Subject Development Lead - History

Salary package: £43,406 per annum, plus £3,000 London Weighting (if applicable)

Contract type: FTC until August 2027

Job location: Nationwide, any regional office

To build a fair education for all, we need to unlock the potential in all children – not just some. Together, we’re making it happen. Every day, our work takes us closer to a better future. But we need to do more. It’s a big challenge – and we need your help to take it on.

As a Subject Development Lead, you will deliver training and support to our QTS trainees and ECTs, both online and in-person, to support their progress. You will also use your expertise both as a teacher and a subject specialist to contribute to our learning design across programmes. You’ll work with a portfolio of trainees to develop their subject knowledge and subject-specific pedagogy. You will collaborate with other support roles, to see trainees grow into leaders, committed to making a difference to educational inequality.

• Do you have experience of developing others within the context of a history specialism?
• Are you a subject matter expert, and is your knowledge of the pedagogy underpinning history exemplary?
• Do you have QTS (or equivalent) and have you been a school leader? Do you have excellent knowledge of the Teachers’ Standards (2012) and the Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework (2024)?
• Have you developed, mentored and coached inexperienced teachers within a training route for at least two years e.g. PGCE, Schools Direct, Teach First etc?

Yes to the above? Then we want to hear from you. You might be our next Development Lead – history.

Please click Apply to view the full job description and submit your application

Application deadline is 23:59 on 1 July 2026.

We expect interviews to be held on the 9th and 10th July.

Please note preferred start date is October 2026 or January 2027.