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Head of Department Geography

CAPTION: Job details

• Posting date: 14 April 2025


• Hours: Full time


• Closing date: 30 April 2025


• Location: Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 1TE


• Company: Teaching Vacancies


• Job type: Permanent


• Job reference: baf8b8ec-08dc-469c-afa7-55a496c33764

Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key Skills Required:

• Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent (E)


• Ability to demonstrate an awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children (E)


• Ability to evidence effective continuous professional development (E)


• Experience of teaching in relevant Key Stage and/or subject area (D)


• Experience in coordinating a subject (D)


• Ability to evidence effective communication with a wide audience / range of stakeholders (E)


• Proven track record in establishing effective relationships with parents, governors and the community (E)


• Ability to evidence excellent IT skills on a wide range of programmes and software (E)


• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of wider educational issues, knowledge of the appropriate key stage curriculum and national strategies (E)

Personal Qualities:

At Bourne Education Trust, our culture and our values are important to us, as outlined in our BET Behaviours which set out the key qualities we would expect any colleague to demonstrate. We foster a reflective, optimistic, and aspirational approach and we expect our colleagues to be collaborative, innovative, committed, engaged and professional. Diverse and inclusive, we encourage you to act as a positive force for equality, helping us create communities where everyone belongs. We encourage our colleagues to take part in school and cross Trust teams and will invest in you through Continuous Professional Development.

What the school offers its staff

• Workplace pension through LGPS


• Generous holiday entitlement


• Occupational sick pay


• Recognition policies for exceptional performance and long service


• Ongoing training, learning and development opportunities


• HR and well being support


• Family friendly policies


• Network of support in HR, finance, ICT and legal

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 these checks: Childcare disqualification, Disclosure & 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.