Job description
This role requires a dynamic educator who can deliver engaging and innovative lessons to inspire pupils of all abilities and create a positive and inclusive classroom environment. The successful candidate will be committed to bringing out ‘the best in everyone’, enabling all students to achieve their full potential. The role will also involve contributing to the ongoing development of the department and the wider school community. We are looking for a collaborative professional who is dedicated to high standards of teaching and learning and who will play an active part in the continued success of the school.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Humanities Teacher to join our team. In our friendly and welcoming school, with supportive colleagues and engaged students, you will have the opportunity to make a real impact on our academy and on the lives of the students we serve.
We offer excellent opportunities for professional development and career progression within a supportive and collaborative environment.
You will be an experienced teacher with Qualified Teacher Status, who consistently delivers good to outstanding lessons, or an early career teacher with the potential to be an exceptional practitioner. You will have strong interpersonal skills, sound behaviour management skills and have the highest expectations for what our pupils can achieve. Above all, you will be committed to helping every child fulfil their potential and to bringing out ‘the best in everyone’ and playing an active role in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils.
Accrington Academy is part of United Learning, a growing group of schools whose aim is to provide excellent education to children and young people across the country. We are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued, supported and rewarded. As part of United Learning, we offer opportunities and a benefits package beyond that of an individual school.
We’re proud to offer ‘more pay, more time, and more support’. We offer the best pay in the sector, three extra INSET days dedicated to planning and professional development, one paid personal leave day each year during term time.
We place a high priority on developing our staff. Every employee benefits from a supportive annual review process with a tailored programme of personal development. We also facilitate a wide range of professional networks, enabling colleagues to collaborate, share best practice and learn from colleagues in similar roles.
We are committed to supporting your wellbeing. Flexible working is available where roles allow, alongside a comprehensive range of benefits including enhanced parental leave, access to a health cash plan (following 6 months’ service) employee assistance and wellbeing programmes, and free flu vaccines. Further information about our rewards and benefits can be found at - www.unitedlearning.org.uk/careers/rewards-and-benefits.
If you enjoy a varied role and take pride in making a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
If you would like to arrange an informal conversation or visit the school, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please get in touch using the details below.
Applications are handled on Teaching Vacancies (GOV.UK).
About this school
Accrington Academy
Academy sponsor led · Secondary · Ages 11–16
- Pupils
- 993
- Avg teacher salary
- £53,570
- Pupil:teacher ratio
- 17.2:1
- Academy trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25
View full school profileOfsted rating key
Not rated= no current Ofsted judgement — typically a new school, a recently-converted academy not yet inspected, or a school type Ofsted doesn’t grade.
Location
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Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 4FF
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- £36,400.00 - £53,040.00 Annually (FTE) 5 Inset days per year, plus an additional 3 planning days, and one personal day per year
- Contract
- Permanent
- Working pattern
- Full time
- Posted
- 16 October 2026
- Closing date
- 6 November 2026
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