What skills and experience we're looking for
Skills, knowledge and aptitude
• Recent knowledge, understanding and teaching of the requirements of the National Curriculum for Geography at KS3
• Experience of recording, assessment and reporting processes and the ability to secure achievement through challenge and support
• Recent knowledge and understanding of developments in Geography within and outside of the school environment.
• Recent knowledge and understanding of how safeguarding is met in your subject.
• A proven track record of successful teaching and securing good results through ensuring high quality teaching and learning
• Personal tutoring and guidance for students showing an ability to establish rapport
• Evidence of having a good track record in enriching and developing activities to enhance and promote literacy beyond the classroom
• The ability to use data effectively, to monitor and enhance student progress
What the school offers its staff
We offer the following benefits:
• Newly built sports hall with fully fitted gym available for staff use,
• Swimming pool available for staff use,
• Banked cover scheme allowing staff to build time to take some term time days off,
• The Headteacher is passionate about staff workload and wellbeing and holds regular wellbeing meetings with staff,
• Minimal marking expectations,
• Additional CPD day to allow staff to mark mock internal examinations,
• All our teachers are provided with laptops and staff are welcome to work where and when they wish outside of school hours,
• We offer a significant number of paid development opportunities within departments and also across the school.
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 may be 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.