Teacher of History or Politics Teacher of History or Politics Salary: Highly competitive and negotiable (Inner London rates) TLR allowance for suitably experienced applicants Job type: Full Time, Permanent Start date: September 2025 About this vacancy Our school is expanding rapidly due to significant interest from the local community. We are the most oversubscribed in Newham and the seventh most oversubscribed non-selective state school in the country according to The Times. As a result of this strong demand for places at our school, the local authority spent over £20m creating additional places at our school. The net effect of this is that our admission number for entry into year 7 increased from 300 to 420 in September 2022 and over the next 5 years, a total of 600 students will join our school roll. In view of this, we need to recruit additional staff to join our existing team of highly dedicated and passionate professionals. About our History department History is a very popular subject in our school and is taught at all key stages by a team of 11 highly qualified teachers. At GCSE, the AQA specification is taught and student outcomes are outstanding. In 2022, 55% of the cohort of 150 students achieved a grade 7-9 in the full course GCSE, with 17% achieving a grade 9. At A level, History is an equally popular choice and we currently have 140 students studying the OCR GCE specification. In 2022, the average grade achieved at A level was A+. Politics is also taught at A ..... full job details .....