Teacher of Geography

Career Opportunity

Ambitious, forward-thinking, flexible and self-motivated? If you can combine these attributes with excellent teaching skills, now is the unique time to join the teaching staff at Coombe Wood School. We offer scope to advance at our vibrant and heavily oversubscribed school . 

As a relatively new school, this brings with it a variety of promotion opportunities for dedicated and ambitious staff. CWS is a school with a growing track record of rewarding outstanding performance amongst current staff via internal promotions. By becoming part of the team at Coombe Wood School, your career will benefit from joining a future-focused group of schools within Folio Education Trust, offering access to high calibre CPD, which contributes to the recognised quality of learning within our schools. 

There is a strong team spirit, which has contributed to a supportive learning environment for both staff and students at Coombe Wood School. Our staff are ready to overcome unexpected challenges, break fresh ground, encourage collaboration and share excellent teaching skills within our hardworking and dedicated group.  

Our Geography department

Joining the Geography department at CWS is a very exciting opportunity. Opportunities such as shaping curriculum design, developing and sharing practice and pedagogy will be central to this role. It would be highly desirable if applicants have experience of teaching A-Level, although training will be available for the right candidate.

The high level of Geography in KS4 uptake, shows the popularity and vibrancy of this subject. Students are developing a broad skill set and exploring both local and global knowledge that is rooted in preparation for GCSE; however, there remains a strong focus on providing students with an understanding of the world around them. Cultural capital is a solid feature of student learning in Geography lessons at CWS. 

At KS3, students study a varied and exciting curriculum, which brings the outside world into the classroom. It focuses on developing key Geographical skills as well transferable skills, which can be used to deepen their cross-curricular knowledge. 

Like all departments, we keep our core values at the heart of all learning and are very proud to see our students develop their geographical skills whilst showing these core values every day. 

Ethos 

Our ethos derives from the theoretical and practical nature of sport with TEAMWORK, RESPECT, ENJOYMENT, DISCIPLINE and SPORTSMANSHIP as its core values. All staff are expected to demonstrate and support these in their everyday work. Coombe Wood School teaching and non-teaching staff will work closely together across many different areas of the school to ensure the best possible learning experiences for our students.

Coombe Wood School is part of Folio Education Trust: http://www.folio-education.co.uk/. This is a local collaboration of schools, with future possibilities of shared training or working at more than one school, so by becoming part of the team at Coombe Wood School, your career will experience wider benefits.

Location

Serving the communities of South and Central Croydon, this fully-inclusive secondary co-educational school was established in 2018 to meet an urgent rising local demand. The school is situated opposite Lloyd Park in South Croydon, with an excellent Tramlink service to and from East Croydon station (just 5 minutes’ journey-time away) and a short walk from several bus routes. Over £35 million has been invested in our state-of-the-art school, including enhanced sports and performing arts facilities, comprising a competition-sized sports hall, a full-size 3G artificial surface, sprung dance floor studios, music rooms and a recording studio. 

Application Procedure

Please download the job description, candidate pack and application form or visit http://www.cws-croydon.co.uk/Career-Opportunities  

For enquiries relating to the role, please contact careers@cws.foliotrust.uk 

Please email your completed applications to careers@cws.foliotrust.uk   in compliance with safer recruitment guidelines CVs will not be accepted.

Closing Date: Monday 20th May 2024

Interview Date: w/c Monday 20th May 2024

Safeguarding: Folio Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The recruitment process will include an enhanced DBS check, medical screening, confirmation of right to work in the UK and all other pre-employment checks in line with safer recruitment requirements.

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Equal Opportunities

At Folio Education Trust, we believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the school have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief.