Teacher of Geography
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Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
25 November 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 October 2022
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- View all Geographyjobs
Working pattern
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- 36.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1-UPS3
Teacher of Geography job summary
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Geography teacher, with the ability to teach bright pupils from Key Stage 3 to A level, to join a dedicated and successful team of five specialist teachers. The successful applicant will also have the prospect of teaching highly motivated and academically accomplished students from Year 7 to Oxbridge.
Geography is taught to all pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9, and is an option thereafter at GCSE and A level. In Years 7, 8 and 9 pupils study a broad range of human and physical geography to give them a grounding and base upon which to build at GCSE. In Years 10 and 11, we teach the OCR B GCSE course and follow with the OCR A-level course in the Sixth Form.
The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to contribute towards and take responsibility for some of the department’s fieldwork trips. We offer an annual trip that alternates between Sicily and Iceland for our Year 11 students, as well as our residential trip to Snowdonia for our A-level cohort. Learning outside of the classroom is a compulsory and essential element at every key stage and is currently under review as we emerge from the restrictions of the pandemic. With this in mind the successful applicant would have the opportunity to shape our lower school fieldwork delivery as well as contribute to the existing trips.
There are three well-equipped, adjacent specialist teaching rooms for Geography, each equipped with interactive whiteboards. Banks of laptops are available for booking by any department and are regularly used for delivery of everything from case study material to GIS tasks.
The successful applicant will be an outstanding teacher with excellent subject knowledge supported by a good honours degree in Geography or a related subject. Early Careers Teachers and experienced teachers are welcome to apply. The ability to form good working relationships with colleagues and students is essential. It is also expected that the successful candidate will become involved in the school’s very wide range of extra-curricular activities.
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.
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About The Skinners' School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1118 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Skinners' School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- HR@skinners-school.org.uk
Skinners’ School was founded in 1887 and is a thriving boys’ grammar school. There are currently 1119 pupils, 325 of whom are in the Sixth Form. A friendly and hard-working community, the school is amongst the highest achieving in the country, both academically and in terms of extra-curricular provision. Pastoral care is also a real strength.
Skinners’ School is situated on the northern side of the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in West Kent, with 20 acres of sports pitches. Surrounded by countryside, Tunbridge Wells has excellent transport links by rail to London (approx. 45 minutes to London Bridge, Waterloo East, Charing Cross, 60 minutes to Victoria), and Hastings. The M25 and M20 are a short drive from the School. Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports are easily reached, as are the Channel Tunnel and ferry terminals. It is a short drive to the neighbouring towns of Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.
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