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  • Start date details

    1st January 2025

  • Closing date

    21 October 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    7 October 2024

Job details

Job role

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Subject

Geography

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher of Geography job summary

Sir James Smith's School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated professional to work in a successful and innovative Geography department held in high regard by students and staff. We are looking to appoint a great classroom practitioner regardless of age/stage. Applicants must be able to teach KS3 and KS4. With over 60% of students voluntarily opting to study the subject at GCSE, it is a growing department. The successful candidate can look forward to joining one of the best Geography departments in the county.

This post is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious colleague to join a small but perfectly formed team. There is a strong emphasis on literacy and creativity within the department. We take pride in delivering active lessons that can demonstrate progress and students are frequently given opportunities to produce work in many different ways. The Geography department at Sir Jim’s is a pupil centric department and the team will welcome an application from a similarly minded teacher committed to making a real difference to the lives of our young people.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Sir James Smith's School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all pre-employment checks necessary to meet Safer Recruitment requirements, including a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and references.

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About Sir James Smith's School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
600 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
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Sir James Smith’s is part of North Cornwall Learning Trust. Apart from being a ‘Good’ school, Sir Jim’s is also a great place to work. Visitors, including Ofsted, comment on the friendly and supportive atmosphere. Staff and students are happy and enjoy their time at school.

We are a smaller than average co-educational comprehensive school, serving a large rural hinterland in North Cornwall. It’s a fantastic place to live if you like the outdoors. Our extensive rural catchment area of 100 square miles includes 8 partner primary schools though we attract students from many others. The dispersed settlement pattern means approximately 70% of students travel daily by bus. North Cornwall is one of the least sparsely populated areas in England and Wales thanks to the glorious Bodmin Moor.

At present we have 38 teachers, and 40 non-teaching staff including 4 technicians, 1 Librarian, 8 admin assistants and 7 classroom assistants. The Local Governance Committee work closely with staff, as do various support agencies. The small size of the school means that we all know the students very well and staff work together effectively. This is a school on a humane scale where personal relationships matter.

We have a "continental day". This means an earlier start - at 8.10 am for staff and 8.25 am for students. Students have one year assembly per week. There are 5 one-hour lessons and 2 breaks of 20 and 30 minutes. The main part of the day ends at 2.30 pm. On Mondays there are meetings; on Wednesdays Tuesdays and Thursdays, extra-curricular activities and late buses; on Fridays many staff go home a little earlier!

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