Teacher of Geography
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9UJThis job expired on 26 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
4 November 2024
Closing date
26 June 2024 at 9am
Date listed
14 June 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 4
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Part time, term time
Contract type
- Maternity or parental leave cover - 8 months
Pay scale
- Main or UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
TEACHER OF GEOGRAPHY – Maternity Leave Cover
0.5 FTE
4 November 2024 - July 2025
We are looking for an enthusiastic, well-qualified and committed KS3 Geography teacher to join an outstanding department and teach bright, well-motivated pupils in a supportive environment. The Geography Department at TWGGS currently consists of 4 full time staff. This post would require the successful applicant to teach KS3 with an ability to teach KS4 desirable but not essential. Geography is a popular subject and attracts committed, keen and well-motivated pupils; at least a third or more of these then go on to A Level studies and in recent years several have continued their studies at University. In 2023 8 of 37 pupils are pursuing Geography related courses at university with one accepted by Cambridge. Over the past 3 years pupil uptake has been consistently high at both GCSE (98 Year 11 pupils in 2020-21) and A Level (38 average for the last four years). This role would suit both an experienced teacher or an ECT.
The Department is well resourced; there are 4 Geography teaching rooms and a resource room. Class rooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards and digital projectors, networked computers and WiFi. All resources are kept on Google Drive, with Google Classroom actively used. A range of textbooks and resources is available for all year groups and each year’s teaching has been rigorously planned by department staff, with regular review to maintain up to date materials. The department has a strong ethos of developing dynamic, independent study; staff are committed to providing excellent fieldwork opportunities and candidates must be willing to be involved in local day trips for Year 7 and Year 8.
TWGGS is an 11-18 girls’ selective school of over a thousand pupils, where girls are encouraged to be as active beyond the curriculum as they are within it. Trips, visits and extra-curricular activities are unrivalled in the state sector, but, more importantly, it is an amazingly happy, positive community to be part of. This post arises as a result of maternity cover and offers an exciting opportunity to a teacher keen to get very actively involved in school life.
The teaching of Geography is compulsory from Year 7 to 9, with pupils in each year group having three 1 hour lessons of Geography a fortnight. Lessons in Key Stage 3 have a modern, issue based focus, combining skill development with real world events. The successful candidate would be expected to teach Year 7 and Year 8 Geography with an ability to teach GCSE (we follow EdExcel) preferable but not essential to the post.
The department is very successful at GCSE and A Level, including achieving the award for the highest GCSE and A Level grades in the country in 2018. Our last, pre-pandemic results, 66% of GCSE pupils achieved a Grade 8-9, with 41% of A Level students achieving an A* grade.
If you would relish the opportunity to join TWGGS and get involved in this busy, happy community, application is by completion of the school application form, accompanied by a letter stating why you feel your strengths, skills and experience best fit you for this post. Applications will be urgently considered as they arrive. If you have notheard from us by 5 July, please assume that, unfortunately, your application has not been successful. We should like to wish you well in your future career whether at TWGGS or elsewhere.
Katie Marchant, Associate Headteacher
What the school offers its staff
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Southfield Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN4 9UJ
Tel: (01892) 520902
E-mail. admin@twggs.kent.sch.uk
Roll No: 1039
300 in Sixth Form
TEACHER OF GEOGRAPHY – PART TIME (0.5 FTE) - MATERNITY COVER
Required from 4 November 2024, an enthusiastic, well-qualified teacher of Geography to teach KS3 as a maternity cover, ability to teach KS4 desirable but not essential.
TWGGS is an outstandingly successful and oversubscribed selective school, and the Geography department is well-established and supportive with very good facilities. The school provides excellent induction for an early careers teacher, but would also offer an experienced teacher rewarding opportunities both in and out of the classroom.
For further details and an application form, please see the School website www.twggs.kent.sch.uk or contact Mrs Michelle Clarke at the school by e-mail admin@twggs.kent.sch.uk. Deadline for applications: 10am on 26 June 2024
TWGGS is a diverse and inclusive school and we aim to recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds who add value to our pupils and who share our vision and ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As such, the successful applicant will be required to undertake a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). TWGGS is an equal opportunities employer and an Ofsted Outstanding school (September 2023).
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 Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 984 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- michelle.clarke@twggs.kent.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01892 559157
Required from either September or October 2023, or January 2024, due to a late resignation, an
enthusiastic, well-qualified teacher of English to teach bright, well-motivated pupils across Key
Stages 3 & 4, to include GCSE English Language and Literature, with the potential to teach English
Literature at A Level. TWGGS is an outstandingly successful and oversubscribed selective school
and the English Department is well-established and supportive with excellent facilities. The school
provides excellent induction for a newly qualified teacher, but would also offer an experienced
teacher rewarding opportunities in and out of the classroom.
For further details and an application form, please contact Mrs Michelle Clarke at the school by
e-mail or telephone (admin@twggs.kent.sch.uk) A completed application should be submitted by
the closing date of midday on 23th June 2023, although applications may be considered upon
receipt. Interviews are expected to take place in the week commencing 26th June.
Arranging a visit to Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email michelle.clarke@twggs.kent.sch.uk.
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