Geography Head of Department
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 4AY24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 January 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time: 27.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Full-time equivalent
Additional allowances
MPR/UPR + TLR 2c
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Qualified teacher status
- Recognised subject specific degree or equivalent
- Subject related higher degree
- Professional development over the last three years in aspects of subject development and pedagogy
- Professional development over the last three years in aspects of leadership
- A successful record as a classroom teacher
- A successful and sustained track record of raising levels of attainment and progress
- A successful track record of raising levels of participation
- Strong commitment to extra-curricular provision
- Experience of teaching A-level
- Teaching experience in more than one secondary school
- At least four years teaching experience in the secondary phase (upon taking up post)
- Current educational issues especially related to the curriculum at KS3, KS4 and KS5
- Current teaching, learning and assessment issues relevant to the needs of the department
- Effective strategies for leading and managing departmental evaluation and improvement
- The management of staff, including professional development
- Financial planning and budgetary management
What the school offers its staff
- Clear sense of purpose
- Highly supportive working environment in which all are valued
- Sustained opportunities for professional development
- Promotion of professional autonomy
- Delightful pupils and supportive parents
Further details about the role
An outstanding opportunity to lead and teach in a flourishing and forward thinking 11-18 school where the wellbeing of staff is a priority.
Required for the September 2024 for this heavily over-subscribed and successful Church of England Academy, an award-winning Outstanding School (SIAMS). This vacancy becomes available following the promotion of the current postholder to senior leadership.
An inspirational, ambitious and highly motivated teacher is sought to lead a large and thriving department. The successful candidate will have a track record of securing academic success and a value driven vision for the leadership of a talented team of teachers.
The Geography Department is highly successful. The subject is the most popular GCSE option subject and the rates of pupil progress and attainment rank it amongst the most successful in the school. The numbers opting to study Geography A-level in our outstanding sixth form continues to grow with many students then continuing with their studies at selective universities.
Commitment to safeguarding
St Christopher’s CE High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@st-christophers.org
CVs are not accepted.
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About Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1313 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- c.grimshaw@st-christophers.org
- Phone number
- 01254232992
St Christopher’s is a highly successful and popular 11-18 co-educational Church of England single academy with 1,300 pupils and students on roll. We are situated in the Lancashire town of Accrington close to the Ribble Valley. Good motorway links mean that Preston, Burnley, Blackburn, Manchester, and North Yorkshire are all within a 30–40-minute car journey. The school is situated in a pleasant setting with views towards Pendle Hill.
Our pupils come from a wide catchment area. Pupils join us in Year 7 from over fifty primary schools, and the sixth form receives students from around thirty secondary schools. We enjoy an enviable reputation, built-up over many years, for providing high quality education for a comprehensive intake of pupils. Our reputation means that we are a popular school, and always over-subscribed. However, we do not allow ourselves to become complacent, always striving for higher standards in all areas. This year, for example, well over 800 applications were received for the 195 on offer. Ten per cent of our pupils are eligible for the Pupil Premium and 3% are from minority ethnic groups.
Our teaching comprises of 80 teachers and 12 teaching assistants. The core Senior Leadership Team is substantively the headmaster, one Deputy Headteacher, one Senior Assistant Headteachers, three Assistant Headteachers, and the school Business Manager.
The school’s commitment to learning extends to staff as well as pupils; there is a well-developed support structure for early career teachers and other new members of staff, and a strong culture of ongoing professional development among our teaching and support staff. We are continually looking to develop and further improve the quality of teaching and teachers are encouraged to think deeply about how pupils learn. Whilst we appreciate the contribution that technology can play in assisting learning, we remain committed to the idea that it is the teacher who makes the difference.
Arranging a visit to Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email c.grimshaw@st-christophers.org.
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