Second in Department for Humanities - Geography Specialist
Hollingworth Academy
Rochdale
- £30,000 - £46,525 per year
- New
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR £7,847 (and a R&R of £5,00 for the right candidate)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 11 October 2024
Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic and driven individual to help lead our Humanities team at Hollingworth Academy. The successful candidate will be an exceptional and inspiring educator, capable of challenging and collaborating with our Head of Humanities to drive outstanding progress across Geography, History and RE, with a particular focus on Geography.
Our department is committed to integrating high-quality educational research into our teaching practices, and we are looking for someone who can make meaningful contributions to this effort.
Our school:
In 2023, Hollingworth Academy was awarded the World Class Schools Quality Mark; the only school in Greater Manchester and Lancashire out of 463 to achieve this world class status.
Hollingworth Academy is now one of two academies in the recently formed Hollingworth Learning Trust, along with Newhouse Academy. Hollingworth Learning Trust’s core purpose is to make a positive difference to the lives of its children. Its role, as a sponsor of both academies, is to provide the support, challenge, expertise and resources necessary to significantly improve the provision for education.
Here at Hollingworth Academy, we believe that everyone excels everyday. This ethos is built on our core values of RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY and RESILIENCE and these values are at the heart of everything we do. We want considerate and confident young adults who are respected within their community, capable of successfully entering further education, employment and training. We will always have the highest expectations for all of our students, as their success is our success. We are extremely proud of our students and their achievements. Indeed, visitors frequently comment that they are confident, respectful, thoughtful and articulate young people.
If you are an enthusiastic, forward-thinking leader with the energy and ambition to build on the school's successes, and you're excited to join an innovative Humanities team, we invite you to be part of this exciting journey.
In return, we will offer you:
- Free staff access to an onsite gym
- An incredible team who are highly skilled, dynamic and passionate about securing the very best outcomes for the community we serve.
- Excellent CPD opportunities.
- Termly free staff breakfasts
- Opportunities for progression.
- Sophisticated modern school building set in the heart of leafy Milnrow at the foothills of the South Pennines.
- A proactive and thriving staff well-being group with regular staff socials, coffee mornings and opportunities for cross departmental interaction.
- Staff health cash plan including reimbursement of costs towards a variety of health related expenses, discounted gym memberships and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Contributions to the Teachers’ Pension scheme.
- A trust that follows the Burgundy Book and the STPCD with closing working relationships with local union representatives to ensure teachers’ terms and conditions are respected and promoted.
Start date : January 2025
Closing date : 11th October 2024 at 9am
Interviews : 15th October 2024 (please note this may be subject to change)
To apply for this position please download the application form and supporting documentation. Completed applications should be sent to applications@hollingworthacademy.co.uk by the closing date.
Hollingworth Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and will be required to apply for an enhanced DBS disclosure and all other pre-employment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education. All appointments are subject to Safer Recruitment practices.
Hollingworth Academy operates a Smoke Free Policy for all its employees and applies to any building and associated grounds within the immediate vicinity of the building which is wholly owned, leased, or operated and occupied by the academy.
We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups including those based on ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Attached documents
About Hollingworth Academy
- Hollingworth Academy
- Cornfield Street, Milnrow, Rochdale
- Lancashire
- OL16 3DR
- United Kingdom
Thank you for your interest in working at Hollingworth Academy; we are a vibrant and caring school in Milnrow, Rochdale.
In 2023, Hollingworth Academy was awarded the World Class Schools Quality Mark; the only school in Greater Manchester and Lancashire out of 463 to achieve this world class status.
Hollingworth Academy is now one of two academies in the recently formed Hollingworth Learning Trust, along with Newhouse Academy. Hollingworth Learning Trust’s core purpose is to make a positive difference to the lives of its children. Its role, as a sponsor of both academies, is to provide the support, challenge, expertise, and resources necessary to significantly improve the provision for education.
Our ethos is built on three pillars of,
Respect, Responsibility and Resilience.
These values are at the heart of everything we do,
RESPECT
Respect at Hollingworth is the care and value we have for ourselves, other people and our community.
RESPECT YOURSELF – Respect starts with the individual. We all strive to ‘be the best that we can be’.
RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE – We show respect to others by being polite and courteous. We value diversity and promote equality and equity.
RESPECT OUR COMMUNITY – We all follow the rules which help make Hollingworth a safe school in which teachers can teach and students can learn.
RESPONSIBILITY
We act responsibly and accept the consequences of our actions. We will support our students’ development to become responsible citizens on a local, national and global level who respect and protect the rights of everyone in society.
We work with a range of local and national partners to ensure that the children at Hollingworth get a great education.
We will protect the environment and educate our students to actively contribute to a sustainable future.
RESILIENCE
We accept that learning is challenging, takes time and involves making mistakes. We improve by remaining positive, working hard, being determined and never giving up.
Resilience is also necessary in developing the grit and determination to persevere both at an individual level but also in the pursuit of personal values and beliefs.
Background & Vision:
Hollingworth Academy has a simple vision; 'Everyone Excels Everyday'.
The vision we have for our academy is that we excel in providing a World Class education where all students make outstanding progress which:
· Fosters proactive engagement with memorable experiences.
· Nurtures them to develop social attitudes and behaviours founded upon the values of respect, responsibility, and resilience.
· Enables them to be thriving, positive and influential members of any inclusive, successful community.
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