Teacher of History and RS; Maternity Cover

What skills and experience we’re looking for Education and qualifications

• Relevant educational qualifications at school/college
• Educated to degree level
• PGCE (or equivalent)
• Good honours degree (1st or 2:1)
• QTS

• Appropriate experience of teaching classes across the age and ability range
• Ability to plan, maintain, develop and deliver outstanding teaching and learning
• Ability to teach RS to Key Stage 3
• Ability to build good relationships with young people with strong behaviour management strategies
• Aware of current developments in History
• Able to teach History to GCSE
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Creativity in using new technologies or teaching practices to help students learn and make progress

Committed to and good understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection practice and procedure

Outstanding oral communicator

Written communications are appropriate for the intended audience, grammatically correct and showcase high levels of written literacy

A ‘self-starter’ with the ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines

Someone who:

• is reflective, with high levels of personal resilience and able to accept constructive feedback from others in order to further improve performance
• prioritises ‘the team’ above ‘self’, and contributes wholeheartedly to the life, culture, spirit and ethos of our school

thrives on challenge, with the necessary drive and determination to get a job done.

Willingness to be involved in and contribute to the development of the department and extra-curricular activities

Every school is unique and ours is no exception. One of our unique selling points is the relatively high average length of service of our staff, and relatively low rate of staff turnover. Neither of these are by chance and are the product of staff feeling trusted, empowered and recognised for leading the roles they do. We feel that a mark of the outstanding school we are is symbolised by the number of staff who choose to send their children to be educated with us.

Below is a list of just some of the ‘pull factors’ that contribute to making our school a great place to work:

• An allocation of three, paid staff wellbeing days, where employees are not required to be in school.
• An average of 17.4 students per teacher (full-time equivalent)
• An iPad to use in school and at home, to enable seamless remote working, using cloud-based technology.
• Commitment to staff wellbeing through a variety of internal practices, designed to recruit and retain the very best staff.
• Complimentary use of the school sports facilities, including gymnasium, swimming pool and fitness equipment.
• Comprehensive range of staff social events throughout the year.
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Freshly prepared and cooked food available on site
• Generous allocation of directed time - for the 2024/25 year, all teaching staff had at least 14% of the timetabled week allocated as non-contact periods; more for TLR postholders.
• Health and wellbeing support including access to an Employee Assistance Programme (including partners and dependents), confidential counselling services and support from our Staff Wellbeing Group, who meet regularly to ensure that our staff wellbeing is prioritised.
• Outstanding, tailored CPD
• Pension Scheme membership (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pensions Scheme)
• Support in completing relevant external leadership development programmes.
• The school is located within the beautiful Cotswold town of Chipping Campden, with friendly businesses, including a wide range of restaurants and pubs.

Chipping Campden School is committed to equality of opportunity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all of our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.