Teacher of Geography
Harper Green School, Bolton, Lancashire, BL4 0DHThis job expired on 16 May 2025
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
6 May 2025
Job details
Job role
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Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) T1 - T9
Teacher of Geography job summary
- Teacher of Geography
Salary: Mainscale (T1 to T9)
£30,000 to £46,525 per annum
PermanentA fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Teacher of Geography, working alongside and learning from experienced practitioners. We have a high GCSE uptake in Geography, so the successful candidate will teach across both KS3 and KS4. We are looking for someone with excellent pedagogy and classroom practice who can work alongside the current department to improve outcomes. If you have the skills and qualities to add to the department, we’d love to receive an application from you.
Harper Green is looking for teachers who;
- have a passion for their subject, and can instill this in our young people
- have an openness to continuous professional development
- have high expectations of standards and achievement
- be flexible, collaborative & resilient
- contribute to the wider curriculum and cultural capital of our students
- have the highest ambitions for our students, the school & yourself
In return we will offer you;
- an aspirational supportive Leadership Team and Governing Body.
- ambitious, motivated students.
- continuous professional development
- enthusiastic, willing and professional staff, a supportive Head of Humanities, and Geography team
- a network of outstanding practitioners to collaborate with & learn from.
- a happy, supportive working environment with high expectations and standards.
- an aspirational supportive Leadership Team and Governing Body.
- ambitious, motivated students.
- continuous professional development
- enthusiastic, willing and professional staff, a supportive Head of Humanities, and Geography team
- a network of outstanding practitioners to collaborate with & learn from.
- a happy, supportive working environment with high expectations and standards.
This role is suitable for ECTs.
As an ECT at Harper Green, we invest in your professional development to ensure you have the best possible start to your teaching career. You will be assigned a mentor within your department, alongside a professional mentor who will offer regular drop-ins with precise, leverage feedback allowing you to refine your teaching practice. We operate an open door policy, enabling you to observe others and we encourage staff to use our technology available to record themselves and share best practice. This has allowed us to build a library of staff delivering best practice in our context to support staff in their development. Alongside this support, you will receive regular training in the form of whole school CPD, bespoke masterclasses for ECTs and access to our Research Book Club. We actively encourage our staff to engage with current research and ask all our ECT to participate.
A full information pack which includes the job description and person specification is on the Trust website.
If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, please contact the HR Team at vacancies@harpergreen.net
Required for September 2025
Closing date: 9am on Friday 16th September 2025
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 20th May 2025
The trust is committed to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service clearance. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The Trust is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from as diverse a group as possible.
Harper Green School is part of Leverhulme Academy Trust, we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust.
This role is suitable for ECTs.
As an ECT at Harper Green, we invest in your professional development to ensure you have the best possible start to your teaching career. You will be assigned a mentor within your department, alongside a professional mentor who will offer regular drop-ins with precise, leverage feedback allowing you to refine your teaching practice. We operate an open door policy, enabling you to observe others and we encourage staff to use our technology available to record themselves and share best practice. This has allowed us to build a library of staff delivering best practice in our context to support staff in their development. Alongside this support, you will receive regular training in the form of whole school CPD, bespoke masterclasses for ECTs and access to our Research Book Club. We actively encourage our staff to engage with current research and ask all our ECT to participate.
A full information pack which includes the job description and person specification is on the Trust website.
If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, please contact the HR Team at vacancies@harpergreen.net
Required for September 2025
Closing date: 9am on Friday 16th September 2025
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 20th May 2025
The trust is committed to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service clearance. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The Trust is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from as diverse a group as possible.
Harper Green School is part of Leverhulme Academy Trust, we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust.
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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.
About Harper Green School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1132 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Harper Green School website
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