Teacher of Geography
Ullswater Community College
Cumbria
- £28,000 - £43,685 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2023
- Apply by:
- 30 January 2023
Job overview
Hours: full time
Salary: MPS/UPS
- Are you a dedicated teacher who delivers innovative, motivating lessons?
- Are you committed to driving up standards and ensuring that all students are challenged to reach their maximum potential?
- Would you like to live and work in one of the most beautiful areas of the UK, teaching keen and dedicated students in a school with high ambitions for all?
Then we would welcome an application to join our successful and dynamic Geography Department. This permanent position will start on 1 September 2023; we are happy to consider part-time or job-share applications, depending on your situation.
You should be a confident, motivated teacher with an uncompromising commitment to student achievement and the ability to engage all learners. If successful, you will teach Geography across the range of abilities and at all key stages. Prior experience of teaching Key Stage 5 – along with the ability to teach another humanities subject – would be welcome but is not essential.
Geography at Ullswater Community College is a high-achieving department, with many students progressing to study the subject in the sixth form and regularly going on to related courses at university.
This is a great opportunity for either a newly qualified or an experienced teacher to work in a friendly, dynamic environment and to play a full and active role in the continual development of high-quality teaching and learning. We offer our teaching staff:
- A welcoming and supportive community, where staff really do matter – our Staff Wellbeing group is an integral part of the school culture.
- An excellent ECT programme, which is supportive and professionally run.
- An outstanding programme of continuing professional development at all levels, which provides opportunities to develop the skills and qualities to progress your career.
- A committed, supportive and approachable senior leadership team with a clear vision for raising standards and maintaining a responsive and professional working environment.
- A cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme.
To apply: we welcome applications using either the TES application procedure or our own application form. This can be downloaded from our website, where full job details and comprehensive information about the school can also be found. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any queries (hr@ullswatercc.co.uk).
UCC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Employment at UCC is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed; if they are disclosed, the school cannot take them into account.
Closing date for applications: 12 noon Monday 30 January 2023
Interviews will be held in the week commencing 6 February 2023
Please note that, regretfully, we are only able to contact the successful applicants.
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About Ullswater Community College
About Ullswater Community College
Information for candidates
Ullswater Community College is situated in Penrith – a small Cumbrian market town on the fringes of the Lake District National Park and only a stone's throw from Ullswater, the second largest lake in the Lake District. We are a popular and oversubscribed school.
This is a happy place in which pupils and teachers expect to treat one another with respect. We are fiercely ambitious for our students, care deeply about all aspects of their success and value everyone’s unique differences. Our vision is to ensure that UCC is ‘best in county’ in all we do.
Our wider community is incredibly supportive of the efforts and values highly the relationships we develop with them and the wide variety of extra-curricular activities and other opportunities that the school offers.
UCC is a larger than average 11–18 comprehensive school serving the biggest catchment area in England, including both rural and small urban populations. The proportion of students who come from minority ethnic groups is very low, as is the percentage whose first language is not English, although this number has grown in recent years. The proportion eligible for free school meals is lower than the national average. Students come from a wide range of backgrounds, although the majority do not live in areas of significant social deprivation. A large number of children use school transport; some travelling a considerable distance to reach school. The percentage of students with statements of special educational needs is around the national average and we are very proud to host a strategic facility for students who, in the main, have severe, profound or multiple learning difficulties.
Our school is progressing rapidly and is recognised as one of the most improved in the county. UCC has a warm and supportive environment and this is an exciting time to be joining us.
We are currently housed in several buildings of varying age but grouped closely together, with adjacent playing fields across a large site in the heart of our beautiful market town. We have, however, recently been named in the school rebuilding programme and anticipate a significant investment or new build in the near future.
The school invests heavily in staff development, considers the well-being of colleagues in every development and encourages all to be fully involved in whole-school and departmental learning initiatives.
At UCC we pride ourselves on our fantastic students and the curriculum offer for all our students, including the sixth form. Our strong pastoral system is organised on a horizontal basis and most staff are Form Tutors, in which important aspect of their work they are led and supported by their Head of Year. These year-group teams deal with the academic progress, welfare and discipline of our students. Our Heads of Year maintain close working contact with parents and with external agencies, ensuring we do everything possible to enable all our students to succeed.
UCC has well-established and experienced senior and middle leadership teams.
All those associated with UCC share my pride in being part of something bigger; something that will make a difference to all our students’ lives and set them on their own path to success irrespective of background or ability.
I hope this has provided you with some background and context – please visit the school website to find out even more about our wonderful school.
Stephen Gilby, Headteacher
January 2023
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