Head of Geography (Maternity Cover)

Teaching Vacancies; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-performing educational institution in Cambridge is seeking a talented professional to be the Head of Geography (Maternity Cover). The role involves inspiring students and developing a robust geography curriculum that emphasizes local context and global citizenship. Candidates should have a commitment to sustainability and leadership experience in education. This institution values its staff and offers generous benefits, including higher-than-average pay and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Higher-than-average pay

Three extra INSET days

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Passion for geography and education.
• Experience in leading a department.
• Commitment to student welfare and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Inspire students about the world and global citizenship.
• Develop local geography curriculum.
• Lead sustainability initiatives within the school.

Skills

Leadership

Curriculum development

Sustainability advocacy

Student engagement

Flexibility in teaching

Education

Qualified teacher status

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are excited to offer the opportunity for a talented professional to be the Head of Geography (Maternity Cover) at Parkside Community College. We are looking for someone to continue to build relevant local geography into our curriculum, to inspire curiosity about the world and to develop our students as global citizens. We are looking for someone keen to lead our ongoing work around sustainability and to further develop opportunities for learning outside the classroom.

You will have a vision for achieving outstanding outcomes and a remarkable experience for our students, in line with United Learning's Framework for Excellence.

Geography forms part of the core Key Stage 3 curriculum and is a popular GCSE subject in Key Stage 4.

What the school offers its staff

Parkside Community College is a highly oversubscribed school with a long history of success and an excellent reputation for innovation in education. We are situated in three sets of buildings, with the main site overlooking Parker’s Piece, opening in 1913. We offer 120 places in each year group and believe deeply in the power of ‘human scale’ education, where every student is very well known and strong relationships help teachers to support their classes to exceptional outcomes. Our last inspection graded us Outstanding and our GCSE results in 2022 make us one of the highest performing schools in the country, within the top 1% of schools for progress.

Our intake is diverse: we have a large proportion of higher attainers on entry; we also have a significant profile of Special Educational Needs. We have many students join us from overseas, with a range of ability in English.

We are committed to supporting our colleagues to be highly effective teachers: as well as department curriculum time, we develop our teaching as a whole staff every week, informed by Rosenshine’s Principles. We have a behaviour policy that is consistent and enables colleagues to teach without disruption.

About United Learning

We are part of a cluster of schools within the United Learning group: The Galfrid School, Coleridge Community College, Trumpington Community College, Parkside Community College, and Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology. We embrace United Learning’s aim to offer a life‑changing education to children and young people, and we work as a team to achieve more than any single school could. We share knowledge and resources within the cluster and the group to simplify work processes and manage workloads to achieve excellent results while improving work‑life balance. As a cluster and as a group, we can look after our staff better. There are many benefits to working as part of United Learning – we encourage staff to visit other academies, “steal with pride” and bring the best practice back to our own schools.

Benefits

• More Pay… We pay an average of 5% above national scales – the best rates of pay in the sector; cash towards medical treatments; generous staff discount schemes.
• More Time… Three extra INSET days for planning; at least one personal day a year.
• More support… Great training for your career; exceptional curriculum resources; expert subject advice; support for your wellbeing.

Additional Information

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under‑represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are open to discussing flexible working options. We reserve the right to invite strong candidates to interview in advance of the closing date, so encourage early applicants.

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.