Assistant Head of Geography
Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Birmingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS, TLR 2a (£2,666)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2018
- Apply by:
- 20 September 2017
Job overview
BISHOP CHALLONER CATHOLIC COLLEGE Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7EG
NOR 1206 including 270 in the Sixth Form
Required for January 2018 Assistant Head of
Geography TLR 2a (£2,666)
Due to the promotion of the existing post holder, we have an exciting opportunity for a highly qualified and successful teacher to contribute to the leadership of Geography in our school. At Bishop Challoner we are driven to help our students to reach their full potential and we are looking to appoint a teacher who is passionate about the subject and who can share this enthusiasm with our students.
The post
Geography is a very popular and successful option at both GCSE and A Level; we currently have a large number of students (10 groups) studying Geography at GCSE and 4 Post 16 groups. We are looking for a well-qualified teacher, with, ideally, 2-3 years teaching experience. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of raising achievement and will be committed to the development of creative and engaging Geography lessons across the Key Stages.
Bishop Challoner is an extremely successful, heavily over-subscribed mixed comprehensive school in the South of Birmingham. We are a vibrant, diverse school community with a relentless focus on high expectations and aspirations. We provide a happy and nurturing environment, so that our students develop into well rounded, healthy young people who have a passion for learning.
We were designated one for the first 100 Teaching Schools in the country in the summer of 2011. This is a measure of the high achievement of the school and its excellence in training and developing staff. There is a first class INSET programme at Bishop Challoner, which supports the professional development of teachers at all stages in their careers.
Bishop Challoner is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It has policies and procedures to ensure that this occurs.The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check .
For an application pack please visit our website www.bishopchalloner.org.uk/vacancies or click on APPLY NOW button on the TES website - please note all applications have to be on the CES application form. Email applications to Tracey Ingram: t.ingram@bishopchalloner.bham.sch.uk
Closing date for letters of application Thursday 21st September 2017
Attached documents
About Bishop Challoner Catholic College
- Bishop Challoner Catholic College
- Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B14 7EG
- United Kingdom
Bishop Challoner Catholic College is mixed, co-educational Roman Catholic high school and sixth form for pupils aged 11-18.
It has about 1,100 pupils and is located in the Kings Heath area of Birmingham. The school was founded in 1953, and was the first Catholic school opened in the city.
Headteacher
Dr James Coughlan
Values and vision
Bishop Challoner Catholic College, as a Catholic School, is committed to the values of the Gospel, and it aims to reflect this with a strong sense of community and outreach.
The school aims to deliver a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum, within which ethical, moral and religious issues are taught. It places prayer and the worship of God at the centre of school life - something which is reflected in assemblies, Holy Mass and other liturgies.
Bishop Challoner Catholic College aspires to develop the desire in each student to progress spiritually, academically, morally, culturally, physically and mentally. It aims to provide a secure and caring atmosphere based on mutual respect.
The school promotes equal opportunities for all, and encourages the development of each pupil's unique talents and gifts. It promotes a wide range of opportunities for a healthy lifestyle, in-keepeing with its specialist sports college status. It is also a specialist science college status.
Ofsted
“Pupils make outstanding progress in a range of subjects, including English and mathematics. Disadvantaged pupils often make better progress than other pupils nationally from their different starting points, although this is not the case for all. Pupils have ambition and an aspiration to succeed.”
“The school’s curriculum meets their needs well, contributes to their outstanding progress and develops their spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding well.”
View Bishop Challoner Catholic College’s latest Ofsted report
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