Head of Geography

The Chalk Hills Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0NE

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January/ Easter 2027

• Closing date

  11 November 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  14 October 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (733)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Geography
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £38,899.00 - £57,399.00 Annually (Actual) AST 1-12 £33,026-£51,526 (dependent on experience) plus Head of department allowance £5,873

Head of Geography job summary

Head of Geography

The Chalk Hills Academy have a great opportunity for a Head of Geography to join our dynamic Humanities and Social Sciences department. The main purpose of the post is to develop, plan and deliver effective and high-quality learning experiences to all students, improving upon GCSE outcomes. In joining the Geography department at The Chalk Hills Academy, where colleagues are collaborative, imaginative and thrive in a team environment, you will help further advance curriculum changes and share excellent practice.

The successful candidate will be an experienced / aspirational professional, who is enthusiastic, influential and committed to working in pursuit of success for the academy and its learners. If you are highly motivated, respond well to a challenge and have excellent communication skills, this could be the job for you!

The Chalk Hills Academy are proud of the unrivalled education experience offered and you will certainly benefit from forward-thinking and supportive leadership, an encouraging and enthusiastic staff body and enterprising students. Our academy has state of the art facilities, fit for all your teaching needs. At The Chalk Hills Academy, we offer a school that will genuinely invest, support and develop you to become an outstanding practitioner and enable you to keep climbing the career ladder. If you are ambitious about excelling in your career and taking on additional responsibilities, we will give you the opportunities that you crave.

Key Duties

• To have responsibility for planning, delivery, and assessment of learning activities for identified groups of students at Key Stage 3 and 4.
• To ensure student achievement is at least in line with expectations.
• To ensure student achievement within these groups is at least in line with expectations.
• To be accountable for progress and achievement of students within these groups across Geography.
• To implement school policies and procedures as appropriate in day-to-day activities.

The successful candidate will have

• A strong overview of curriculum at KS3 and KS4.
• Experience Teaching Geography at both KS3 and KS4.
• Experience of AQA specification desirable but not essential
• Ability to teach other Humanities subjects at KS3, preferable, but not essential.
• Resilience, adaptability and a can-do attitude.
• A commitment to inclusive education support from a hard-working team.
• Good behaviour management skills and a sound knowledge of the Geography curriculum at KS3 and KS4.
• The ability to work as part of a team and undertake pastoral duties as a form tutor will be a key requirement.

Job specifics

Start date January 2027/ asap

Salary AST 1-12 dependent on experience plus Head of Department allowance £5,873

Job Role Full time, Permanent

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding and welfare of children is paramount and all our staff share this view. Applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding and child protection checks including with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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

Advantage Schools is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.

Applying for the job

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About The Chalk Hills Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1644 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Chalk Hills Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-chalk-hills-academy

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