Teacher of Geography - 1 Year Fixed Term
David Nieper Academy, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7JA7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
22 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
8 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS
Teacher of Geography - 1 Year Fixed Term job summary
Teacher of Geography
The Role
To provide highly effective teaching of Humanities with a main specialism of Geography, contributing to the ongoing development of the geography curriculum and the Humanities Faculty. To be a full and contributing member of the Humanities Faculty and the Academy.
The Humanities Faculty currently encompasses a wide range of subjects including:
Key stage 3 & 4 & 5 Geography
Key stage 3 & 4 History (A level History in September 2024)
Key stage 3 & 4 RE core and GCSE
Key stage 3 & 4 & 5 PSHCE and Citizenship
Key stage 3 & 4 French
Key stage 4 & 5 Business Studies
Key stage 5 Finance
Key stage 4 &5 Health & Social Care
Key stage 5 Sociology
Key stage 5 Psychology
The Humanities Faculty at David Nieper Academy
The humanities faculty at David Nieper Academy includes geography, history, religious studies, MFL, PSHE/citizenship, Business Studies, Health & Social Care, sociology and psychology. Despite its wide variety of subjects, the faculty works very closely together and shares a common ethos when it comes to education. Our view is that every single young person – regardless of their background – is entitled to access the rich body of knowledge that characterises the disciplines we represent. We firmly believe that it is from this rigorous knowledge-led foundation that students are best-equipped to succeed in the applied learning opportunities that we are committed to providing here at David Nieper Academy. As such, successful candidates would be joining a faculty that:
- Is committed to developing innovative, research-informed teaching based on knowledge of how children learn
- Celebrates explicit instruction as an approach to teaching that supports the fostering of students’ knowledge acquisition, independence and criticality skills
- Is self-reflective and constantly striving to improve the key principles of our practice (namely: review, acquire, question, model, practice, assess and feedback)
- Is newly and fully resourced after a recent curriculum over-haul
- Has a ‘warm but strict’ approach to discipline where expectations are high
- Is highly supportive and enjoys a strong sense of collegiality and humour
Overall, this is an immensely exciting time to join this thriving and growing faculty on our drive to improve results. Our knowledge-led approach is proving to be more popular than ever amongst students. For example, geography continues to be a very popular GCSE option in the academy, and we are actively marketing for our A-level course (first Year 13 students are completing the course this year), whilst History, Religious Studies and Business began the current academic year with their largest GCSE intakes in a number of years. If you have any further questions about our Faculty, please do get in touch.
Key Responsibilities
To teach Geography across key stage 3, 4 & 5 contributing to the planning and organisation of the curriculum
To teach PSHCE and potentially other humanities subjects
To be a form tutor
To contribute to the co-curricular life of the school
Participate in the academy Performance Management arrangements
Teaching and Learning
Plan and teach engaging and challenging lessons that pave the way for success in school and life
Meet the needs of all learners by consistently planning and teaching carefully differentiated lessons
Contribute to Faculty planning and the creation and updating of schemes of work
Use regular, measurable and significant assessments of teaching
Set and mark appropriate homework
Complete all reporting on time
Closely monitor progress and attainment of all students and use it to inform teaching
Provide content for and, where necessary, deliver high quality student interventions with direction from the Head of Faculty
Work to ensure that all students achieve or exceed targets
Maintain regular and productive communication with parents about their child’s progress, behaviour and development, including attending after school parent meetings as required
Other
Undertake professional development as agreed with academy leaders
Perform additional duties and tasks required for the effective operation of the school as directed by the Headteacher.
Ongoing training, support and mentoring will be provided
Free access to Heath Assured Employee Assistance Programme
Free onsite Parking
Generous discount at the David Nieper Ltd factory shop
Commitment to safeguarding
The Governing Body is committed to the safeguarding of children and young people, so all staff appointments are subject to employment checks and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
Candidates should indicate an acceptance of, and a commitment to, the Academy’s policies in relation to equality and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
It is an offence to apply for this role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Please follow the below link to view the Christopher Nieper Education Trust Safeguarding/Child Protection Policy https://davidnieper.academy/about-us/academy-policies/
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About David Nieper Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 775 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- David Nieper Academy website (opens in new tab)
Our Academy is sponsored by the Christopher Nieper Education Trust (previously David Nieper Education Trust), together with local employer partners, who are highly committed in supporting the development and achievements of our students. With a clearly defined approach to teaching, applied learning and brand-new purpose-built facilities, which opened in February 2017, we believe that this is a truly exciting time to join the academy. We are a growing academy now of 780 students 11-18 and will soon be at our full capacity of 850 students 11-18. This role is a new post due to our growing pupil numbers. Our September 2022 Ofsted Inspection graded the academy as ‘Good in all areas’, a fantastic improvement from the ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating when we took over the academy - and we endeavour to build on this as we grow and develop further. We are currently the only academy within the Trust however the Trust is likely to grow in the very near future with a number of other schools actively looking to join.
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