Head of Department Geography

Miltoncross Academy, Portsmouth, Hampshire

Education - teaching

Full time

Permanent

Miltoncross is an academy at the heart of its community that has very high aspirations for all of its staff and 1000 students. We operate by the core values of Work Hard. Be Kind. No Excuses in order to foster a learning community where everybody values each other and everybody values the power of learning. We are located on the West of Portsmouth and access is easy from the M27 or A27. Many staff commute easily from Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and West Sussex either by car or by public transport. Staff and students enjoy their days in excellent modern buildings with superb facilities.

All of the Geography classrooms are clustered together and the team shares a resource space with other humanities colleagues. We offer a supportive and unified working environment where we all have the same simple but ambitious goal: Every young person will leave us having exceeded expectations; academically, personally, and socially because we believed in them, challenged them and never settled for less. We believe every pupil can be a highly successful geographer and we're looking for someone who shares that belief, without compromise. As Head of Geography, you'll lead with purpose and precision. You'll inspire curiosity in all students, drive excellence at GCSE, and build a team culture rooted in our core values. We're on a mission to achieve the best progress in Portsmouth within five years. Geography will be central to that journey—connecting pupils to their past, empowering them in the present, and preparing them for the future. For this role, you must be a Geography specialist with a love of your subject and an ability to share that passion. This may be your first leadership post, or you may be experienced, either way, we will support you to ensure that Geography is a very high performing subject when compared nationally. You will be somebody who can enthuse students and staff and is always 'banging the drum' for Geography and its importance in the curriculum. You will be a superb teacher with high expectations of what children can and, under your leadership, will achieve. You will be a good communicator, have a strong moral purpose and you'll need to be fully committed to our cause: outstanding learning through a strong knowledge based curriculum supported by clear pedagogy, consistent routines and ultimately our students' high aspirations. Please note that suitable applicants will be interviewed at the earliest opportunity and if a suitable be identified, we reserve the right to close the advert early. As such we would recommend interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

Working for TKAT: In return, as an employee of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), you will benefit from:

• A wide variety of opportunities for professional development, including the potential to develop your career at more than one TKAT academy;
• Opportunities to work flexibly, where possible;
• Our support for your wellbeing at work; and
• The rewards of working to improve the life chances of our pupils.

Safeguarding

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Access to interview

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Our Commitment - Equal, Inclusive, Diverse

TKAT is committed to inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity by encouraging and welcoming differences, listening to individual experiences, aspirations and accomplishments and learning how to grow better together. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic.

Flexible working

TKAT recognises the value of enabling our employees to develop their career and balance this with their commitments and interests outside of work. In TKAT we promote flexible working practices and opportunities to promote a positive work life balance.