Head of Department for Geography

3 weeks ago


Longfield Kent, United Kingdom Leighacademiestrust Full time

Longfield Academy is seeking to appoint a Head of Department - Geography , joining us from September 2024. We are looking for an exceptional practitioner who can deliver high-quality learning opportunities for our students in this curriculum area.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone to join an academy which is committed to providing high-quality professional development opportunities and training and support.
A keen advocate for the importance of geography education as part of the curriculum;
The basis of this role is permanent and offering MPS commensurate with experience + London Fringe Allowance + TLR 2a (
The richness of our extracurricular activities allows our students to excel in drama, music, sports and STEM. We have a strong drive for school improvement underpinned by a relentless focus on the core business of improving teaching and learning. Our pastoral system is truly exceptional and we pride ourselves on the quality of care for every student. Our Post-16 provision continues to go from strength to strength, rated in the top 10% for Kent, with our students securing places at top universities.
Longfield Academy benefits from modern, state-of-the-art facilities for learning across all subject areas. Nearly 40% of our academies are judged outstanding overall by Ofsted, versus 15% nationally. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region's biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.
You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.
Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date.


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