Teacher of Humanities

Required - Teacher of Humanities (Geography and History)

Start Date: March 2025 or as soon as possible

Salary: MPS/UPS

Location: Witton Park Academy, Blackburn

Contract type: Full Time 

Contract term: Permanent 

At Witton Park, our guiding principles are simple yet powerful: 

• Children come first and are at the heart of all we do 

• All pupils, and staff, are supported to achieve
• How we respond to failure is important; it is how we learn
• 100% attendance by pupils and staff
• Pupil wellbeing: social, emotional and mental is a priority
• Curriculum intent, implementation and impact is clear

• Positive relationships underpin all of our work 

• The mental health and emotional well being of pupils and staff is important
• Effective leadership of people, both pupils and staff, is vital to our success

• High expectations and no barriers – everybody can achieve. 

• Remove ALL barriers, high expectations
• Removing social inequality through high quality, creative curriculum
• Year 7 pupils get off to the best start
• The whole journey from Year 7 to 11, and beyond, is valued

If our principles resonate with you, and you are seeking a new challenge, we’d be delighted to receive your application. We are looking for an outstanding classroom teacher, who can make a significant contribution to our school community by engaging, enthusing and challenging staff and students to achieve their very best in the subject. 

You will have excellent subject knowledge, and be well-informed on current educational developments and initiatives in order to embrace our exciting curriculum developments. The support you will receive at Witton Park in developing your practice will be invaluable to your future career. 

You would be joining a team of colleagues who are passionate about ensuring that all pupils enjoy the subject and are focused on securing the best outcomes for our students. We work collaboratively to share good practice, both within the department and across the school as a whole.  You will be a part of our regular Teaching and Learning CPL, which ensures we are constantly improving our implementation within the classroom. 

We offer:

• A well resourced school to support teaching and meet the needs of the pupils effectively 
• A team of supportive and experienced colleagues
• Learning environments to support the success and motivation of pupils
• Access to Teachers Pension Scheme, Employee support through Simply Health
• A cloud based employee portal that allows employees to access their HR and payroll data

Witton Park is part of the Achievement through Collaboration Multi Academy Trust, a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.  To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right.

Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.  

For further information about our school please visit: https://witton.atctrust.org.uk

Safeguarding Information

AtC Trust and its Schools are committed to safeguarding children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose all unspent/unfiltered criminal convictions.

Achievement through Collaboration Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We understand how important choosing the right school is and so, on behalf of our children and staff, we warmly invite you to visit our school and experience for yourself the quality of education we offer.  If you would like to arrange to come and see our school in action please contact Gavin Coleman at gcoleman@wittonpark.org.uk

Closing date: 9am Monday 24th February 2025

Interviews: 26th or 27th February 2025

About the School

We are extremely proud of our school; the achievements of our pupils, the expertise, the dedication of our staff, our outstanding facilities and our reputation as a centre of excellence. Our ultra-modern school buildings allow our pupils to flourish in facilities for learning that truly does enable us to trail blaze innovative learning – from the bright and attractive classrooms to the fully equipped outside play areas, the facilities allow our pupils to fully explore their talents and to shine in those areas that they most enjoy.

A building, however, is only as good as the people working within; we believe we have some of the best students and teachers in the world. Staff and pupils benefit from the investment we place in their development: as well as playing a key part in supporting other schools through the Achievement through Collaboration Trust, we have a variety of external partners from Google, The Schools, Students and Teacher Network, and with University College London. Partnerships like these create opportunities for all members of our team.

About the Trust

Achievement through Collaboration is a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.  

To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right!

Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.  

Our Trust Board owns the strategic plan, holding the executive team to account to deliver it whilst delegating the correct things to the Local Governing Bodies. LGBs are supported to build their role around the children, parents and staff of their individual school whilst expressing the “we” of the Trust. 

Key to maintaining our successful educational standards is a clear trust wide school improvement strategy/plan that meets the needs of every school wherever they are on their journey. Our Trust Wide strategy for capturing the most effective practice and transmitting it between more classrooms is in place and underpinned by a workforce talent management strategy that facilitates staff development and deployment.  

A strong central team connects the academies enabling leaders and teachers to concentrate on educational delivery. Achievement through Collaboration is financially stable which enables the strategic allocation of resources that enables standards to be maintained and improvements to be achieved.

We believe that all children, staff and schools benefit from belonging to a family of schools within a strong collaborative multi-academy trust. We are an outward organisation, we embrace innovation and opportunities that benefit our pupils. AtC has invested in staff to build capacity to collaborate with other schools and we are now actively looking to grow further.

If you share our values and are committed to ensuring that our children at Witton children have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills and character to shape future success for themselves and their world, we look forward to hearing from you.

Jane Chambers 

Chief Executive Officer