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Head of Geography

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 14 Chwefror 2025
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 14 Mawrth 2025
Lleoliad: Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 2JE
Cwmni: Teaching Vacancies
Math o swydd: Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd: 103aac49-d8a3-43a7-8cf3-f3720845c771

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What skills and experience we're looking for

Consistently delivering highly effective lessons to the full 11-16 age range.

Experience of leading the development of effective teaching resources and strategies, and sharing good practice with others.

Understanding of strategies for improving Teaching & Learning and

Assessment

To have strong leadership skills to assist with the successful leadership of the geography department.

Experience of monitoring pupil attainment across cohorts and key stages.

To be able to support other teachers to improve their teaching in a sensitive manner.

Involvement in quality assurance at a departmental or whole school level.

Developing detailed and engaging schemes of work and planning with

others.

Qualified teacher status with relevant qualification in drama.

Evidence of recent and relevant professional development.

A highly effective teacher of geography.

A good understanding of data and showing outcomes for groups of pupils.

High expectations of all pupils.

Ability to work to deadlines.

To be self-motivating.

Willingness to work hard.

Commitment to Equal Opportunities.

Ability to work under pressure.

Ability to take the initiative.

What the school offers its staff

Westborough High School is a happy, vibrant and warm place to work and learn. A kind, positive, respectful, tolerant culture and ethos are at the heart of the school; staff are valued both as professionals and human beings.

Why work at Westborough? Explore more by visiting our website:

https://www.w-h-s.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Why_work_at_Westborough.pdf

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.