Head of Geography
Rickmansworth School, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3AQ25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 8am
Date listed
29 January 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 incl. Fringe + TLR2c + R&R
Head of Geography job summary
Head of Geography
Rickmansworth School
About the role
Location: Croxley Green, Rickmansworth
Contract type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: MPS/UPS incl. Fringe + TLR2c + R&R
Start Date: September 2025
Rickmansworth School is seeking a passionate and visionary Head of Geography to lead our dynamic and supportive team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of geography, delivering engaging lessons across Key Stages 3 to 5 and driving the success of the department.
As Head of Geography, you will design an innovative curriculum, inspire students, and lead a dedicated team, fostering a love for the subject and help students to reach their full potential. You will play a key role in the academic and personal development of our students, while shaping the department’s strategic direction.
If you are an inspiring leader with a strong passion for geography and a commitment to creating an outstanding learning environment, we would love to hear from you. The School’s admissions criteria gives preference to staff members’ children (as there is a demonstrable skill shortage for this post, the successful candidate could apply for a priority admission place for their own child).
About the Geography Department
The department has a strong and collaborative team atmosphere. We work closely together to support and enhance each other's practice while sharing expertise.
At Key Stage 3, students follow a varied and vibrant dynamic syllabus which helps them to develop and deepen their knowledge and understanding of the world around them and gets students to ‘think like a geographer’. They develop a broad range of skills through the study of diverse topics, often supported by global case studies.
Geography is a popular and successful choice at Key Stage 4 with over two hundred students studying it for GCSE. In recent years, approximately half of students have achieved grades 7-9 following the AQA syllabus. A Level Geography, using the AQA syllabus, is also popular with uptake typically comprising sixty students. 92% of our A Level students have achieved grades A*-C over the last three years. The department has developed significant expertise in the NEA component of the course.
Extra-curricular activities and field trips are an integral part of the department's ethos. We offer an annual visit to Iceland, alongside a week-long residential field course that is a regular feature in the A Level curriculum.
In return, we will offer you
Outstanding CPD opportunities to support your professional growth
A school with exemplary student behaviour, where learning is valued
A collaborative working environment where teamwork is at the heart of everything we do
Highly skilled and supportive staff, working together to make a difference
A comprehensive wellbeing programme to ensure you feel valued and supported
Rickmansworth School is an outstanding, highly sought-after 11-18 co-educational academy, consistently achieving excellent academic results. With around 1560 students, soon to grow to 1575, we provide a nurturing and dynamic environment for ambitious young people. Our strong academic track record at both GCSE and A-Level ensures that the vast majority of our students go on to their first-choice universities.
Further information is available from our website - https://www.rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk
We encourage potential candidates to contact Rickmansworth School for an informal discussion about the role or to arrange a visit to the School, please contact the School on 01923 773296 or email applications@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and are an equal opportunities employer who has a zero tolerance to bullying and all types of harassment. Applicants must declare any criminal convictions and submit to a check with the Disclosing and Barring Service as the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Applications Process
Deadline for applications: 08:00 Monday 24 February 2025
Interviews: Monday 03 March 2025
Please apply as soon as possible as shortlisting/interviews will progress up until the closing date. Should a suitable candidate be appointed, we reserved the right to close the advert early.
Due to the volume of application we receive, if you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume we will not be progressing your application further on this occasion.
Selection Process:
We are required for only shortlisted candidates to conduct online searches about an applicant as part of our shortlisting process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance 2024 in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. On signing the declaration on application you will be agreeing to the acknowledgement that such searches will be conducted as part of the shortlisting process.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to the school where there will be a number of related tasks, details of which will be discussed on the day. Interviews will be held with the Headteacher and possibly another member of SLT. There will also be a tour of the school estate and this may be conducted by other members of the school community.
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 are not accepted.
About Rickmansworth School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1531 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Rickmansworth School website (opens in new tab)
Rickmansworth School is an 11-18 heavily oversubscribed co-educational partially (35%) selective academy with nearly 1455 students on roll, increasing to around 1575 students over the next five years. Academic results are strong at KS4 and KS5 with the vast majority of students securing their first choice university destinations.
The School is in a very strong, stable financial position with over £4M recently spent on school expansion including a new Sixth-form centre, performing arts theatres and an Innovation & Design Centre. The School is also supported extremely well by a fantastic PTA and Foundation. Our outstanding staff well-being programme includes fortnightly well-being periods, access to our fitness suite and swimming pool, flu vaccinations and complimentary eye tests. The School’s admissions criteria gives preference to staff members’ children.
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