Subject Leader Geography

Holyhead School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 0HN

3 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  4 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS Dependent on Experience

Subject Leader Geography job summary

• To lead the successful delivery of geography across the school.
• To inspire and enthuse members of the team, with a clear vision for the future direction of geography. To develop an innovative and progressive curriculum in geography.
• To work with the Director of Learning to undertake regular audits and quality assurance checks within geography to ensure that the highest standards are being achieved.
• To apply Humanities faculty improvements to the geography curriculum and disseminate to geography teachers.
• To lead the development of effective scaffolding within schemes of learning at KS3, KS4 and at Post-16 so that every young person makes progress in their learning.
• To keep up-to-date about subject development and to take part in relevant CPD for this purpose, disseminating to other staff where appropriate.
• To monitor student performance based on internal assessment data as well as working with the Director of Learning to review external examination results and to plan effective interventions as appropriate.
• To promote and lead on the delivery of all extra-curricular activities including KS4 and KS5 fieldwork.
• To act as a role model to others, demonstrating high standards of professionalism in all aspects of the role.
• To coordinate the geography resources, giving support and guidance to relevant staff.
• To ensure, with support from the Director of Learning, that appropriate arrangements are made for examination entries and statutory requirements.

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

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Holyhead School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1254 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Holyhead School website (opens in new tab)
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What makes Holyhead special is our commitment to learning without limits. Students enter the school with attainment levels significantly below the national average (ISDR) but go on to achieve whatever they set their minds to. More students than you find at other schools, go on to employment, Higher Education and Apprenticeships. They attend Russell Group Universities and read the most competitive courses you can imagine. They become Engineers, Lawyers, Accountants, Entrepreneurs and Doctors etc, but they also become well-rounded individuals who understand how to keep safe, how to articulate themselves and how to respect diversity, equality and active citizenship.

We invest a lot in developing the strength of their character, making students independent and confident with vision and intellectual curiosity.

The focus on the development of character extends to staff. Whilst we have a strong commitment to staff wellbeing and CPD. We also expect staff to become role models for the school community. Our induction, staff incentive scheme and person specifications place an emphasis on Leadership, Organisation, Resilience, Initiative and Communication.

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