Teacher of Geography

The Whitehaven Academy, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 8TY

9 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  11 May 2024 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  11 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Geography
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS / UPS

Teacher of Geography job summary

The Whitehaven Academy is part of Cumbria Education Trust. CET is a growing multi-academy trust based in Cumbria; and is committed to creating outstanding, innovative and inspiring learning environments for our schools and their communities. The successful candidate will be joining CET as we continue to build on our successes and move forward on our journey to establish ourselves as one of the highest performing MATs in the North of England.

This is a really exciting opportunity to join The Whitehaven Academy at a pivotal time for its future. There has been significant financial investment to redevelop the school which has moved into its state-of-the-art new building and new sports facilities. The school continues to expand and we are again oversubscribed for Year 7 admissions in September 2024.

We are looking for an outstanding Teacher of Geography to join our Humanities department. The successful candidate should be an excellent classroom practitioner, reflective in their teaching practice and focused on getting the best from every student across all key stages of the secondary curriculum.

The successful candidate will:

• Be qualified to degree level
• Possess a relevant teaching qualification (PGCE, Cert Ed, Bed)
• Be an excellent communicator committed to leading an effective team within the whole school community
• Ensure high standards of teaching across the curriculum and have a commitment to challenging learners to achieve well
• Be a passionate, caring and inspirational teacher
• Be self-motivated and reliable
• Be enthusiastic about current research on thinking skills and building learning power.

If you have the qualities required, along with the passion and aspirations to contribute to the success of the Academy and the MAT, then we would welcome an application from you.

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 Whitehaven Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 665 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Whitehaven Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-whitehaven-academy (opens in new tab)

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