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This job expired on 27 June 2022

  • Job start date

    1 September 2022

  • Closing date

    27 June 2022 at 9am

  • Date listed

    22 June 2022

Job details

Job role

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Subject

Geography

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

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Teacher of Geography job summary

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious, creative and inspiring teacher or NQT with energy, enthusiasm and a love of geography and the natural world. The successful candidate will: • Have a passion for all aspects of geography and the natural world • Have excellent communication skills and the ability to celebrate and promote high quality teaching and learning • Have the ability to embrace and contribute to the vision of the Department and school • Be able to build relationships quickly • Have a positive approach • Have a real interest in educational issues, approaches and alternatives from around the world • Be proactive and confident • Use resources, intellect, creativity and innovation to be successful • Have the ability to support, challenge and inspire our students, encouraging them to achieve the best they can through the promotion of outstanding teaching and learning • Have the ability to be a team player who will go the extra mile to support students and who will enjoy the opportunities of this role The Gryphon is a wonderful place to work and has a special atmosphere and feel. It became an academy in August 2012 to sustain the quality of our outstanding provision and is a founder member of the Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust (SAST) a multi-academy trust established in June 2017. Since September 2017 we have been designated as a teaching school and are very excited about the opportunities that this new status will bring. In a recent national publication, The Real Schools Guide, The Gryphon was rated as one of only two schools in Dorset as 5 star; based on attainment, teaching, attendance and outcomes. The Good Schools Guide concludes that we are a ‘Super much sought-after school at the very centre of its community taking on the Sherborne independents. Truly a model of comprehensive education at its best – a place for all comers, which children and parents set their heart on, so it bulges at the seams’. We are looking for someone with high expectations, a love of their subject, the ability to inspire and also laugh whilst enjoying the challenges of this role. You need to be a team player with the inner determination to develop continually, picking up the best ideas from around the world in education. In return, you will join a Department that is full of activity, rewarding and friendly. We have a great record for supporting and developing all of our staff through our own training and links with NCSL providers. We are an outward looking school with excellent community links as well as strong relationships with other good and outstanding schools across the South West and nationally. You are very welcome to visit us in advance of an application or to contact us to find out more.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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About The Gryphon School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1514 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
The Gryphon School website
Email address
recruitment@sast.org.uk
Phone number
01935316940
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The Gryphon is a wonderful place to work and has a special atmosphere and feel. It became a founder member of SAST a multi-academy trust established in June 2017. The Good Schools Guide 2023 concludes that ‘A big school with a small school feel is exactly right. No child goes unnoticed and teachers seem to be genuinely motivated to see pupils progress to the best of their ability. An impressive capacity to cater for extremely different academic needs in a nurturing environment. No wonder it’s over-subscribed’.

We are an outward looking school with exceptional community links as well as strong relationships with other good and outstanding schools across the South West and nationally.

We are a comprehensive school serving a diverse community. Our high quality support staff make a real difference to our students. Teaching is often outstanding, and consistently at least good across all subjects and key stages. Teachers are provided with the resources to make lessons stimulating and practical and have excellent subject knowledge. They make sure students are very clear about what is demanded of them and how to improve. The School’s very positive entry in the Good School Guide describes pastoral care and discipline as ‘excellent’. Students are reflective, behave with great courtesy, and are heavily involved in working with staff to improve the school and the welfare of others.

The Gryphon gains high results for its students at both GCSE and A Level. Our large Sixth Form of 380 students is exceptional. We have an outstanding record of success in university entrance, including places at Oxford, Cambridge and other Russell Group universities, as well as for training places and apprenticeships.

Our 2023 GCSE exam results were, once again, excellent. 26 students achieved nine or more 7s, 8s and 9s with many staying on to attend The Gryphon Sixth Form.

Additionally, our A level results were excellent with 61 students receiving straight A, A* and B results including five students heading off to Oxford and Cambridge, and three students going on to study medicine.

In May 2022 our inspection as a Church School (SIAMS) judged us to be Excellent. Our most recent Ofsted visit, in June 2023, was very positive and confirmed our status as a “good school”. Our focus, which reflects our Church School status, is that we should be a “10:10” school; where students and staff experience life in all of its fullness. So for us education is more than just exam results – we place great value on the personal development of each student. We aim for them to leave school as well-rounded young people with a strong sense of what is socially, morally and culturally acceptable, and to feel that they have a contribution to make to the wider community. Digital learning is important at The Gryphon School including the use of mobile technology; we want our young people to use technology responsibly and to enhance their learning.

In summary, we are a true team with a great sense of pride in what we collectively achieve and we embrace the challenge for achievement to be even higher. Our special culture and ethos focuses on enabling students to be the best that they can, both personally and academically, supported by the tremendous work and care of all our staff. We continue to strive to be outstanding in all aspects of school life.

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