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Teacher of Geography

Teacher of Geography

Frederick Bremer School

Waltham Forest

  • New
Salary:
MPS/ UPS
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
May/September 2025
Apply by:
20 January 2025

Job overview

Position: Teacher of Geography

Start date: Start May or September 2025

Flexible working hours may be available for this post

Salary: MPS / UPS (OLW)

Pupil Roll: 900 Pupil Age range: 11-16 yrs.

Co - Educational


Do you believe every child deserves the very best education? Are you creative, enthusiastic, energetic and a committed team player? If so, we have the position for you! We are seeking an outstanding teacher of Geography to join our team to inspire and engage our pupils to ‘be the best they can be’. This post is suitable for ECTs as well as experienced teachers (TLR may be available for an experienced candidate).

 

Our Humanities department is an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dedicated team , that encourages all students to make progress in the subject no matter their ability. Our curriculum is designed to ensure children are happy, confident learners who are not only successful in examinations but also learn the skills to become ready for the new world that awaits them.


Frederick Bremer School is a vibrant and diverse community school located in Walthamstow. Our commitment to excellence is demonstrated by our recent 2024 Ofsted visit, where we received a good rating, highlighting our continuous improvement and dedication to high-quality education.


Frederick Bremer School is a creative and nurturing environment where all staff and pupils are inspired to be ‘the very best they can be.’ Our vision and values are central to our practice, focusing on equipping every pupil with the skills, qualities, and attributes needed to be successful 21st-century citizens.

Our school is truly representative of the local Walthamstow community. With no ethnic group making up more than 18% of the school population and over 50% of pupils eligible for Pupil Premium, we celebrate and embrace our diversity. Although we have two-thirds boys to girls due to the impact of three girls’ schools in the Authority, girls thrive both academically and socially at our school.


Frederick Bremer School is a values-driven community school. We believe that positive human relationships are the key driver for individual and collective success. Therefore, we are deliberately cultivating our school culture to create a climate of ‘high challenge, low threat’—where great teaching can enable pupils to learn and improve in an atmosphere of safety and kindness, and with a belief that we all have potential to fulfill. We are building on our heritage and culture to unlock the potential for greatness for our Generation Alpha pupils


 

Frederick Bremer School is proud to be a community school, and we are representative of our local community. We believe that our role as practitioners is to support our young people to become the very best versions of themselves, and place a strong emphasis on holistic education and not just academic achievement. We offer all staff a rewarding, supportive and happy environment to work in. Relationships are a strength of the school, and we want all staff to enjoy their place of work. We offer bespoke CPD programmes to all staff with a great emphasis on wellbeing. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  This position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS Clearance.


For more information and an application pack please see our website www.bremer.org. uk or contact HR on 020 8498 3340 or email recruitment@bremer.waltham.sch.uk . If you would like to visit the school before submitting your application please  contact us. Completed application forms should be returned or emailed to recruitment@bremer.waltham.sch.uk by Monday 20th of January at 5pm, interviews will take place shorty after.

 

Please note that we hold the right to carry out online checks on applicants selected for interview.

Please note that you must complete the schools application form, CV’s will not be considered.

 

Attached documents

About Frederick Bremer School

Frederick Bremer School is a mainstream, non-selective, co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16, situated in Walthamstow, East London. There are 860 students on its roll.

The school has specialist provision for children who have autism spectrum conditions. It also has a large and highly specialist special educational needs team, which supports a large number of pupils with needs ranging from visual impairments to cognitive learning needs.

Frederick Bremer School was named after a local entrepreneur who invented the first petrol-driven car in 1894, which he drove around the local streets of Walthamstow.

Headteacher

Mrs Jenny Smith

Values and ethos

Frederick Bremer School’s motto is “The very best they can be”. The secondary school promotes the shared values of respect, responsibility and integrity. Its broad, balanced and inclusive curriculum places great emphasis on critical thinking. Teachers engage in ongoing debate about teaching practices, in order to ensure the best possible learning experiences for children. There is a pupil leadership programme, including an active school council.

Ofsted report

"The headteacher has been relentless in driving improvement over the last three years. As a result, the quality of teaching is increasingly strong and pupils are making rapid progress. Pupils’ personal development, behaviour and welfare are good. They enjoy being a part of the strong inclusive school community and have confidence in each other. The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in the school is closing quickly. Safeguarding provision is strong. Pupils are well informed about keeping safe; they feel safe in the school."

View Frederick Bremer School’s latest Ofsted report

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