CORNWALLIS ACADEMY: Geography Head of Department - Full-time

Start Date: Sep 2016

Pay: MPS / UPS + TLR2a (£6,449 per FTE)

Cornwallis Academy have an exciting opportunity to join our highly successful Geography department and take on the role as Head of Department on a full time, permanent basis. We are looking for a teacher who is really passionate and excited about teaching Geography and motivated to inspire our young people.

The successful candidate will also need to demonstrate the skillset of being able to lead a successful team, developing innovative schemes of works and illustrate excellent understanding of data analysis to continue to improve attainment and progress outcomes for our students.

The focus of the Geography department at Cornwallis Academy is to ensure that students make outstanding progress and feel passionately towards the subject.

As well as our state of the art facilities, we have an exciting programme of trips, visits, visitors and extra-curricular activities and can offer you a laptop computer with access to a high range of high quality teaching and learning resources.

We can also offer you:

• A vibrant and exciting place to work


• An excellent CPD programme, with opportunities for action research and gaining nationally accredited qualifications


• Innovative plaza spaces with access to state of the art facilities


• The support of a Trust that currently runs two secondary schools, primary school and Nursery for children aged 3 months to 4 years


• An opportunity to join various schemes such as the Benenden corporate healthcare scheme and cycle to work scheme

Only applications submitted by the school application process will be considered, we are unable to accept CVs.

All posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Future Schools Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

If you would like to take a look around our fantastic facilities and meet the staff that you could be working alongside please email the HR Department and arrange a visit.

Closing Date: 26/05/2016 at 09:00

Interviews: 27/05/2016

Enthusiasm, vision and buy-in are all key attributes for staff at Future Schools Trust, and in return we look to provide an environment which excels at engaging young people, providing unique opportunities for the delivery of a 21st century education and celebrating the success of all of our young people. We actively seek to encourage training and development and have a great track record of nurturing talent within our staff group, ensuring that everyone has the skills required to be highly effective, and beyond that, to assist us in pioneering our learning delivery for the future.

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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