Head of Geography
Hastings High School, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 2QE11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
20 August 2026
Closing date
5 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
24 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS / UPS + TLR2B
What skills and experience we're looking for
JOB SUMMARY:
- To lead, manage, develop and be accountable for the staff team delivering any Geography lessons, in order to ensure the highest possible standards of pupil achievement both in curriculum and in extra curricula activities.
- To develop opportunities to improve the range and quality of experiences pupils are able to engage with so that they can live and breathe our school values.
- Work with all key stakeholders to ensure that the culture and ethos of the school is infused by our school values and a spirit of tolerance, empathy and understanding of diversity.
OBJECTIVES:
- To ensure the continued success of Geography at both KS3 and GCSE with the potential of adding further GCSE equivalent qualifications to benefit our pupils across the age and ability range.
- To keep measures of pupil attainment and achievement ensuring that standards remain high for each pupil, teaching group and cohort.
- To continually review the curricula provision offered in Geography to engage learners in all parts of the Geography curriculum and to foster a love of Geography across the school.
What the school offers its staff
The Geography Department is a well organised and highly successful team having been recently awarded the prestigious Quality Mark from the GA. We are looking for an enthusiastic and inspirational teacher/Head of Geography to lead our team and continue to build on our success.
Pupils are taught in mixed ability groups, and enjoy coming to geography lessons because of our strong routines and excellent teaching. Geography is the most popular GCSE option subject, with 80-85% of the year group choosing this as an option. Our lessons are underpinned by an engaging and purposeful curriculum, informed by educational research to ensure all students can succeed. There are four 1 hr geography lessons at KS3 and five 1 hr GCSE lessons per fortnight.
The aims of the Department are to ensure that our curriculum caters for all levels of achievement, is relevant, inspiring and prepares students as moral citizens for the wider world. We ensure that all students feel supported and strive for every child to achieve their full potential. This means that every pupil will leave Hastings with a geography education they can be proud of, but not only this, pupils will be prepared for life.
Through our curriculum pupils will:
- Be challenged and inspired
- Apply their skills and knowledge to solve problems and seek solutions
- Become independent learners
- Be able to apply their skills and knowledge in other subjects
- Develop skills that will help them in life
- Come to appreciate how geography is so important in the ‘real’ world and their role as an active citizen.
Our GCSE results are significantly above the national average and amongst the best in the county. The progress made by all our pupils is very strong.
We are all proud to be a part of the Geography Department, and genuinely care about the pupils and each other.
We aim to provide the best experience for every child, preparing pupils for life beyond Hastings.
Being a Middle Leader at our school is both rewarding and empowering. You are part of a genuinely inclusive and welcoming staff body, where collaboration is highly valued and colleagues actively support one another. This strong sense of community ensures that day-to-day leadership is not only effective, but also enjoyable and purposeful.
Senior Leaders are approachable, supportive, and invested in your success. They provide clear strategic direction while trusting you to lead your area with autonomy, creating a positive balance between accountability and professional freedom.
Our school is committed to fostering a culture of growth and innovation. Middle Leaders are encouraged to explore new initiatives, develop their ideas, and continually refine their practice. There are meaningful opportunities for professional development, enabling you to take on new challenges and play a key role in shaping the direction of your subject or team.
As a Middle Leader, you are a driver of school improvement, modelling our values in everything you do. You lead with integrity and purpose, embodying and promoting our motto of care and excellence through your leadership, decision-making, and daily interactions with staff and pupils.
Further information about the job
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hastings High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 859 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hastings High School website
- Email address
- sarah.brown@hastings.school
- Phone number
- 01455239414
The school was judged ‘Good’ at our last Ofsted inspection. We are committed to further improvement to ensure that we provide “Care and Excellence for All”.
The school has had significant investment in the last 12 months to build 8 new classrooms, a sports hall alongside redevelopment of the canteen and main pastoral areas. This will enable us to take extra pupils starting with a cohort of 200 in Year 7 in Autumn 2025.
We have a strong academic record with each of the previous 4 years having achieved a Progress 8 score “above average”, achieving a score of +0.40 last year. Our predictions for the future year groups are that they will exceed this. These continuing improvements are down to our focus on the basics; an orderly climate for learning, engaging teaching and building positive relationships with all stakeholders.
We have a comprehensive induction programme for new staff to help you settle in and provide very high levels of support. We are a school which strives to bring out the best in our staff by investing heavily in staff development and wellbeing.
Arranging a visit to Hastings High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sarah.brown@hastings.school.
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