Teacher of Geography
Outwood Academy Freeston
Wakefield
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required from September 2019
- Apply by:
- 25 April 2019
Job overview
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is one of the highest performing academy trusts in the country – and we’re expanding fast. We are enjoying significant investment from the Department of Education to intervene and tackle underperformance in schools across a number of regions, giving us huge impact on countless young people’s lives.
Our achievements speak for themselves, with most of our academies rated Outstanding and the remainder as Good with Outstanding features.
We have a great training package for NQTs and teachers new to the academy including: Humanities Matters; Director led CPD focused on specific aspects of Geography teaching; weekly professional development time and further programmes free through the Outwood Institute of Education. We invest in you, so you invest in our students.
We welcome applications for our Central Yorkshire region of the Trust from teachers of any experience, who love their subject and have a passion to develop this in others. You could progress quickly across our Family of Schools if that was what you were looking for, through Humanities leadership or through our Deeps structure; but, if you just want to be the best Geography teacher you can be, then we are also the Trust for you!
Successful candidates will be assigned to a specific academy. Applications for these posts will be considered for vacancies at the following academies. This will be discussed with you in more detail at the interview and you will be given the opportunity to express your preference(s):
- Outwood Academy Freeston
- Outwood Academy City Fields
If you require any further information about this post please contact Kate Wilson, Senior Director of Humanities, by email: k.wilson@outwood.com
For more information and to apply, please go to: www.outwood.com > Vacancies.
Closing date: 26 April 2019.
Interview date: 30 April 2019.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.
About Outwood Academy Freeston
- Outwood Academy Freeston
- Favell Avenue, Normanton
- West Yorkshire
- WF6 1HZ
- United Kingdom
Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Principal: Lisa Allott
We are an 11-16 academy, based in Normanton, Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Part of the Outwood Family since 2018, we are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place students at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning.
We aim to promote the highest standards of academic achievement through inspiring teaching and learning, giving young people the knowledge, skills, values and confidence to succeed in life.
We believe that learning should be both enjoyable and enriching. We are innovators with a knowledge-rich curriculum, designed to personalise learning for every student, helping them to reach their potential.
We have won numerous awards as a school and being an IQM Centre of Excellence highlights that inclusion at all levels is of paramount importance to us. We are also proud to have been awarded Silver Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award.
As we journey towards becoming Outstanding. Help to take us to the next level.
The Outwood Family of Schools pride ourselves on fully supporting colleagues within the Family both professionally and personally.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
As a founding Trust of the National Institute of Education (NIoT), we will actively invest in your future through working closely with the Outwood Institute of Education and NIoT to offer access to a wide range of CPD opportunities, with all teaching staff receiving a minimum of two hours of CPD each week.
We also offer a generous employment package with a whole host of staff benefits, including family friendly policies, enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period, funded CPD for qualifications up to and including Masters level plus other exclusive benefits including a partnership with car leasing company, Synergy.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
If you share our vision, join our family.
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