Teacher of History and Humanities

Shorefields; Benfleet; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

South East Essex Academy Trust (SEEAT) is seeking an outstanding History and Humanities teacher for The Deanes, Benfleet. You will deliver engaging, high-quality lessons across KS3 and KS4 and help pupils explore era-wide themes while developing their historian skills.

The role involves potential teaching across other Humanities subjects when needed. SEEAT emphasises collaboration, reflection, and active participation in school life, with weekly professional development and a team-focused

Qualifications

• A strong track record of making real improvements in your own school(s).
• Willingness to try, reflect, refine, and try again - and get others to do the same.
• Flexibility to go with the flow as school improvement can be messy.

Responsibilities

• Teach History across KS3 and KS4, delivering engaging, high-quality lessons.
• Develop pupils' historian skills: questioning evidence, interpreting sources, building arguments.
• Participate in weekly professional development and collaborate to improve practice.

Skills

Strong track record

Adaptability

Team collaboration

Job description

Job Ref No. ECC0-70S Position Type: Teacher Pay Range: £34,071 - £52,839 Annually (FTE)

Position Start Date: 04/01/2027 Contract Type: Full-time Contract Term: Permanent

Application Close: 20/10/2026 Midnight Date of Interviews: Thursday 22nd October/ Friday 23rd October. TBC

Know your causation from your correlation? Your primary sources from your propaganda? Your urbanisation from your industrialisation?

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding, passionate teacher of History and Humanities who can inspire our pupils by delivering engaging, high-quality lessons. If you're an experienced teacher ready for a new challenge, we've got something special for you.

History will be at the heart of your teaching. We want someone who can bring the past to life while also helping pupils develop the skills of a historian: questioning evidence, considering different interpretations, making connections and constructing well-reasoned arguments.

You’ll teach across KS3 and KS4, helping pupils explore everything from individuals and events to the bigger themes of power, conflict, migration, belief and social change.

But we're a small school, and we want to be upfront about what that means. Your timetable may not sit neatly within the boundaries of one subject. Depending on the needs of the timetable and your own experience, you may also teach within other Humanities disciplines. You don’t need to arrive as an expert in everything, but you do need to be curious, adaptable and willing to develop your knowledge. For the right teacher, that breadth is part of what makes the role interesting.

Relationships matter here. One of the greatest advantages of being a small school is simple: every pupil is known. You won’t just know the names on your register. You’ll get to know the young people behind them - what motivates them, what they find difficult and when they need challenging. Being small also means that staff have a visible impact - ideas can become action quickly, colleagues know and support one another, and you can play a meaningful part in shaping the wider life of the school. If you enjoy being part of a team and are willing to get involved, you’ll thrive here.

We believe excellent teaching develops when teachers have the time and space to think deeply about their practice. That’s why professional development happens every week. Our weekly PD sessions give colleagues regular opportunities to explore teaching and learning, share practice, deepen subject knowledge and think together about what will make the biggest difference to our pupils. We're embedding the use of StepLab to support this work by helping us turn evidence-informed ideas into deliberate practice, reflection and practical improvements in the classroom.

We're after someone who loves the classroom, thrives on making learning stick, and knows how to spark curiosity in young minds. If you believe great teaching changes lives, we want to hear from you. This isn't a role for spectators. We want someone who rolls up their sleeves, gets stuck in, and makes people feel both supported and challenged.

What you'll need:

• A strong track record of making real improvements in your own school(s)
• A willingness to try, reflect, refine, and try again - and get others to do the same
• The flexibility to go with the flow - school improvement can be messy

Information about the School

South East Essex Academy Trust (SEEAT) is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) with eight schools.

SEEAT was inaugurated on 1st April 2014. It was made up from Westcliff High School for Girls, Prince Avenue Academy, Nursery and Children’s Centre (sponsored by WHSG) and Rochford Primary School and Nursery. The Trust enlarged on 1st September 2014 with WHSG sponsoring the academisation of Holt Farm Junior School. In September 2021 The Deanes, Hadleigh Junior School and The Westborough School joined us followed by Heycroft Primary School in January 2024. The latest addition to the SEEAT family is Cornelius Vermuyden School, who officially joined SEEAT in June 2026 - although we have been working closely with the school since April 2024.

From September 2026 we have been working in partnership with Holt Farm School.

We are a friendly, collaborative family of schools and we believe that all the schools in the family have become significantly stronger since working together as part of SEEAT.

We are looking to grow in a measured way over the next few years. If you are interested in joining us, we would be happy to talk to school leaders and governors about your options and to share how we believe SEEAT could make a positive difference to the pupils, staff, and families in your school.

Please contact HR at [e-mail] for recruitment queries or [e-mail] for other queries.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

Diane Cotgrove
South East Essex Academy Trust
Daws Heath Road
Thundersley, Benfleet
Essex, SS7 2TD Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Teacher of History and Humanities

The Deanes, Benfleet Closing: 20/10/2026 Midnight