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Teacher of Geography - 2 x Vacancies
Plymouth High School for Girls, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6HT11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2024
Closing date
8 October 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 September 2023
Job details
Visa sponsorship
- No, visa sponsorship not available
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- View all Geographyjobs
Working pattern
- View all Part timejobs - 25.02 hours per week (0.77 FTE)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- TSAT Teacher Scale (T1-T10) Pro rata to £22,344 - £34,350 per annum (£28,817 - £44,302 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for two talented and ambitious Teachers of Geography to join Plymouth High School for Girls. Our students are able and enthusiastic and regularly achieve the highest grades. The ideal candidate will have the ability and passion to deliver high quality teaching at the top grades.
This post is suitable for an ECT as well as a more experienced teacher.
Please can candidates advise in their application which contract is preferable and/or if either contract would be considered.
What you will need to succeed:
- Be a qualified and effective teacher with successful experience in all 3 Key Stages
- To inspire, encourage and empower our students to achieve their very best.
- Be able to consistently deliver good or outstanding practice.
- To understand how to enable young people and excel academically whilst also helping them to make effective and rewarding life choices.
- To have thorough knowledge of how to provide effective teaching of Geography to A-Level.
- Be an inspiring teacher with real enthusiasm for the subject.
- Be able to motivate their pupils.
- Be committed to high standards for both staff and students.
- Be prepared to contribute to the extra-curricular life of the Academy.
- Implement andsupport all Academy policies.
- Be able to collaborate with other leaders and managers in raising standards within the curriculum to Good and Outstanding including all student groups.
- Be able to raise standards of teaching, learning and progress to ensure all subject staff deliver and all students receive Good and Outstanding lessons.
- Be able to coach and mentor subject staff to raise standards in learning and progress to be Good and Outstanding.
What the school offers its staff
Plymouth High School for Girls is a City selective Grammar school with a good reputation for providing an engaging curriculum within a supportive and encouraging environment. Students are happy at our school and enjoy the benefits of well taught and engaging lessons along with extensive extra-curricular opportunities. We are a small school with a friendly feel where people work flexibly and collaboratively to give our students the best possible experience.
What you will get from our Trust
- Minimum starting salary £28,817 for all NQTs
- Revised Teacher Payscale to retain and reward excellent teachers
- The opportunity to work with happy and well behaved children who are excited about learning and work with parents who are supportive of our school values and ethos
- Vast support network from senior leaders and other teachers within the school and our Trust to help you deliver outstanding teaching and learning through resources, mentoring and school visits
- Regular opportunities to meet and share best practice with the relevant year group teachers of the other secondary schools within our trust
- Benefit from an internationally accredited pedagogy approach to thinking and learning, which has been proven to enhance classroom practice
- Excellent CPD opportunities including our Early career, Middle and Senior Leadership programmes
- As an accredited Chartered Teacher organisation you can become a recognised Charted Teacher
- A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling and support / advice on a wide array of areas
Further details about the role
It is our intention to apply a 6.5% pay increase to Teachers Pay Scale’s, once the 2023 pay offer is formally approved by the UK Parliament.
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About Plymouth High School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 826 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- vicki.benwell@phsg.tsat.uk
Plymouth High believes as much in preparing its students for life as it does their school years, shown by its slogan “For life, not school, we learn”. “The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school “– Latest Ofsted Report Plymouth High School for Girls is a City selective Grammar school with a good reputation for providing an engaging curriculum within a supportive and encouraging environment. Students are happy at our school and enjoy the benefits of well taught and engaging lessons along with extensive extra-curricular opportunities. We are a small school with a friendly feel where people work flexibly and collaboratively to give our students the best possible experience.
Arranging a visit to Plymouth High School for Girls
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vicki.benwell@phsg.tsat.uk.
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