Teacher of Geography / Travel and Tourism
Garth Hill College, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 2ADThis job expired on 19 February 2024 – see similar jobs
Earliest start date
1 March 2024
Latest start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
19 February 2024 at 9am
Date listed
16 January 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - 9 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS (Fringe)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a talented educator with a big heart who shares our commitment to excellence and achieving the very best for all our pupils?
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dedicated and committed classroom practitioner to the post of teacher of Geography / Travel and Tourism. This is a fixed term position to cover maternity leave from March 2024 until January 2025 (or until the substantive post holder returns). The successful candidate will be required to teach both of the following subjects, Geography, Travel and Tourism. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced or newly qualified teacher to become part of the Garth Hill team.
What the school offers its staff
Garth Hill is a friendly and supportive school with a strong team ethos, excellent facilities and an exceptional professional development programme with great opportunities for further career development.
- Superb CPD including from our outstanding ‘Teaching and Learning Team’
- OFSTED ‘good’ (May 2019)
- Friendly and supportive working environment
- Centralised detentions to reduce teacher workload
- Four period day with 75-minute lessons
- Highly effective behaviour and inclusion system with ‘send out’ and support
- On site gym with rowing machines, cross-trainer, spin bikes and free weights
- Access to health, family, travel and leisure benefits of Bracknell Forest Council staff
Garth Hill College is a happy and vibrant place of learning. We are proud to be a genuinely comprehensive school and offer a wide and diverse range of excellent opportunities, inside and outside the classroom, that we believe enable our young people to develop exceptionally well both academically and personally.
Garth Hill College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/young people and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices share this commitment.’
This position requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check because it involves contact with (or access to data concerning) children/young people/adults at risk. You will need to tell us about any spent convictions or cautions, which may later appear on your DBS Certificate.
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.
About Garth Hill College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1476 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Garth Hill College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- s-barnes@garthhillcollege.com
- Phone number
- 01344 421122
Garth Hill is a happy and vibrant place of learning. We are proud to be a genuinely comprehensive school and offer a wide and diverse range of excellent opportunities, inside and outside the classroom, that we believe enable our young people to develop exceptionally well both academically and personally.
Success has been built upon high standards and expectations. We expect pupils to take responsibility, to work as hard as staff, always try their best, and to reflect upon, and learn from failure and success. We also expect our young people to demonstrate good behaviour, self-discipline and respect. We praise and reward good citizenship, but there are clearly understood sanctions for unacceptable conduct.
Garth Hill College serves the community of North Bracknell and surrounding areas for pupils aged 11-19.
Arranging a visit to Garth Hill College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email s-barnes@garthhillcollege.com.
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