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Head of Geography

Head of Geography

Heartlands High School

Heartlands High School

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Salary:
MPS + TLR 2C (Negotiable for exceptional candidate)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01st January 2018
Apply by:
8 December 2017

Job overview

Head of Geography

Post Grade/ Salary : TLR 2C (Negotiable for exceptional candidate)  

Responsible to: Learning Coordinator

Post Tenable: January / April 2018

Heartlands High School is seeking an outstanding Head of Geography to start in January or April 2018.

Heartlands High School is a mixed comprehensive 11-16 school that opened in September 2010. Popular and oversubscribed within the local community, the school will take 1080 students when full. Our recent Ofsted report states… ’Leaders have been able to cultivate an ethos of focusing on the needs of individual pupils. Pupils irrespective of their starting points, receive a range of support. Many pupils make very good progress…’ (Ofsted 2016)

The successful candidate will be committed to developing the following leadership behaviours:

· lead the establishment and development of the subject area as outlined below, ensuring that Geography teaching in the school is inspiring, engaging and inclusive

· design at least three SEARCH days each year 

· contribute to our pathways curriculum by creating relevant and personalised routes of study

· set up and develop highly engaging enrichment within Geography and RE including inspiring school trips

· work within and contribute to the larger faculty

· contribute to whole school learning and forge cross-curricular links

· play an active role as a tutor within a vertical structure as outlined below

· ensure the behaviour management system is implemented in the subject area so that effective learning can take place.

For further information or if you would like to arrange a visit to the school please contact maria.levenson@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk

Closing date by 12pm on Friday 8th December 2017. 

Interviews will be held on week beginning 11th December 2017.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of our students. The successful applicant will therefore be required to complete an enhanced Criminal Records Disclosure. We encourage applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population.

Please click on the 'Quick Apply' button below to submit your application today. 

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About Heartlands High School

Our amazing school is looking for people with high aspirations, the desire to achieve and succeed – both for themselves and the students, but also for the community and their colleagues. This means we’re looking for creative thinkers, inspiring individuals and team players.

Part of SEARCH Education Trust, Heartlands High School is located within Wood Green, Haringey.  We opened as  a new school in September 2010 in state-of–the-art facilities.  We are now oversubscribed and a first choice school for parents and students in the local community.  Our intake is diverse and is a real reflection of the community that we serve.  Our aspirations for this community are high and we want our students to have access to the very best education.

Our vision for the school is simple.  We want our students to obtain a commitment to learning through achieving outstanding learning, outstanding partnerships and an outstanding ethos.  We expect our students to achieve higher than the national average results and we support them in getting there.

The ethos within the school is consistently recognized as a strength, supported through SEARCH.  We teach our students that school matters, that the effort is essential, that achievement will carry them forward, that active citizenship matters and that none of this can be achieved without the highest of aspirations.

SEARCH staff are rewarded through access to a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to;

  • Continuous professional development
  • Teacher training programme (Early Career Teacher/Teach First /Schools Direct /Apprentice)
  • Leadership programmes
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Tech Scheme
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • GP helpline service
  • Season ticket loans
  • Generous annual leave
  • Benefits/ discounts platform
  • Health and Wellbeing events/ resources
  • Access to onsite fitness sessions
  • Flexible working options
  • Family Friendly Policies
  • Employer pension contribution

If you are passionate about innovative education, have a commitment to personal excellence and are ready for a new challenge, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Support and development:

At Heartlands, we use School IP to track and support training and ongoing CPD. Depending on your need and level of experience, you will be placed on a training pathway.

The CPD plan is released in September each year and includes a range of internal training sessions before and after school as well as on inset days.

Examples of supported external training:

• NPQSL
• NPQML
• NPQH
• Outstanding Teacher Programme
• Developing Teacher Programme
• Exam Moderation Training.

Please review our website and twitter feed for all the latest news and views from HHS including our relevant policies including Safeguarding and child protection as well as data and privacy statements https://heartlands.haringey.sch.uk/about-us/policies/

Heartlands High School, Part of SEARCH Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check and additional pre-employment checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.

NOTE: It is an offence to apply for a role if the person is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. (Legislation.gov.uk - section 7(1)(a) of the SVGA 2006)

In line with KCSIE updates, an online search will be conducted as part of our due diligence checks on shortlisted candidates.

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