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Lead Teacher of Geography

Lead Teacher of Geography

King Solomon Academy

Westminster

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
7 June 2018

Job overview

Develop as an exceptional teacher and leader at King Solomon Academy

King Solomon Academy is achieving remarkable things. In our first four years of GCSE results we have regularly achieved nationally ground-breaking outcomes, including being the top 1% for pupil progress every year, and in three of the last four years we have been in the top 10 schools in the country.

We are looking for a teacher and leader who is passionate about geography and who can contribute more widely to the life of the school. The Humanities department currently teaches Geography, History and Religious Studies at GCSE, and has achieved exceptional outcomes in all these subjects - in 2017, we were in the top 1% of all schools for progress in our Humanities outcomes at GCSE. At A-level we currently offer Geography, History, Government and Politics, Religious Studies, Economics, and Psychology.

At King Solomon Academy, pupils study humanities in Key Stage 2 and 3, and in Key Stage 4 pupils choose at least one of History or Geography to GCSE. Geography is an important subject at KS2 and 3 where all pupils study it, and a popular choice at GCSE, with 70% of the cohort the subject.

KSA is a pioneering school looking to hire exceptional people. In this role you will:

  • Become part of a team of like-minded individuals

  • Benefit from expert teacher development so that you make rapid progress in your practice

  • Be responsible for ground-breaking educational outcomes for pupils from an economically deprived background

  • Have the opportunity to take on additional leadership responsibilities

  • Experience a range of development opportunities as part of the Ark network.


King Solomon Academy is a place where teachers learn how to improve their teaching, constantly striving to be the best they can be. Each teacher has a coach who supports their teaching with frequent observations and action steps. Our teachers rapidly progress into being exceptional classroom practitioners. Our school is one which is transformational for staff and pupils alike.

For further information about the role and the school and to apply please go to www.kingsolomonacademy.org/current-vacancies.

The application deadline is by 11am on Monday 21st May 2018.

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About King Solomon Academy

King Solomon Academy is an all-through school for 3 - 18 year olds in Lisson Grove.

Pupils and their immense potential are at the heart of the academy. They live and work by the philosophy that there are no excuses and no short cuts to success, and promote excellence in every aspect of academy life.

Aims, Vision and Values

Our mission is to provide our pupils with a rigorous and transformational education which prepares them for success at university and beyond. We ensure that every pupil achieves academic success and has the real option of going to university. We want to make university education something which is accessible, exciting and aspirational. We believe our pupils work hard towards this goal because we make it real for them. We name our classes after well-known university cities and we name each year group by the year in which they will graduate from sixth form. We run residential trips to universities to open their eyes to the opportunties that university study can deliver.

In order to make our dreams for our pupils a reality, we foster values and approaches that transform the lives of our pupils. At the heart of our approach is that we are an all-through school with a thriving nursery provision. We believe in investing in knowing our pupils and their families extremely well, and we prioritise our pupils making extraordinary progress in the early years of their education. This sense of long-term commitment is core to our approach.

We have high expectations for all of our pupils, and believe that with great teaching and a lot of love and care, every child here can fulfil their potential.This both warm and strict approach means pupils feel safe and secure in the school but also confident to contribute to the future of the school and their community.

Long term, we aim to play our part in removing the educational disadvantage currently experienced by those born into economic deprivation our country. We strive to create role models and leaders in our community and through them to create a safer, fairer, and happier society.

Our vision 

High expectations We are climbing the mountain to university

Excellent teaching We love teaching and learning and place it at the heart of all our work.

A rigorous and transformational curriculum Our all-through curriculum is carefully designed and implemented to ensure that our pupils have a journey from nursery to university

Exemplary Character Our focus on high quality relationships creates a powerful culture which ensures that our pupils develop exemplary behaviour and character.

A long-term commitment to every pupil As one of a handful of all-through schools with consistent cohorts of children across primary and secondary, we are able to develop a unique team and family orientated culture which ensures that each of our pupils and families are known and cared for as individuals.

Investment in our team We choose to work at KSA because we know we will work together to address educational inequality.

Efficient and effective organisation We carefully organise the operational and educational activities in our school to maximise our collective impact and make our work sustainable.

Specialisms

Like all Ark academies, King Solomon Academy has a maths specialism.  Proficiency in maths is essential in every sphere of adult life, so we invest in the resources to attract and train the best maths teachers. We aim to produce confident and proficient mathematicians. We will ensure that pupils acquire skills as early as possible. We will help every student to maximise their skills and qualifications and offer those with particular ability the chance to accelerate their achievement in maths and further maths.

King Solomon Academy is a music specialist school.  We chose music as a specialism because it is fun and inspiring and can involve every pupil. We believe that being part of the KSA orchestra will create a great sense of shared identity as well enabling our pupils to benefit from the known academic, intellectual and social advantages of musical training.

Ofsted

King Solomon Academy was inspected by Ofsted in May 2013 and was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. You can read the full report here.

Among the points highlighted by the Inspectors in the academy's first full inspection report since opening, they say:

“King Solomon Academy is an outstanding and unique 21st century school". Among many other points Ofsted praise KSA's creation and inspiration of "a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence."

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