Head of Geography
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
Stafford
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS / UPS, plus a TLR of at least £4,397 is available, with potential to progress on the basis of success at boosting student numbers at KS4 and KS5.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2018
- Apply by:
- 26 September 2017
Job overview
Head of Geography required for January 2018 (although either an earlier or later state date may be available by negotiation for the right candidate.
Are you an good Geography practitioner looking for the next step in your career? Or possibly an existing Head of Department looking for your next challenge? If so, then Cardinal Griffin Catholic College might be the place to make your mark as Head of Geography.
The successful candidate will have an opportunity to develop the department from Key Stage three, through to Key Stage five, with an aim to increase the number of pupils opting for both GCSE and A-Level Geography. We are therefore looking for a driven and ambitious candidate with passion for the subject and who is a strong classroom practitioner - ideally with experience of Key Stages three to five.
A TLR of at least £4,397 is available, with potential to progress on the basis of success at boosting student numbers at KS4 and KS5.
Situated only a few miles away from Cannock Chase, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and will good road links to the West Midlands and beyond, Cannock offers surprisingly affordable housing. The nature of the pupils in the College itself means that it is a very pleasant environment in which to teach with low levels of poor behavior and a positive and supportive staff team.
Candidates wishing to apply should do so using the attached application form. Our preference is to receive applications by email. These should be sent to d.carne@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk by 12 noon on Wednesday 27 September 2017. Interviews are planned for the week of 2 October 2017.
This College is committed to the safeguarding and promoting of the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of offenders Act (1974). Therefore this position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including criminal records checks from the Disclosure and Barring service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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About Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
- Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
- Cardinal Way, Stafford Road, Cannock
- Staffordshire
- WS11 4AW
- United Kingdom
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is an 11-19 Voluntary Aided Catholic Secondary school in Cannock, Staffordshire. The College was originally established in 1960, and has grown in size (with the associated additional building work) considerably since then. Sixth Form numbers have risen significantly in the last 12 months following a concerted effort to increase the numbers by the College Leadership. The College currently has 877 students on roll, of whom, 126 are in the Sixth Form.
The College has 5 Catholic feeder primary schools, whose students make up 45% of the student body. The rest of the students tend to be more local to the College and come from a variety of local schools. The Sixth Form predominantly recruits students from our own Year 11, but we have a handful of external applications each year, which we welcome. Sixth form provision also benefits from both a partnership with Cannock Chase High School with whom we share some courses and a partnership with a local hair salon who support the delivery of Levels 2 and 3 hairdressing qualifications. The College operates its own subsidised transport to bring in students from our Catholic feeder schools and wider catchment area.
The College has strong collaborative partnerships with local Catholic schools, a local Anglican school, as well other schools including the wider network of Jesuit schools throughout the UK and Internationally. Jesuit principles have become an integral part of the College in particular our experience of Magis - a Jesuit term referring to the philosophy of doing more for Christ, and therefore doing more for others. This challenges to always think about how we can ‘go the extra mile’ for our pupils, which is encapsulated in our school prayer, ‘Lord, teach me to be generous.”
The College’s last OfSTED in 2018 rated the College “Good” overall and “Good” in all areas. The latest Section 48 also rated the College as “Good”. Interim monitoring reports from Staffordshire Local Authority indicate that the College remains on track to retain its “Good” rating at the next inspection and results have risen considerably since a dip in 2019 with very positive results in summer 2022.
The College has worked hard to recruit and retain high quality staff. The team of teaching and support staff is stable, friendly and committed to the aims of the College and its Catholic mission. The College has become a hub for training Early Career Teachers this year with 9 joining us in September 2021. We have embraced the Government’s wellbeing charter and have a collaborative and distributed leadership approach.
The College has an Astroturf pitch which operates outside College hours to generate income, providing facilities for community teams. The College is also fortunate to have significant school grounds which facilitate a range of sports taking place and provide good socialisation space for pupils during breaktimes. The building itself is predominantly 1960s, but has been well maintained.
As part of the Archdiocesan academisation strategy, the College is in the early stages of considering becoming part of a Multi-Academy Trust.
View Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School’s latest Ofsted report
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