2013, we are a well-respected local school trust, completely committed to our inclusive and ambitious mission.
• We are different to many trusts in that we are diverse in composition; 10 schools: primary, secondary, and special and this gives us a unique feel as we learn so much from one another.
• We want our students to love learning and be well placed to do something great with their lives, our values of enjoy, learn, succeed reflect this.
• We are ambitious for all our children, and we are determined that all can succeed.
• We value our teams and are committed to the professional development of all.
• We are proud of the clarity that we have as expressed in our principles of alignment and the value that we place on individual and school diversity.
• This Trust is determined that everyone has the power to lead and that we serve our local community in action as well as words.
• All our leaders are committed to being supported and challenged to be better tomorrow than they are today and are genuinely excited about the next phase in our journey to remarkable.
• We are Team Beckfoot Trust and Team School.
• Please see the candidate pack for more details about our Trust.
Why Choose Beckfoot Thornton
• We are a large 11-16 community secondary school, judged as Good in all areas by Ofsted in September 2023.
• Supported by our trust central team, we have been on a rapid journey to remarkable and we are very proud of what we have achieved so far.
• Visitors always comment on how calm and purposeful our school is, this is a place where teachers can teach, and learners can learn.
• We keep things simple to reduce cognitive load.
• We are committed to being a People First organisation - our recognition and value of staff reflects this.
• We are currently exploring ways of being even more flexible to benefit our employees and as a result our students.
• We have an active People First Staff Voice Group and a reverse mentoring scheme for senior leaders.
• Our school sentence (underpinned by our values of enjoy, learn, succeed) sums up what we are striving for; we do whatever it takes every day to ensure that students acquire the knowledge, build the cultural capital, and develop the character to live their best lives.
  
  We are seeking to appoint a Teacher of History, on a permanent, full time basis. Working Term Time Only +3 days. The right candidate will be a highly valued member of our Humanities team within Team Beckfoot Thornton. We are a local trust with a national outward focus, determined to make a difference to the community that we are so privileged to serve. We would urge you to take the opportunity to visit us or speak to us to find out more.