Head of Geography
The Bishop Wand Church of England School, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 6LT11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
27 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- 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 (Can be done as a job share): Monday-Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Pay Scale
Additional allowances
TLR 2B - £5,664.00 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Geography Department, which is part of our Humanities Faculty, is a friendly team of excellent and supportive teachers who bring energy and enthusiasm to the delivery of their subject. Geography is a popular and successful subject through the school and the successful candidate should have the ability to teach KS3 and KS4. Experience of teaching at KS5 would also be desirable.
As Head of Department, you should possess the vision to develop and implement an exciting curriculum and promote a love of Geography.
Ideal candidates will
- be outstanding practitioners, with an unwavering commitment to the highest standards for teaching and learning
- have excellent leadership and management skills
- have a proven track record of raising attainment with GCSE Geography classes
What the school offers its staff
- Free on-site car parking and bicycle storage
- Excellent travel links (5 minutes from both Upper Halliford and Sunbury stations, 5 minutes from M3)
- Employee Assistant Programme (Free 24/7 confidential support offering a wide range of support services)
- Subsidised on-site catering
- Free tea and coffee facilities for all staff
- Excellent catering facilities
- Access to excellent sports facilities including indoor swimming pool
- The support of our School Chaplain
- Opportuinties to particiate in off-site activities (eg. Overseas trips, annual ski trip, theatre tripes and Duke of Edinburgh)
- Staff Social Events
- Wellbeing Tool Kit
- Microsoft licence
Commitment to safeguarding
The Bishop Wand C of E School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Scheme clearance is required for this position. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
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About The Bishop Wand Church of England School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1181 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- sbennett@bishopwand.surrey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01932778648
With fifty-one years at the centre of the community in Sunbury on Thames and Spelthorne, we have a reputation for exceptional academic achievement, strong Christian values and providing an educational experience which creates high achieving confident articulate young people who most importantly love learning.
As a 11-19 School, we offer a seven-year education experience, with academic outcomes at GCSE and A Level, consistently exceeding the national benchmarks. We encourage all our students to complete their seven-year education journey here at Bishop Wand.
Students at Bishop Wand work hard, are well disciplined and are prepared to succeed in the competitive local and global environments in which we live. We are a traditional School in our approach to learning, we believe in high quality teaching in the classroom, supported by a wide range of extra-curricular activities that challenge and support our young people.
Arranging a visit to The Bishop Wand Church of England School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbennett@bishopwand.surrey.sch.uk.
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