Curriculum Area Leader Geography (Head of Department)

North Huddersfield Trust School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 1DJ

12 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  23 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  11 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Geography
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS plus TLR2b (£5,874)
• Additional allowances:

  MPS/UPS plus TLR2b (£5,874)

Curriculum Area Leader Geography (Head of Department) job summary

Curriculum Area Leader - Geography

Salary: MPS/UPS plus TLR2b (£5,874)

Closing date: 9am Tuesday 23rd September 2025

Start Date: January 2026

North Huddersfield Trust School is recognised by Ofsted as a 'Good' school and has been described in the most recent inspection as having “a welcoming and vibrant atmosphere.” We pride ourselves on the fact that the “diversity of the school and community is celebrated.” Our ambition for our students and our caring and nurturing approach to education within and beyond the classroom contributes to what makes our school an extremely special, welcoming place for staff and students and the wider, vibrant community that we serve.

We place great value on the fulfilment and well-being of our colleagues; our successes to date are in no small part down to their exceptional work, commitment and determination. Our growing student roll enables us to provide opportunities for both personal and career development for all our colleagues.

We are seeking to appoint a talented individual with a flair for leadership, innovation and a commitment to inclusion. As Curriculum Area Leader for Geography, we would like you to have a clear vision for driving progress, raising attainment and fostering a love for Geography in all our students. The successful candidate will demonstrate exemplary subject knowledge and curriculum awareness, a robust understanding of data and its application to bridge gaps in performance as well as a passion for Geography and a desire to make it accessible to all students. It is essential that you are an outstanding classroom practitioner and an enthusiastic educationalist capable of providing aspirational leadership that gives all our students the very best educational experience.

We welcome interest from potential applicants who represent the diversity of our school and local community.

If you would like to arrange an informal discussion of the role, or arrange a visit to the school please contact Nora Brown at nbrown@nhtschool.co.uk.

Please apply through My New Term.The closing date is 9am on Tuesday 23 September 2025.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff are subject to an enhanced DBS check. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

In line with KCSIE 2025 and guidance from The Safer Recruitment Consortium, shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About North Huddersfield Trust School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1039 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: North Huddersfield Trust School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-huddersfield-trust-school

The school opened in 2011 and has more than doubled in size. We currently have 845 students on role including an oversubscribed intake of over 210 in Year 7. Judged as ‘good’ during the most recent Ofsted inspection and with a level of pastoral care recognised to be excellent, there is a confidence in the effectiveness of approach and the impact made across all areas. A values focused ethos has been firmly established; this is reflected in the extremely strong relationships that are evident across the school.

As Headteacher since May 2019, I am in the privileged position of leading the school in its quest to provide a safe and happy environment in which our students thrive. Recruiting staff with the potential to make a significant contribution to this is crucial. You will play an important role in developing and delivering excellent standards of teaching and learning across our school.

You will undoubtedly conduct research on our school and will see that the historic KS4 outcomes are well below aspirations; we were confident of an improvement in the most recent set of results but, as you will be aware, circumstances beyond our control mean that these are not published as key performance indicators. I’m pleased to confirm that last year's Year 11 students gained access to their desired post-16 destinations with 98.6% successfully enrolled in education or training which includes a significantly higher percentage accessing 'A' Levels. We are at an extremely exciting phase of our development with a largely new senior leadership team and strong middle leadership which includes staff who are new to post. Alongside a broad and balanced taught curriculum, we are in the process of implementing a bespoke leadership and achievement programme for each of our year groups; learning at NHTS is not just about aspiring to academic excellence, it is focused on developing a wider provision that meets our long term mission in creating engaged, critical and resilient learners equipped to become the people who define, shape and transform society.

Andrew Fell
Headteacher

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