Teacher of Geography (Full Time 1.0 FTE/Fixed Term Contract linked to maternity leave)
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE21 4BQThis job expired on 21 September 2020
Job start date
2 November 2020
Closing date
21 September 2020 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
9 September 2020
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,373 to £40,490 per year (full-time equivalent)
Teacher of Geography (Full Time 1.0 FTE/Fixed Term Contract linked to maternity leave) job summary
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, creative and committed Teacher of Geography to join this forward-looking department. You will be a strong classroom practitioner who has the ability to motivate young people of all abilities and you will be able to work well in a team.
St Thomas More Catholic School Geography Department is a dynamic and enthusiastic department with a collaborative approach to teaching and learning. Our approach to our curriculum is underpinned by engaging our students in their understanding of the wider world by ensuring a varied, engaging and challenging curriculum which supports all pupils in preparing for Key Stage 4 and beyond. Interleaved learning is at the core of our planning and how we can effectively develop young geographer’s thinking.
The department is committed to continually reviewing and updating units of learning and teaching and learning styles, in order to engage students and facilitate achievement. We adopt a range of strategies in the classroom to allow pupils to develop communication skills and become autonomous learners.
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 St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1467 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@stthomasmore.org.uk
St Thomas More School is a co-educational Catholic Academy which provides for the education needs of 11-18 year old pupils from the west of Gateshead L.A. Our school aims to provide a stimulating and encouraging environment within which students can attain the highest standards of which they are capable, and to assist them in taking their place in the world outside school in a useful and fulfilling career, with a firm sense of Christian commitment.
The School has a dedicated team of teachers, both catholic and non-catholic, who work tirelessly to fulfil this aim.
St Thomas More School has developed over the past 25 years into a large, highly successful comprehensive school with extremely good examination results at every level, an intake of 235 and a long waiting list of parents seeking admission for their children. The Sixth Form is truly comprehensive with exceptionally high return rates and a wide range of courses that cater for the range of abilities of the pupils. The progression rate to Higher Education is extremely high, including successful Oxford and Cambridge entries on an annual basis.
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