Part-time Secondary History Teacher

St. Julian's School

Portugal

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Job type: Part Time, Maternity Cover Start date: Starting 1 November 2026 until 30 June 2027 Apply by: 23 September 2026

About the School

Founded in 1932, St. Julian’s is a highly successful British international school for children aged 3 to 18. It is a unique and special place in character, history and location. Known for academic excellence, there are 1,250 students from more than 60 nationalities across four school sections: Pre-Prep (ages 3 to 5), Prep (5 to 11), Secondary (11 to 18) and Bilingual (6 to 15). The Secondary Section has 640 students.

Complementing academics, the school focuses on personal skills development through our 6Cs: compassion, curiosity, communication, courage, collaboration and global citizenship.

Google Apps for Education is used, and all teaching and teaching support staff are given their own MacBook Air.

St. Julian's has been recognised for the fourth consecutive year as one of the top 15 private schools in Europe in the Schools Index published by Carfax Education, and for the third year running as one of the top 10 by Spear's.

We follow the National Curriculum for England, leading to IGCSEs and the IB Diploma or Career-related Programmes.

We are accredited by CIS, COBIS and HMC.

Situated between Lisbon and Cascais, St. Julian’s enjoys an idyllic location framed by beaches and pinewoods. The extensive campus boasts exceptional sports facilities and offers a diverse range of after-school clubs, from Nature Club to ballet, chess and rugby.

The School is about to embark on a €40 million building project over six years that will see significant enhancements to the existing site.

About the role

St. Julian's School is seeking to appoint a highly committed and suitably qualified Part-time History Teacher to join our dedicated Humanities Faculty. All students study Geography and History from Years 7 to 9, before making option choices at IGCSE and one of our Group 3 subjects in the IB Diploma Programme in Years 12 and 13. The Faculty includes History, Geography, Business Studies, Economics and Psychology at IBDP level.

The timetable for this role currently consists of a Year 8 Class, Year 10 GCSE History, Year 12 IB History HL and Year 13 History HL.

Be an innovative and collaborative teacher and team member.

Demonstrate experience in excellent teaching of History across the age range.

Possess a recognised teaching qualification.

Have a proven record of an adaptable, collaborative, inspiring and compassionate approach to teaching and learning.

Experience in teaching CIE IGCSE.

Experience teaching the IB Diploma Programme, including Theory of Knowledge or CAS.

St. Julian's offers a supportive and stimulating work environment, along with a competitive salary and benefits package, including a lunch allowance.

Please read below for our commitment statements on safeguarding and DEI.

St. Julian’s School is a private co-educational not-for-profit school founded in 1932 with a strong record of academic achievement and extracurricular activities. Located on a beautiful site of 7.6 hectares in Carcavelos, between central Lisbon and Cascais, St. Julian’s has four sections: Pre-Prep, Prep, Bilingual and Secondary.

St. Julian’s has an outstanding academic reputation in Portugal and overseas, and has grown into a learning community of just over 1,250 students of more than 60 different nationalities, aged from three to 18. Although academic achievement is a priority, St Julian’s strives to foster independence, versatility, love of learning, self-discipline and personal excellence in every student. Since 1998, St Julian’s has been accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Council of British International Schools (COBIS). St. Julian’s is also authorised by the IBO to offer its senior students the International Baccalaureate Diploma or Career-related programmes, and our Head is a member of The Heads' Conference (HMC).

St. Julian's has been recognised for the fourth consecutive year as one of the top 15 private schools in Europe in the Schools Index published by Carfax Education, and for the third year running as one of the top 10 by Spear's

The school is about to embark on an exciting new €35 million building project that will include renovating existing buildings in addition to creating new state-of-the-art teaching spaces.

At St. Julian’s, the curriculum is adapted to reflect the community’s roots in Portugal as well as the international nature of its student body, and enriched by the School’s own curriculum development strategies. From Nursery (age 3+) to Year 11 (age 16+), St. Julian’s broadly follows the Na