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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    28 February 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    10 February 2025

Job details

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subjects

Geography, Humanities

Working pattern

Full time (Can be done as a job share): 32.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

M1 to U3

What skills and experience we're looking for

An excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified and enthusiastic teacher of Geography, to teach within our Global Studies Faculty on a full-time basis, from September 2025. Teaching will be up to GCSE level within this strong and successful Faculty. Ability to teach a second subject would be advantageous. We are looking for someone to contribute to the work of a team who is successful in fostering each student’s interest, ability and confidence in Geography and the Humanities subjects.

Applications from Early Career Teachers are welcomed who will benefit from working within a supportive working environment. Our ECTs make excellent progress.

What the school offers its staff

Ridgewood High School is situated on the outskirts of Stourbridge surrounded by greenbelt. Our ‘small school with a big heart’ is certainly an exciting and rewarding place to be as we work towards an ambitious vision for the future. Our staff are well trained, show excellent teamwork and care deeply for students. Our students are fun, welcoming, respectful and are increasingly confident in their pursuit of academic rigour. They show excellent leadership skills. We are very proud of our school and welcome prospective candidates to visit us.

Informal visits to the school are welcomed by contacting the Head’s PA, Mrs C Teese, on the main school telephone number to arrange an appointment at a convenient time.

Commitment to safeguarding

Stour Vale is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will carry out pre-appointment checks including DBS and will disqualify any applicant where we consider the outcomes to be unsatisfactory. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

We are equally committed to ensuring that no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of their protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. 

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About Ridgewood High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
576 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01384 818445

Ridgewood High School is situated on the outskirts of Stourbridge surrounded by greenbelt. Our ‘small school with a big heart’ is certainly an exciting and rewarding place to be as we work towards an ambitious vision for the future. Our staff are well trained, show excellent teamwork and care deeply for students. Our students are fun, welcoming, respectful and are increasingly confident in their pursuit of academic rigour. They show excellent leadership skills. We are very proud of our school and welcome prospective candidates to visit us.

Arranging a visit to Ridgewood High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email replies@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk.

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