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Teacher of Geography

Verulam School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4PR

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• Start date details

  January 2024

• Closing date

  9 October 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 August 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Geography
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS +Fringe

Teacher of Geography job summary

Teacher of Geography

MPS-UPS + Fringe 

Full time

Permanent / Fixed Term Contract

For January 2024

Applications from ECTs welcome

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative subject specialist to join our Geography faculty.  Geography is a popular option at GCSE and A-Level with over 70 students following the A Level course.  At Key Stage 4 we teach the AQA syllabus and the Edexcel A Level specification to Sixth Formers as part of the highly successful BeauSandVer consortium. 

Field trips play an important part of learning and include out bi-annual overseas trips which have included Iceland, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and the USA.

The school places great emphasis on extra-curricular activity and engagement, and benefits from outstanding attendance and exemplary behaviour.

We are located in St Albans, a beautiful and vibrant Cathedral city with a lively cultural life and a huge variety of restaurants, bars, pubs and shops. Recently named in the Sunday Times as the best place in the southeast to live, St Albans is surrounded by beautiful countryside but is still only 20 minutes from London by trainand with easy access to motorways and airports.

Verulam School is a high achieving boys’ school with a mixed Sixth Form, which forms part of the highly successful BeauSandVer consortium.  As a school, our core values of “Excellence, Character, Respect” permeate all that we do. 

The school has good GCSE and A Level results and achieved an above average Progress 8 score of +0.22 in 2019 and +0.05 for 2022. It was judged to be a Good school in all categories by Ofsted in October 2018.

Verulam School is a member of the Alban Academies Trust, together with Sandringham and Ridgeway Secondary Schools, and 4 Primary and Infants’ Schools.We worktogether within the Trust to share best practice, deliver joint training, promote the highest of expectations and raise achievement for all students. The Trust’s motto is ‘Educational Excellence for All.’ The Trust offers significant opportunities for career development of staff at all levels of the organisation.

Verulam School is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and the creation of an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment selections are made according to suitability for the post, irrespective of background or protected characteristic. Verulam School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Commitment to safeguarding

Verulam School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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About Verulam School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1023 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Verulam School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/verulam-school

Verulam School is a high achieving boys’ school with a mixed Sixth Form, which forms part of the highly successful BeauSandVer consortium. As a school, our core values of “Excellence, Character, Respect” permeate all that we do. We are located in St Albans, a beautiful Cathedral city with a lively cultural life surrounded by countryside but still only 20 minutes from London by train and with easy access to motorways and airports.

The school has good GCSE and A Level results and achieved an above average Progress 8 score of +0.22 in 2019. (Last national data set). It was judged to be a Good school in all categories by Ofsted in October 2018.

Verulam School is a member of the Alban Academies Trust, together with Sandringham, Ridgeway, Wheatfields Junior and Wheatfields Infants’ and Nursery schools. We work together within the Trust to share best practice, deliver joint training, promote the highest of expectations and raise achievement for all students. The Trust’s motto is ‘Educational Excellence for All.’ The Trust offers significant opportunities for career development of staff at all levels of the organisation.

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