About Us

Teacher of History (Full-time)

Teachers’ Pay Scale 

Required for September 2026

Would you like the opportunity to work as part of a team of highly experienced and ambitious colleagues? Graveney is an extremely popular and successful 11-18 School, situated in South West London, SW17 with the benefit of being situated in beautiful campus style surroundings with excellent facilities and a warm community atmosphere. We have a commitment to providing the best opportunities to all students and to developing the professional skills and career opportunities of our staff, within a supportive and collaborative environment

Designated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in November 2022 and widely recognised as one of the top 100 state funded schools in the country. 

“Top performing local school again, based on an aggregation of the five key accountability measures…” The Times

We require a committed and enthusiastic teacher to join our highly successful department.  Applications are welcome from suitably qualified ECTs and experienced teachers. The successful candidate will be expected to teach across the full range of age and ability from KS3 to KS5.  

The History and Politics department is a positive and supportive environment that employs a range of dynamic teaching styles and is committed to innovative curriculum development. The successful candidate will demonstrate an enthusiasm for teaching modern British and American History as well as History GCSE but prior knowledge of these topics and courses is not vital. 

History is an extremely successful and popular subject at Graveney. We currently run seven classes in both Yr. 10 and 11 and results at Key Stage 4 are well above the National average. History and Politics continue to be popular subjects in the sixth form. An ability or desire to teach Politics at A level would be an advantage for this post but is not a requirement. Many of our students go on to read History or Politics related courses at university and we often have a number of successful Oxbridge candidates.

An information pack, including a Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded below.

Alternatively, these can be downloaded from the school’s website: www.graveney.org/recruitment

Electronic applications should be returned to recruitment@graveney.wandsworth.sch.uk

Closing Date: 13 March 2026 (at noon)

Interview: Week Commencing 16 March 2026

The selection process will include a lesson observation followed by panel interview

Please note that applications will be considered for shortlisting as and when they are received and the Trust reserves the right to close the advert at any time.

Graveney Trust is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the well-being and safety of staff and students. All our employees, volunteers and contractors share this commitment and we will carry out Enhanced DBS checks for all appointments as well ensuring that our rigorous pre-recruitment checks are strictly adhered to.

We foster an inclusive culture that promotes equality of opportunity and values diversity creating an environment where the rights and dignity of all members of our community are respected. We promote a culture that allows staff to grow and flourish, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

This vacancy is not open to recruitment agencies

 Please note that we do not accept CVs. 

Graveney School

(Graveney School is part of Graveney Trust)

Welham Road

Tooting, London

SW17 9BU

Tel: 020 8682 7000

Fax: 020 6767 5883

Website: www.graveney.org

Executive Principal: Mrs Cynthia Rickman

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils