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Head of Geography

Head of Geography

Firth Park Academy

Sheffield

  • Expired
Salary:
MPR - UPR + TLR 2a
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2022
Apply by:
25 May 2022

Job overview

Head of Geography

MPR - UPR + TLR 2a

Start date: September 2022 

Permanent, Full Time 

Firth Park Academy is proud to be a Good school and determined to become an Outstanding school. We are a wonderfully diverse family of students and staff where our vision is to inspire all students to lead remarkable lives. We offer the widest range of extra-curricular enrichment possible to ensure our students are rich in knowledge and character. We want students to achieve academic excellence, develop strength of character and above all else, be happy. Our school is:  

  • A stronger-than-ever ‘Good’ school as rated by Ofsted (February 2019).   
  • Home of an Extended School Day for Years 7 and 11 to ensure the broadest possible curriculum of academic learning and extra-curricular experiences   
  • Featured on CBBC’s series Our School 7 is currently on iPlayer, which highlights the remarkable spirit of our Year 7 and 8 students and staff in the 2020-21 school year, please see the link.    
  • A richly diverse community with students speaking more than 30 home languages.   
  • A leading school in our trust – Academies Enterprise Trust – the largest trust in the UK with more career development opportunities than any other.

We love to help our students learn and value the staff who help them do so, thanks to:  

  • A real ethos of family where we all value strong positive relationships and support each other.   
  • An outstanding professional development programme for staff at all stages of their career.

We are seeking to appoint an inspirational Head of Geography who will be responsible for driving up standards and rapidly improving outcomes within Geography. They will also have a passion for developing teaching and learning.

The ideal candidate will:  

  • Be an excellent Geography Practitioner;  
  • Bring an unwavering commitment to promoting the highest standards of teaching and learning across the department and the academy;  
  • Be passionate about developing their own practice and the teaching and learning practice of others;  
  • Have a relentless obsession about developing all aspects of Geography teaching and learning;  
  • Be a committed team player;  
  • Have the ability to engage and inspire pupils and build excellent relationships with both students and staff;

Come and speak to us and the team of students and staff who are making Firth Park Academy one of the best schools in our city:  

  • If you would like to find out more about this opportunity please contact our Head of Humanities Jim Taylor at jtaylor@firthparkacademy.org or indeed our Principal Dean Jones at djones@firthparkacademy.org   
  • Check out the career opportunity section on our website (see https://sites.google.com/aetinet.org/firth-park-academy/home) to find out more.

Closing date: Wednesday 25th May 2022 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CV’s. Apply today and join us to help create an excellent education for all.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.  Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.  

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. 

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About Firth Park Academy

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About Firth Park Academy

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Firth Park Academy is proud to be a Good school and determined to become an Outstanding school. We are a wonderfully diverse family of students and staff where our vision is to inspire all students to lead remarkable lives. We offer the widest range of extra-curricular enrichment possible to ensure our students are rich in knowledge and character. We want students to achieve academic excellence, develop strength of character and above all else, be happy.  Our school is:

  • A stronger-than-ever ‘Good’ school as rated by Ofsted (March 2019).
  • Home of an Extended School Day for Years 7 and 11 to ensure the broadest possible curriculum of academic learning and extra-curricular experience
  • Featured on CBBC’s series Our School 3, which highlights the successful transition students make into Year 7.
  • A richly diverse community with students speaking more than 30 home languages.
  • A leading school in our trust – Academies Enterprise Trust – the largest trust in the UK with more career development opportunities than any other.

We love to help our students learn and value the staff who help them do so, thanks to:

  • A real ethos of family where we all value strong positive relationships and support each other.
  • An outstanding professional development programme for staff at all stages of their career.
  • A ‘3 in 3 years’ leadership development programme for high achieving staff. This promises staff a TLR responsibility, bursary support toward Masters completion if required, and mini-secondment at a partner AET Academy to grow our future leaders.

Dean Jones (Principal)

djones@firthparkacademy.org

WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?

Staff Benefits

Development:

We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences  that will support you on your professional learning journey with AET.

Lifestyle:

We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.

Money:

All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme).  Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our AET Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.

Wellbeing:

We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.

OUR TRUST

We are proud to be part of Academies Enterprise Trust (AET).

AET is a national family of 57 schools committed to delivering an excellent education that launches all the children in our care into a remarkable life. It is our deeply held belief that every child has something remarkable to offer and we see it as our duty to help each and every child find this within themselves.

Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

At AET, we want all of our employees to feel included bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, and we truly believe that diversity drives innovation.

AET is also an approved Apprenticeship Training Provider (through the ESFA) which allows us to deliver a wide range of apprenticeship programmes across the Trust and our school network. To find out more about what we offer click here.

We also offer teacher training programmes across our network. For more information please click here.

To find out more about AET please click here.

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