Teacher of Geography - MPS/UPS, with a £5,000 Golden Hello
Witton Park Academy, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6TDDeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
21 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
8 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
The school is offering a recruitment Golden Hello incentive of £5,000, which will be split into two payments: £2,500 in September 2025, with the remaining £2,500 paid upon the successful completion of a 6-month probationary period.
Required - Teacher of Geography -MPS/UPS, with a £5,000 Golden Hello available for the right candidate.
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: MPS/UPS
Location: Witton Park Academy, Blackburn
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Permanent
Closing Date:9 am 21st May 2025
Interview Date: 22nd or 23rd May 2025
Join Our Academy and make a Real Difference!
Are you looking to be part of something transformative? Join our academy at an exciting time of growth and change, where you'll play a key role in shaping the life chances of our students and making a meaningful impact in the wider community of our school.
At the heart of our Trust are the values ofAchieve, Belong, and Collaborate. We are committed to working togetherwith children at the heart of everything we do. Ensuring every student and colleague realise their full potential, feel a strong sense of belonging, and thrive through strong partnerships and teamwork.
As a valued member of our academy and wider Trust, you will benefit from working within a supportive, forward-thinking environment that encourages innovation, nurtures professional development, and celebrates success.
At Witton Park, our guiding principles are simple yet powerful:
- Children come first and are at the heart of all we do
- Positive relationships underpin all of our work
- High expectations and no barriers – everybody can achieve.
- All pupils, and staff, are supported to achieve
- How we respond to failure is important; it is how we learn
- 100% attendance by pupils and staff
- Pupil wellbeing: social, emotional and mental is a priority
- Curriculum intent, implementation and impact is clear
- The mental health and emotional well being of pupils and staff is important
- Effective leadership of people, both pupils and staff, is vital to our success
- Remove ALL barriers, high expectations
- Removing social inequality through high quality, creative curriculum
- Year 7 pupils get off to the best start
- The whole journey from Year 7 to 11, and beyond, is valued
If our principles resonate with you, and you are seeking a new challenge, we’d be delighted to receive your application. We are looking for an outstanding classroom teacher, who can make a significant contribution to our school community by engaging, enthusing and challenging staff and students to achieve their very best in the subject.
You will have excellent subject knowledge, and be well-informed on current educational developments and initiatives in order to embrace our exciting curriculum developments. The support you will receive at Witton Park in developing your practice will be invaluable to your future career.
You would be joining a team of colleagues who are passionate about ensuring that all pupils enjoy the subject and are focused on securing the best outcomes for our students. We work collaboratively to share good practice, both within the department and across the school as a whole.You will be a part of our regular Teaching and Learning CPL, which ensures we are constantly improving our implementation within the classroom.
We offer:
- A well resourced school to support teaching and meet the needs of the pupils effectively
- A team of supportive and experienced colleagues
- Learning environments to support the success and motivation of pupils
- Access to Teachers Pension Scheme, Employee support through Simply Health
- A cloud based employee portal that allows employees to access their HR and payroll data
Witton Park is part of the Achievement through Collaboration Multi Academy Trust, a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right.
Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.
Whether you're taking the next step in your career or looking for a new challenge, this is your opportunity to join a community that is united in purpose and driven by values.
Achieve more. Belong here. Collaborate with Witton Park Academy and Achievement through Collaboration Trust for change.
For further information about our school please visit: https://witton.atctrust.org.uk
What the school offers its staff
About the School
We are extremely proud of our school; the achievements of our pupils, the expertise, the dedication of our staff, our outstanding facilities and our reputation as a centre of excellence. Our ultra-modern school buildings allow our pupils to flourish in facilities for learning that truly does enable us to trail blaze innovative learning – from the bright and attractive classrooms to the fully equipped outside play areas, the facilities allow our pupils to fully explore their talents and to shine in those areas that they most enjoy.
A building, however, is only as good as the people working within; we believe we have some of the best students and teachers in the world.Staff and pupils benefit from the investment we place in their development: as well as playing a key part in supporting other schools through the Achievement through Collaboration Trust, we have a variety of external partners from Google, The Schools, Students and Teacher Network, and with University College London. Partnerships like these create opportunities for all members of our team.
About the Trust
Achievement through Collaboration is a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.
To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right!
Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.
Our Trust Board owns the strategic plan, holding the executive team to account to deliver it whilst delegating the correct things to the Local Governing Bodies.LGBs are supported to build their role around the children, parents and staff of their individual school whilst expressing the “we” of the Trust.
Key to maintaining our successful educational standards is a clear trust wide school improvement strategy/plan that meets the needs of every school wherever they are on their journey. Our Trust Wide strategy for capturing the most effective practice and transmitting it between more classrooms is in place and underpinned by a workforce talent management strategy that facilitates staff development and deployment.
A strong central team connects the academies enabling leaders and teachers to concentrate on educational delivery. Achievement through Collaboration is financially stable which enables the strategic allocation of resources that enables standards to be maintained and improvements to be achieved.
We believe that all children, staff and schools benefit from belonging to a family of schools within a strong collaborative multi-academy trust. We are an outward organisation, we embrace innovation and opportunities that benefit our pupils. AtC has invested in staff to build capacity to collaborate with other schools and we are now actively looking to grow further.
If you share our values and are committed to ensuring that our children at Wittonchildren have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills and character to shape future success for themselves and their world,we look forward to hearing from you.
Jane Chambers
Chief Executive Officer
Further details about the role
Safeguarding Information
AtC Trust and its Schools are committed to safeguarding children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose all unspent/unfiltered criminal convictions.
Achievement Through Collaboration Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We understand how important choosing the right school is and so, on behalf of our children and staff, we warmly invite you to visit our school and experience for yourself the quality of education we offer.
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.
Applying for the job
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Additional documents
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About Witton Park Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1252 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Witton Park Academy website
- Email address
- rkausar@atctrust.org.uk
School location
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