Teacher of Geography (Maternity Cover)
Main Pay Range
Salary: £31,650 to £43,607 p.a.
Temporary. Full-Time.
Start Date: September 2025
Closing date: Monday 31 March 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and inspirational teacher to join our excellent Humanities Department. This is a strong and well-led department within the school and is very much on the march forward. The successful candidate will have a commitment to excellence, maintain the highest professional standards, and place the child at the centre of everything they do. They will have excellent subject knowledge, be able to teach Geography to all ages and abilities, strong classroom management skills, and the ability to engage and inspire young people.
In return, we can offer:
1. A talented and highly motivated team of professionals at all levels
2. Excellent support and continuing professional development based on research and improving teaching & learning
3. A school with a calm and considered environment
4. A school that pupils, staff, and the community feel proud of
The postholder will also be responsible for fulfilling the safeguarding requirements of the role and adhering to the school's safeguarding policy.
Portchester Community School is a popular and growing 11-16 comprehensive school situated in the historical village of Portchester. We are surrounded by the beautiful Hampshire countryside and benefit from our highly effective local authority.
Pupils have a positive approach to learning, a committed staff, and a supportive body of Governors and parents have helped to create a school which was judged by OFSTED (January 2024) to be 'Good' in every area of its provision and 'outstanding' for personal development. We pride ourselves in being highly inclusive and pupil-focused. We were awarded the prestigious National SMSC Quality Mark Gold Award, for the second time in April 2024. We are immensely proud of our pupils and their achievements.
As a school, we aspire to provide the very best educational opportunities and outcomes for all our pupils.
Our talented staff are unstinting in providing a wealth of opportunities for pupils. They give generously of their time and energy both in and out of term time. Pupils quickly learn that hard work and investment in learning provide great pleasure and reap dividends in the future.
An Application Pack can be downloaded from our website at www.portchester.hants.sch.uk under the 'About Us' menu, or email: recruitment@portchester.hants.sch.uk
Please email your completed application to recruitment@portchester.hants.sch.uk. Please return the equalities monitoring form in line with the details shown on the form.
We welcome applications from both experienced teachers and ECTs (Early Careers Teachers).
If you would like to discuss this role further or arrange to visit the school, please call 023 9236 4399 or email Mrs R Ford, Assistant Headteacher; r.ford@portchester.hants.sch.uk or Miss K Shaw, Head of Humanities; k.shaw@portchester.hants.sch.uk
Please email your completed application to recruitment@portchester.hants.sch.uk or send it to Portchester Community School, White Hart Lane, Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 9BD, marked for the attention of Mrs Y Boxall, Personnel Services Leader. Please return the equalities monitoring form in line with the details shown on the form.
Closing Date: Monday 31 March 2025
(Please send in your application as soon as possible and we will interview as and when we receive applications for this role).
Portchester Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnership.
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 because it is a post which involves working directly with children or young people. Applicants shortlisted for interview are therefore required to declare whether they have any criminal convictions (or cautions or bind-overs) including those which are 'spent.' The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' and are not subject to disclosure. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-filtering-guidance
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