Geography Teacher

We seek a well qualified and highly skilled teacher who can teach across the age and ability range, up to and including A level.  This post would suite a NQT or an experienced teacher. 

We currently follow the AQA course in Geography at both GCSE and A Level. During KS3 we give students a firm understanding of the topics that they will develop at GCSE level in order to get them ‘GCSE ready’. 

We study a range of both physical and human topics that interest, challenge and inspire our pupils. These topics range from urban challenges and opportunities and the economic world, to tectonic hazards and ecosystems. 

This includes a variety of human and physical based fieldtrips at KS3, KS4 and KS5 including local fieldwork to areas such as Boscombe and the New Forest, to coastal areas such as Hengistbury Head, as well as visiting Iceland as part of our tectonics topic.

The Geography department has a range of different resources such as a variety of geography textbooks, fieldwork equipment and access to Ipads and computers with the use of GIS. 

The Geography department consists of four Geography teachers with specialities in both human and physical Geography. Enrichment activities are an integral part of the delivery of each programme. These range from seminar type intervention and tutorial support to trips and activities as well as extended vocational placements and university lecturer networking

Highcliffe School is ideally situated minutes from Highcliffe and Avon beaches, Mudeford Quay and Christchurch Harbour.  A few minutes’ drive or cycle away are the beaches of Bournemouth while Poole Harbour, a mecca for watersports, is approximately 12 miles away.  As a result, sailing, kitesurfing, kayaking, paddle boarding, surfing and beach life are prominent parts of life in the area.  

Highcliffe is also on the doorstep of the New Forest, meaning that equestrian sports, cycling, walking and running are also prominent features of local life.  There is an extensive range of top-class pubs, cafes, clubs, theatres and cinemas throughout the area catering for people of all ages and tastes.  

Highcliffe School is easily accessible from the urban centre of Bournemouth and Poole.  With its large student population Bournemouth uniquely offers a multicultural city buzz combined with the relaxed South Coast surfing and holiday culture.  London, the South East and the South West are easily reached by road or rail links.  The European mainland is easily reached by ferry from Weymouth, Poole, and Portsmouth, while Bournemouth and Southampton airports offer continental and worldwide flights.