Thomas Oates is a London-based History Teacher with a decade of experience blending classroom instruction and a background in specialist recruitment for credit, risk and HR roles within financial services. After progressing through client-facing recruitment positions at LMA and Macmillan Davies—where he built sector expertise in Risk, Credit and professional services—he retrained with a PGCE to teach secondary history. He brings strong stakeholder management, assessment and mentoring skills honed in high-pressure recruitment desks to curriculum delivery and pastoral care. Thomas holds an MA in History from Goldsmiths and often applies commercial insights to enrich classroom debate with contemporary economic and institutional context. An adaptable communicator comfortable with both young learners and senior professionals, he leverages cross-sector experience to connect historical themes to real-world careers.
10 years of coding experience
PGCE - History, Secondary, EDUCATION, PGCE - History, Secondary, EDUCATION at Bishop Grosseteste University
Bachelor's degree, HISTORY, 2:2, Bachelor's degree, HISTORY, 2:2 at De Montfort University
Master of Arts - MA, HISTORY, Pass, Master of Arts - MA, HISTORY, Pass at Goldsmiths, University of London
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