TEACHER OF GEOGRAPHY - 0.8 - MATERNITY
We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic teacher of Geography to join our supportive and high-performing team from January 2025 to cover a maternity leave on a 0.8 basis (Monday - Thursday). You will work in a department that will value your ideas and creativity and with students who are positive and well-motivated.
We welcome applications from both ECTs and experienced teachers alike. We offer excellent support for ECTs and a TLR payment may be available for the right experienced candidate.
The Elton High School is a significantly oversubscribed school with a tradition of excellence. We have a history of high achievement with results regularly placing us as amongst the highest performing schools in Bury LA and amongst the top proportion of schools in the country. The successful applicant will be part of a fantastic departmental team, wholly supportive and collaborative, who generate outstanding teaching and learning practice.
Our most recent Ofsted inspection (February 2022) reiterated the strengths that had been confirmed in the previous report (2017) and are firmly embedded across our school. The inspection team noted that ‘pupils are proud to attend’ Elton with an established culture of ‘high aspirations for what pupils can achieve’. Our students achieve well, with the inspectors being particularly impressed with the climate for learning and behaviour of our students – their ‘positive behaviour at all times is characteristic of the respectful culture of this school [and] their positive conduct reflects leaders’ high standards’.
We have a constant focus on ensuring that all of our team feel supported to give their best and to have a work life balance. We pride ourselves on taking a proactive approach to promoting the wellbeing of everyone in our school community. Our teachers enjoy working here, so this is a rare opportunity to join our staff in a key subject area, contributing to our next steps in pushing Elton to realise its potential as one of the very best schools in the Greater Manchester area. Visits to the school are welcomed. Please contact the head of Geography, Zoe Windsor, at windsorz@eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk to arrange.
The school has excellent transport links with the M60, M61, M62 and M66 Motorways crisscrossing the area plus the Metrolink Light Rapid Transit system with a fast and frequent service from Bury centre through Manchester city centre to East Didsbury.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the DBS.
Please visit our website or contact the headteacher's PA, Andrea Poole, at poolea@eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk for an application pack.
CLOSING DATE 10 AM 16TH DECEMBER 2025