Head of Geography
St Matthew Academy, London, SE3 0XXThis job expired on 9 October 2023
Job start date
1 January 2024
Closing date
9 October 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 September 2023
Job details
Job role
- 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: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Inner London MPS/UPS plus TLR 2B £5,015
Additional allowances
Inner London MPS/UPS plus TLR 2B £5,015
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a determined, talented and innovative teacher?
Do you have a real passion and desire to enthuse pupils with your love of Geography?
Are you interested in fostering independent and collaborative learners?
If yes, then we would like to offer you the opportunity to work with us here at St Matthew Academy, a high performing Catholic school where pupils flourish both academically and socially. In October 2019, Ofsted confirmed SMA as a good school where all pupils, through their hard work and commitment, are able to ‘let their light shine’. In Feb 2023, our CSI inspection stated ‘The behaviour of pupils is exemplary in lessons and around the school, and strong and positive relationships are evident throughout the school.’ We are proud that our pupils are able to learn in a disruption free environment resulting in strong progress for all. We are now pursuing our mission to embed ourselves as a truly great school at the heart of the community we serve.
We are looking for a Head of Geography to take over the leadership of this successful, fully staffed and well-resourced department. If you are ambitious, have a passion for Geography and are able to deliver lessons that are exciting, engaging and inclusive then we wish to hear from you. The Geography department work creatively and collaboratively to design engaging schemes of work, which help to establish, for our pupils, the importance of the subject in their day to day lives. We offer a variety of visits, fieldwork and additional learning opportunities to help to inspire our pupils to get out and explore the world in which they live.
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
- Fantastic pupils with enormous potential
- Staff who are supportive to each other and enjoy working collaboratively
- Personalised programme of professional development and coaching for all staff including a highly rated IMPACT programme for all Early Career Teachers and a July 1st start date for ECTs
- A modern building, in a delightful setting and excellent resources
- Excellent public transport and road links across London and Kent
- Fully equipped gym and fitness suite, Season Ticket Loan, Childcare Vouchers, Cycle-to-work scheme, Tech Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme
- A strong commitment to staff well-being
Further details about the role
The successful candidate will be:
- Passionate about enabling every child to exceed expectations
- An enthusiastic and successful teacher
- Committed to ensuring high expectations for pupils, staff and themselves
- Well organised, an excellent communicator and keen to take an active role in academy life
- In sympathy with our Catholic ethos
We value the importance of diversity in our community and the significance of having staff that are representative of the children we teach. We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as these groups are currently under represented within the Academy.
Our school motto is ‘let your light shine’ and we ensure that we live this vision every day.
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.
About St Matthew Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 16
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1066 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- stmatthewacademy@hays.com
St Matthew Academy is a diverse, vibrant Catholic all-through academy for girls and boys aged 4 to 16, where there are high expectations for everyone in our community. At St Matthew Academy our school motto is ‘let your light shine’ and we ensure that we live this vision every day at the academy by encouraging, promoting and celebrating success with all of our pupils in everything that they do. Our academy is situated between Blackheath and Lewisham in South East London, benefiting from excellent public transport and road links to all parts of London and Kent. Our magnificent buildings offer state of the art resources and the latest technology. Our primary and secondary phases are situated on one site allowing a truly unique all through setting with opportunities for transition, collegiate working and subject development.
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