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This job expired on 14 March 2025

  • Start date details

    September 2025 or earlier

  • Closing date

    14 March 2025 at 3pm

  • Date listed

    25 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Geography

Working pattern

Full time: Full time, permanent position

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Main Scale / Upper Pay Scale

Additional allowances

TLR2A - £3,391.00

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a highly qualified candidate, who is an inspirational teacher and has demonstrable impact in the classroom. Working with a highly experienced head of faculty, this is an exciting opportunity for an existing leader or someone wishing to take their first steps into leadership. You will be enthusiastic and passionate about your subject and be able to inspire and motivate staff and students.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

  • Develop and enhance the climate for learning in geography within the humanities faculty;
  • Demonstrate the ability to lead and manage the professional development of colleagues;
  • Be able to make a sustained, wider contribution to the school.

What the school offers its staff

Geography is taught to all students throughout Key Stage 3 and is one of our most popular option subjects at GCSE. All humanities subjects are also offered at Key Stage 5 and several students go on to study humanities related courses at higher education each year. Examination outcomes at GCSE & A-level are strong. This is an exciting opportunity for any individual who wishes to develop their career in a welcoming, ambitious and supportive school with a dedicated team of teachers, a fantastic cohort of students and a tailored CPD programme.

Informal visits are welcomed if you would like to see us in action and to learn more about us prior to your application.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 5pm on 14th March 2025

Interviews are likely to commence: Week beginning Monday 17th March 2025

Please contact our HR department for an application form, further details about this role or to arrange a visit on: recruitment@wollaston-school.net Alternatively you can download details directly from the school website at: www.wollastonschool.com

Wollaston School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

This job post has expired.

About Wollaston School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1431 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Wollaston School website
Email address
ridgek@wollaston-school.net
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Wollaston School is a large, rural community school located in a village setting about 15 minutes drive from Northampton. The student intake draws on nearby villages and the towns of Earls Barton, Wellingborough, and Irchester. We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over-subscribed. Wollaston School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2023.

We are a school that takes great pride in our central purpose - to prepare every student for success. Success in academic qualifications, success in a wide range of extra-curricular and leadership activities and success in every individual’s personal and social development. We work towards this mission through a focus on exceptional levels of pastoral support and an academic and enrichment programme designed to ensure that every individual reaches their true potential.

At Wollaston, we believe in aiming high. We target excellence with the utmost commitment, but we also remember that a truly inspiring education is one that is filled with joy, laughter and happiness. We are also a school that is led by our values. We value honesty, kindness and tolerance. We embrace individuality as well as collective responsibility, we celebrate diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and we are a community which supports every individual to achieve all that they are capable of.

For most students, Wollaston School provides an education which lasts for seven years, from age 11 to age 18. Our ambition is to ensure that at the end of that journey, every student is ready to take their place in society as positive, purposeful, ethical and well qualified individuals.

Life at Wollaston School is characterised by an ethos of warmth, respect and ambition. We value effective working relationships with parents and we believe in delivering a high quality professional service in every aspect of our work. We offer a broad and exciting curriculum, expert teaching and high standards of academic achievement. We promote impeccable standards of behaviour and we expect the very best of every individual who walks through our doors. We are a team of staff and students who are committed to ensuring that our school is a truly exceptional place of learning.

Arranging a visit to Wollaston School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ridgek@wollaston-school.net.

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