Teacher of Geography/Humanities
Ormiston Forge Academy, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 6QUThis job expired on 18 December 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2024
Closing date
18 December 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 December 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS £30,000 - £46,525
Teacher of Geography/Humanities job summary
Teacher of Geography
Job start date: January 2024
Closing date/time: Monday 18th December 2023 at 9.00am
Interviews to be held: Thursday 21st December 2023
Salary: MPS/UPS £28,000 - £43,685
Location: Ormiston Forge Academy, Wrights Lane, Cradley Heath B64 6QU (Sandwell)
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Temporary to August 2024
We are looking to appoint a temporary Teacher of Geography/Humanities to contribute towards our expanding Humanities faculty at the academy. You will have the ability to teach Geography/Humanities to Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.
If you are able to motivate all students to achieve or exceed their target grades, if you are passionate about Geography teaching, have an interest in being at the cutting edge and are driven to ensure students receive the best possible experience, then this job is for you.
You will be joining an excellent Humanities faculty that has a relentless focus on raising achievement. This is an exciting opportunity for an ECT or an experienced teacher. All our ECT’s are well supported by an excellent induction programme.
The ideal candidate must have the following:
Qualified Teacher Status (ability to teach to Key Stage 3, Key stage 4 and preferably Key Stage 5).
Be versatile to take on a range of activities
Have the ability to work within a larger team
Have high expectations of all learners
Ability to teach out of subject if required
The successful candidate will:
Raise achievement through motivating, challenging and inspiring our students;
Have a commitment to inclusion;
Help foster a culture of high expectations and achievement within the department;
Have drive, enthusiasm, resilience, warmth and humour.
Have opportunities to contribute to the wider life and ethos of the Academy
Already possess or be working towards QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)
We can offer you:
The opportunity to join a supportive staff and work with well-motivated students;
An innovative curriculum;
The opportunity to join an aspiring academy with exciting plans for the future;
An excellent ECT programme;
A data rich environment focused on raising standards.
Our young people deserve nothing less than the best, so if you can be the best then we would like to hear from YOU!
For an informal discussion or to arrange a tour of the academy please contact Dr Lisa Mason, Principal, on 01384 566598 or email lisa.mason@oatforge.co.uk
How to apply:
Visit us online at www.oatcareers.co.uk where you can find further information and details on how to apply. Please note that CV’s are not accepted.
Ormiston Forge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Suitability checks will be undertaken including identity, Right To Work, qualifications, Prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
Compulsory Declaration of any Convictions, Cautions or Reprimands, Warnings or Bind-overs. It is the academy’s policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose any previous ‘unspent’ criminal convictions and any cautions which have not expired, or any pending prosecutions. In addition, the job you are applying for is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions order 1975) which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are ‘protected’ under Police Act 1997 – Part V and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) and are not subject to disclosure to employers on DBS certificates and cannot be taken into account. Guidance on the filtering of “protected” cautions and convictions which do not need to be disclosed by a job applicant can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.
Our Privacy Notice is available on our website.
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 Ormiston Forge Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1686 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Ormiston Forge Academy website (opens in new tab)
Secondary Academy with Sixth Form provision. Part of Ormiston Academies Trust
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