Subject Leader of Geography
The Hollins, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 2QYThis job expired on 21 June 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
21 June 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 June 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- 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
- MPR—UPR
Additional allowances
Additional TLR 2.2
What skills and experience we're looking for
• Qualified teacher status
• Good honours degree or equivalent
• Evidence of leadership development
• Successful experience as head of geography or second in
department.
• A track record of successful teaching with evidence of
enhancing pupil achievement both in your own classes
and across the school.
• Good ICT skills.
• An ability to lead and be part of a team.
• Assessment, data analysis and target setting.
Evidence of further subject-based professional
development.
• Departmental development planning.
• Departmental self-evaluation.
• Duke of Edinburgh experience.
What the school offers its staff
- Encourage a climate of connecting with people. At The Hollins we encourage collaboratively working and sharing our moments with each other, both within the school and further afield in the hope that both professionally and personally all our staff feel less isolated and more connected. We are human beings first and foremost and, as such, must look after and care for our well-being.
- Looking after our mental health. We have staff who are trained mental health first aiders who are ready, willing and able to support.
- Quality staff professional development. We value staff development above all else and this engenders a sense of confidence and motivation for staff. We treat our staff like the professionals they are by engaging in the Disciplined Inquiry approach to appraisal and development, which gives staff the responsibility to consider their own individual needs in order to continue to develop and improve.
- Measure and respond to staff voice. Our thrice-yearly staff questionnaires allow staff the opportunity to let us know how they are coping with the demands of work, along with how they are coping generally. However, leadership doors are always open for continual conversations around this.
- Driving down unnecessary workload. We strive to ensure that we support the DfE Workload Reduction with suggestions like ensuring that our calendar reflects generous department and CPD opportunities, not submitting regular lesson plans, no expectations that all staff will mark in a specified manner, and only collecting data that is purposeful and used multiple times.
- Quality behaviour systems in place. Our behaviour system is designed to support both pupils and staff to ensure consistency and support at all times. Our school believes that the certainty of a sanction and subsequent restorative conversations are extremely important for the smooth running of the school.
Further details about the role
Please see the job advertisement pack for further information including the full job advert, job description and person specification.
Commitment to safeguarding
Each school in our Trust has a Child Safeguarding policy and procedure in place and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils. Each pupil’s welfare is of paramount importance to us
and you are expected to share this commitment. All staff will fully comply with the school’s policies and procedures, attend appropriate training, inform the designated person of any concerns and record any potential safeguarding incidents appropriately. Any offer of employment will be made conditional upon a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and barred list check
(where applicable to the role in question).
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Hollins
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 794 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Hollins website
- Email address
- youngc@thehollins.com
- Phone number
- 01254 233500
The Hollins is an oversubscribed, highly successful 11-16 school which provides a warm, caring environment; where attainment is above average and achievement is good. We value pupils and staff alike and look forward to welcoming a new addition to our team of dedicated staff.
Arranging a visit to The Hollins
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email youngc@thehollins.com.
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