Head of Geography

**Salary**:
Teachers Pension, free meals when on duty in term time, free parking, discounted sports club membership, beautiful campus surroundings, close to Gatwick and under an hour to Brighton and London

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
September 2025

18 March 2025

**Job overview**:
For nearly five centuries, Christ’s Hospital has pioneered social mobility and challenged social inequality to provide an unrivalled start in life for disadvantaged children. As economic and social inequality continue to grow in the UK, Christ’s Hospital’s mission is as relevant today as it was in 1552.

Christ’s Hospital is unique. We are strikingly unlike any other independent school in the UK, with a richly diverse pupil body, in terms of ethnicity and socio-economic background. More than 75% of our pupils are on some form of financial support, with a considerable number receiving full bursaries. In recognition of this, as well as work across the school, we were recently awarded ‘Independent School of the Year 2024 / 2025’ at the Independent Schools’ Awards. We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and experienced Head of Geography to begin in September 2025.

The successful applicant will have a passion for academic excellence and a commitment to teaching and learning. The role will focus on maintaining and improving the success of the department, managing a significant number of staff. They should be able to manage pedagogical development, enhancing curriculum provision and instilling high academic expectations. Christ’s Hospital offers its staff an extraordinary chance to be part of an educational establishment that is grounded in tradition and transformative in culture, for staff and students.

To apply, please click on Quick Apply. Further information about the School is available from our website:
**Closing date: Tuesday 18th March 2025**

**Interview date: Wednesday 26th March 2025**

Registered Charity No. 1120090.

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**About**Christ's Hospital School**:
**Christ's Hospital School**
- Christ's Hospital Road, Horsham
- West Sussex
- RH13 0LJ
- United Kingdom

+44 1403 211293

Christ’s Hospital is a remarkable school, it is the UK’s leading charitable school and largest bursary charity. The School was established in 1552 and provides free or substantially reduced cost places to over 630 of its 900 pupils each year - this is more than any other organisation in the UK. Through first-class education and exceptional pastoral support, Christ’s Hospital provides each pupil with stability and the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential. 98% of pupils go on to university and leavers take with them the confidence and resilience they will need to achieve success at university and beyond and to make a meaningful contribution to society.

**CHRIST’S HOSPITAL, PAST & PRESENT**

**Short History**

Christ’s Hospital (CH) is one of the famous Royal Hospitals of London, whose foundation marked the beginning of the social services in Tudor England. Inspired by a sermon by Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, the young King Edward VI instructed the Lord Mayor, Sir Richard Dobbs, to appoint a committee of leading citizens to consider remedies and relief for the City’s homeless poor. Their work, and subsequently their philanthropy, led to the founding of the five great Hospitals all supporting different needs. CH, established in the monastery of the Grey Friars in Newgate Street, embraced the task of educating and nourishing the destitute children of the City and took children of all social backgrounds and ages.

In November 1552, CH opened its doors to 380 pupils and, within a year, the number had increased to over 500.

**Christ’s Hospital Today**

The School moved to Sussex in 1902. Its rich history is evident in many facets of school life. The most obvious is the Tudor uniform which is worn with great pride by the pupils. For all that, CH has a decidedly modern outlook and our focus is very much on providing pupils with the best possible preparation for the future.

Christ’s Hospital prides itself on delivering a vibrant curriculum that has both challenge and opportunity at its heart. The CH curriculum is made up of three interwoven parts: a stimulating academic curriculum which covers everything inside the classroom; an extensive broader curriculum which encapsulates everything outside the classroom; and a pastoral curriculum which has deep roots in the boarding house system complemented by a dynamic learning for life programme which teaches personal development. All three complement and support the progress of our pupils at every stage.

Pupils’ experiences outside the classroom are challenging, varied, and rewarding. They are about discovering and developing new and lifelong interests and talents. The School’s diverse curriculum encourages life-skills and is devised to take the pupils out of their comfort zone. An enormous range of Music, Art, Drama, Sport, and outward-bound activity is offer