Geography Second in Faculty - Full-time

St John's Catholic Comprehensive School, Gravesend

Ref:KCC886-5461-237T
Posted:29/03/2024
Pay:Main/Upper Pay Scale
Start Date:September 2024
App Close Date:19/04/2024 at 16:00
Interviews:w/c 22nd April

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Second in Department of Geography [TLR 2a - £3,214]

Required for September 2024

(Applications for an earlier start are also welcome)

Our Geography department is a highly effective and dedicated team and one that is respected by all stakeholders at St John’s. Our pupils actively engage in their Geography lessons across all three Key Stages, and our examination results at both GCSE and A Level in this key EBACC subject have been exceptional across a number of years, due to the hard work and commitment of our Geography staff and pupils.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, conscientious and talented individual who is keen to join our extremely high-performing and popular Geography department. The successful candidate will have a clear track record of delivering an excellent standard of education to their pupils that inspires them to give of their best and facilitates them achieving outstanding results. The successful candidate will work closely and collaboratively with our Head of Department in ensuring the standard of Geography provision afforded to pupils across the school is of the highest possible standard and that our pupils have a range of exciting and enriching Geography related extra-curricular opportunities to access. The successful candidate will be expected to teach across at least two key stages and there will be an opportunity to teach aspects of the A Level course should the successful candidate be interested in doing so (there is no requirement for the successful candidate to have experience of, or an interest in, teaching A Level). The exact responsibilities of the successful candidate will be carefully tailored to match their skills, interests and the needs of the department.

We would welcome applications from Teachers of Geography who are looking to take on departmental leadership responsibilities for the first time, or current leadership holders who are looking for a new challenge. The post will be an excellent platform for those teachers aspiring to be a Head of Geography in the future.

Information about the school

St John’s is a very successful co-ed Catholic school with over 1300 students including c.300 in our Sixth Form. We have a very strong Catholic ethos and pride ourselves in being a warm and welcoming community, something that was externally recognised in our most recent Section 48 Inspection of January 2020, where we achieved ‘Outstanding Catholic School’ status. The school’s 2023 Progress 8 score of +0.33 was the sixth consecutive examination year that the school achieved a positive score on this key performance measure and a wonderful reflection of the talented and dedicated students and staff we have at the school.

This is an excellent and exciting time to join the school and be part of an enthusiastic, forward thinking and supportive team. If you would like to be part of this exciting opportunity, go to our website www.stjohnscs.com and click on the Information tab to locate Job Vacancies, Recruitment Information and Monitoring forms. Kindly complete the following forms and email them to Mrs L O'Neill (loneill@stj.kent.sch.uk): Application Form, Recruitment Monitoring Form, Consent to Obtain References Form and Staff Recruitment Online Checks Form.

St John’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS clearance. This post will be subject to safer recruitment procedures.

Job Contact Information

Name:Mrs L O'Neill
Address:St John's Catholic Comprehensive, Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JW
Telephone: 01474 534718
Email: loneill@stj.kent.sch.uk

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