Teacher of Geography

Do you want to work at an ambitious school with bright, well behaved and engaged learners? Are you interested in helping students to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and talented teacher to play a key role in shaping the curriculum of our outstanding, multi-faith school. This role would suit a teacher looking to make their first steps into leadership.

Unique features of this role are:

• The chance to impact on the school’s first set of A level results in 2025
• The chance to shape the school’s geography curriculum and ethos across the secondary phase
• A bespoke CPD package relevant to the successful candidate’s career stage. 

Nishkam School West London is a flagship school for our Trust, offering all-through provision on an expansive 11-acre green site. Our students are bright, diligent and well mannered. The school achieved an Attainment 8 score 59.8 and a Progress 8 score of 0.93 in the 2022/23 academic year. Opportunities like these are few and far between and will interest those with creative minds and high aspirations, seeking to inspire a new generation of children through a virtues-led, multi-faith curriculum. The journey will be one of leading your classes to excellence as the school grows to capacity, which will be immensely rewarding for the right individual. 

As a teacher at Nishkam School West London, you will work in a pioneering group, Nishkam School Trust (NST). NST is one of the first multi-academy free school trusts in the UK. The Trust has opened two free schools in Birmingham (a primary in 2011 and a secondary in 2012), both of which are judged Ofsted Outstanding, and a third, a primary free school in Wolverhampton. The Trust continues to expand and has recently welcomed another primary school in Derby into the Nishkam family. We are looking for a highly committed and innovative leader to work in close collaboration with other teachers in both the secondary and primary phases across the Trust. 

NST has developed an inclusive, virtues-led, multi-faith educational approach that nurtures pupils of all faiths and those of no particular faith. The Nishkam ethos is to help grow a selfless mindset, aspiring to excellence as well as going beyond ourselves to serve others, to create supportive communities and to realise our true potential. This pervades every aspect of the school.

The Role

The role will commence in Summer Term 2024 2025. You will:

• have the rare opportunity to work collaboratively with primary colleagues and play a key role in developing the secondary phase geography curriculum
• have a strong voice in shaping the everyday practice of the school as we develop and embed our ethos and routines, especially in learning and teaching
• have the opportunity to share your expertise with other subject teachers across the Trust
• be part of a global community of charitable initiatives.

This is an exceptional opportunity to work within a vibrant atmosphere and a supportive setting. Our school is a welcoming space for students of faith and non-faith. This is also true of our staff body.

Our expectations are that you will:

• believe all pupils can and will achieve highly
• build an environment through a virtues-led education that encourages compassion, humility, service; and recognises all humanity as one
• ensure excellence in learning, teaching and achievement in all of your classes within the context of a faithinspired, virtues-led school
• ensure that standards of learning and teaching at GCSE and A Level are a benchmark for excellence and within the top quintile of all schools
• nurture a culture that cherishes childhood, stimulates the spirit of adventure and ignites a passion for lifelong learning
• develop and implement an enriched curriculum for the school that allows children to both further their own interests and explore new horizons
• develop and maintain the support and active involvement of parents in their children’s learning
• build and nurture links within the local community
• contribute to, and maintain the ethos of the Nishkam culture by drawing on best practice across Nishkam Schools, locally and nationally
• report to the Senior Leadership Team of Nishkam School West London
• work closely with the Local Governing Body
• work in collaboration with the Senior Leadership Team and teachers in both phases at NSWL. 

We will offer you:

• a very warm, welcoming and talented team
• hardworking and dedicated colleagues who are prepared to give selflessly for the benefit of the pupils
• supportive parents, carers and community
• a committed and fully involved Governing Body and Board of Directors
• a state-of-the-art learning environment
• wide-ranging opportunities for professional development
• terms and conditions similar to other academies and schools
• a strong commitment to staff wellbeing. 

Nishkam School Trust (NST) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.