What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a talented teacher with a passion for Geography who has the skills to help students excel?
Do you want to work in a successful expanding and academically successful school that achieves outstanding results?
Do you want to join an innovative and supportive department that achieves outstanding results?
Do you want to work in a school that offers high quality professional development to teachers of all experiences including NQTs?
Closing date for applications: 09:00hrs on Monday 24th February 2025 though we reserve the right to bring this date forward and withdraw the vacancy if we have sufficient applicants. Visits prior to application by appointment only.
An application form and further details can be downloaded from our website under “Vacancies” or from our Recruitment Officer, email: sjohnson@downlands.org
What the school offers its staff
This is a rare and outstanding opportunity to join a thriving and successful, 11-16, mixed, comprehensive school, set in an enviable location at the foot of the beautiful South Downs just north of Brighton.
The post is suitable for a newly qualified teacher or a more experienced teacher wishing to further their career.
This school and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment are subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.