This could not be a more exciting time to lead within the St Mark's family. Following our full graded Ofsted inspection in May 2024, St Mark’s CoE Academy achieved an Outstanding judgment in all areas of the framework. Outcomes at the Academy at Key Stage 4 are in the top 8% of all schools nationally with a Progress 8 Score of +0.71. In 2024 an impressive 68% of all A Levels were awarded A*-B grades, 92% A*-C grades and 30% of students securing a place at a Russell Group University.
Do you have the highest expectations for every member of the school community and believe in transformational education for all, irrespective of starting points and background?
Are you able to win hearts and minds with your inspirational vision for school improvement, underpinned by the school’s inclusive Christian ethos and values, Love, Hope and Trust?
Are you passionate about high-quality teaching and learning and a life changing quality of education in Geography?
If you can answer yes to these three questions, we would love to hear from you.
We are looking to recruit an outstanding teacher of Geography for a full-time post in a thriving department, to commence in September 2025. The candidate would benefit from a fully resourced and Ofsted Outstanding curriculum. We are seeking to appoint a values-driven individual and leader who:
Will model excellent teaching, bringing to life the inclusive Christian vision to life through the Geography curriculum.
Will do everything possible to demand the highest quality of lessons and outcomes.
Will offer transformational teaching and learning so that every child can realise their God-given potential.
Believes in building strong relationships with our students and who is willing to go above and beyond to allow them to transform and live life in all its fullness.
This a fantastic opportunity for an experienced or ECT teacher, seeking to join a values-based school in our infinite game of transformation. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to learn from an experienced Head of Department and other specialist teachers within the team.
Successful candidates will transform their practice through our instructional coaching offer. As one of 10 nationally recognised Steplab Hub Schools, staff benefit from this expertly led programme underpinned by cutting-edge research into cognitive Geography.
St Mark’s Church of England Academy is part of Anthem Schools Trust, a multi-academy trust serving over 8,000 children and young people in 16 schools across the East Midlands, London and the Thames Valley.
Full details of the responsibilities can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification for this post. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted as received and therefore early application is strongly advised. Anthem Trust remains the right to close or extend this advert at any time.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.
It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’ and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 [Exceptions] Order 1975.
Anthem will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates.