Lead Practitioner of Geography

As a voluntary-aided school of over 2,000 students including a thriving Sixth Form of over 500 students, JFS is one of the top schools in the country for both attainment and progress, but more importantly, a place where we hope children grow into excellent adults prepared for everything ahead of them. Named the 2023 Top-Performing state school of the year in the ‘Sunday Times’ list as well as achieving a Progress 8 score of +1.20, placing it in the top 30 secondary schools nationally, we are proud of our results, but recognise that they only form a small part of what schools should aim to achieve.

In looking for a Lead Practitioner to join our school, we are seeking someone who is a fantastic classroom practitioner and motivated by developing both children and adults. Our wish is to build a truly exceptional school is founded upon building an enthusiastic, caring and talented staff and nothing is more important to us that the people we work with. By way of support for anyone who joins us, you will be led by a superb Deputy Headteacher who oversees Quality of Education, as well as working alongside a superb Head of Department. You will be joining a large team of Lead Practitioners who support across the entire school in a whole range of different ways, tailored to individual strengths. It is a role that should be seen as a natural stepping stone into a senior leadership position and we will invest in you accordingly.

More broadly, the school does everything it can to minimise distractions and staff are never expected to run detentions, meetings are kept to a minimum and duties are extremely limited. Our aim is always to allow people to focus on the core aspects of their role. Classes are calm and purposeful and our students are eager to succeed. Alongside strong lessons, our students also receive high-quality pastoral care across the board. We have a team of 17 full-time professionals coordinating our provision and, at a time when external services are so hard to access, we are proud of the support we are able to give in school. JFS is a school where relationships matter, where warmth and laughter are possible because boundaries are clear and where our teachers hold higher expectations for our students than they might hold for themselves.

We believe that JFS is an excellent place to work and develop but you should not just take us at our word. If you have any questions at all then please do contact me directly using david.moody@Jfs.brent.sch.uk and I will be happy to organise a visit for you or answer any questions that you may have. Nothing is more important to us than finding like-minded people to join us and so please do get in touch. 

Closing Date: Friday, 04 October 2024 by noon

Interview: TBC

Applications from candidates of faith or non-faith backgrounds are most welcome.

JFS shall reserve the right to shortlist candidates and interview prior to the closing date.

Any unsolicited CVs sent by any agency to us, in any situation where we have not directly engaged the agency in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy will be considered to be a “free gift”, leaving us liable for no fees whatsoever should we choose to contact the candidate directly and engage the candidate’s services. Unsolicited CV’s will in no way establish any claim by the agency to representation of that candidate.

Please note, it is not part of JFS' recruitment process to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants at the application stage.