Teacher of Latin with Humanities

Posted:.                             12/01/2026

Closing date:                  08/02/2026

Interviews held w/c:   16/02/2026

Start date:                        September 2026

Salary:                                Main scale – Upper pay scale. In line with ability and experience

Contract type:              Full time - permanent (37 weeks term time).

Early Career Teacher:    Applications welcomed

We are excited to offer a full time Teacher of Latin with Humanities role to commence in September 2026 or earlier subject to checks.

We seek a committed full time teacher who is enthusiastic and passionate about Latin and the classical world and is able to inspire a love of the subject in our students. We are seeking a subject specialist who has the ability to teach Latin to GCSE and offer at least one other of the Humanities subjects: History, Geography and/or Religious Education.

Latin has been taught in our Junior School since 2019 and has now been on the Senior School timetable for three years. We were a Latin Excellence Programme school and led the LEP Northern Hub, supporting other schools, until the funding was axed by the current government in 2025. We continue to follow the well-resourced LEP curriculum and also have good support from Classics for All. Current Year 9 students will be the first cohort to be able to select Latin as a GCSE option. All Senior School students take Latin and French in Year 7 and then select one of these languages to continue to the end of KS3. Classes are mixed ability as we believe passionately that every student should have the opportunity to experience Latin.

Latin forms part of our energetic and exciting Humanities Faculty, comprising of a team of professionals who work together and support each other. The staff are all subject specialists and are passionate about what they teach and about achieving excellent results. Student outcomes are good and we are looking to add further strength to this team. The faculty is ambitious and forward looking and strives to ensure that every student excels.

The successful candidate will be a reflective practitioner who is able to maximise the potential of all our pupils. They will use teaching and assessment effectively to ensure that all pupils know, remember and can apply key knowledge and skills. We are also looking for a colleague who can make a contribution to the wider life of the school, through extra-curricular clubs, trips and visits – especially those which help to ignite a love of Latin and the classical world in our students.

Our School:

Polam Hall School is a 4 – 16 all-through academy and is part of Woodard Academies Trust. We have 850 pupils on roll, with one and a half forms of entry in our Primary Phase and four forms in our Secondary Phase. Polam Hall is a school with a unique and long history which today is proud to be a fully comprehensive school serving the young people of Darlington. Our mission is to educate the whole child, developing leadership, compassion, character and academic ambition, through the combination of our Academic and Concordia Crescimus curricula. We have high expectations and aspirations for every member of our school community.

Polam Hall is a community where staff and students work together for common goals. We make every effort to develop our staff team, offering professional development opportunities and the chance to be part of a wider Trust, yet retaining the friendly atmosphere of a small school. We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic people to join our team, who have children at the heart of their practice and who will help us to drive forward our aim: to deliver an outstanding education to every single one of our pupils.

Visits to the school are welcome.  If you would like to visit or to discuss the post further please contact the administration team: information@phs.woodard.co.uk

Please note you should use the supporting statement section of the application form to clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements outlined in the person specification. The information in this section will be used to shortlist applicants for the role and therefore it is important that you provide enough detail to give a full picture of your skills and experience and what you can contribute to teaching and learning at Polam Hall.

Polam Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.