Head of Geography
Westborough High School, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 2JEThis job expired on 14 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 February 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
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 2D (£8,279)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Consistently delivering highly effective lessons to the full 11-16 age range.
Experience of leading the development of effective teaching resources and strategies, and sharing good practice with others.
Understanding of strategies for improving Teaching & Learning and
Assessment
To have strong leadership skills to assist with the successful leadership of the geography department.
Experience of monitoring pupil attainment across cohorts and key stages.
To be able to support other teachers to improve their teaching in a sensitive manner.
Involvement in quality assurance at a departmental or whole school level.
Developing detailed and engaging schemes of work and planning with
others.
Qualified teacher status with relevant qualification in drama.
Evidence of recent and relevant professional development.
A highly effective teacher of geography.
A good understanding of data and showing outcomes for groups of pupils.
High expectations of all pupils.
Ability to work to deadlines.
To be self-motivating.
Willingness to work hard.
Commitment to Equal Opportunities.
Ability to work under pressure.
Ability to take the initiative.
What the school offers its staff
Westborough High School is a happy, vibrant and warm place to work and learn. A kind, positive, respectful, tolerant culture and ethos are at the heart of the school; staff are valued both as professionals and human beings.
Why work at Westborough? Explore more by visiting our website:
https://www.w-h-s.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Why_work_at_Westborough.pdf
Flexible working opportunities
Staff can request up to three ‘well-being days’ throughout the academic year – these can be used for a range of events such as attending weddings, birthday events, helping young children settle at school to simply needing a bit of time to yourself.
The system has been in place for several years now and is greatly
appreciated by staff.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Westborough High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 927 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Westborough High School website
- Email address
- fsharp@w-h-s.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01924 469549
The school has a reputation for good educational standards, firm discipline and a caring ethos which focuses on the development of individuals. An Ofsted inspection in June 2017 designated the school as Good where pupils ‘take their learning seriously and want to achieve well”. Ofsted commended the school leadership team for providing “quality training for teachers’’.
Arranging a visit to Westborough High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email fsharp@w-h-s.org.uk.
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