Teacher of Geography
Woodbridge High School
Redbridge
- £34,515 - £51,177 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MS1 - UPS3 (OLA)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 14 October 2024
Job overview
Required for January 2025
TEACHER OF GEOGRAPHY
MS - UPS (OLA)
Woodbridge High School is a successful school situated in the heart of Woodford Green, North East London. It is fully comprehensive with an ethnically and socially diverse intake. The school has a strong and distinctive ethos of kindness, inclusion, respect, excellence and pride in achievement, which we call ‘The Woodbridge Way’. We enjoy an excellent reputation within the local community and achieve impressive results year after year from a fully comprehensive intake. We are currently looking for a teacher of Geography to join our team.
The Geography departments offer:
- A broad and diverse Geography curriculum across all the Key Stages. All courses attract large numbers of students
- A supportive and established team and reputation within the school community
- A successful and well-resourced department with excellent recruitment at GCSE & A Level
- A record of driving forward innovation in learning and teaching within the school and a strong commitment to access and challenge for all.
- A positive learning and teaching experience in a supportive and friendly environment which is popular with students
- Excellent results at both GCSE and A Level
The successful applicant will:
- Have a strong belief in comprehensive education
- Have the ability to deliver excellent student outcomes
- Be an innovative and inspirational teacher
- Be committed to their personal and professional development
- Make a positive contribution to the school’s distinctive ethos
- Have the experience of teaching a full age and ability range.
- Have the ability to teach Geography to A Level
Woodbridge High School offers you:
- The opportunity to work in a highly regarded school
- A welcoming and friendly staff body
- Motivated, well-behaved and friendly students
- Clear behaviour systems and students who understand boundaries
- Opportunities for rapid career development and promotion
- Access to state-of-the-art sports and leisure facilities
- Tailored professional development and training
- A comprehensive staff wellbeing package
Woodbridge High School strives to achieve a diverse workforce, fully representative of our society and the ethnic and cultural make-up of the student population within the UK and in our own community. People of Colour are currently under-represented in some groups of staff at our school, and we are keen to attract applications from a diverse pool of candidates for this post. We are determined to be a fully inclusive employer, and a great workplace for people from all backgrounds.
Woodbridge High School also welcomes applications from those returning to the profession or those who need flexible working arrangements. Please set out your situation or request as part of your application.
Woodbridge High School is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the welfare of children. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and overseas checks where necessary. Shortlisted candidates will also be subject to an Internet search.
Further details about the school can be found on the school website at www.woodbridgehigh.co.uk Please note the school can only consider completed school application forms and not CVs alone.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within a week of the closing date. We will contact unsuccessful applicants soon after the process.
About Woodbridge High School
Headteacher: Steven Hogan
Woodbridge High School is a thriving, ethnically diverse, successful comprehensive secondary school that serves its local community in the heart of Woodford. The school is a ten form entry school with 300 students in each year group.
The sixth form of 400 students continues to prosper with the majority of our students staying on after year 11. The teaching staff are all specialists in their separate areas and permanently contracted to the school. Year on year the school attracts a high number of first-choice applications for year 7 entry, with a record number of first choice places allocated this year. The school has a diverse curriculum that meets the needs of all the students and provides them with a pathway towards their chosen careers. The school is a happy, flourishing and mutually respectful place of learning.
The latest Ofsted report describes it as a place where students 'receive an excellent education' and where 'behaviour in and around the school is exceptional' . Government figures reveal that students at Woodbridge achieve beyond their expected performance levels.
Woodbridge is a school with a commitment to high standards. Our ethos is one of kindness, inclusion, respect and aiming for excellence. Our commitment to the success of every student is reinforced by the school's motto: ‘Pride in Achievement’.
Students at Woodbridge benefit from first-class facilities including an artificial grass pitch, outdoor basketball nets and table-tennis tables, a fitness studio, a refurbished sports hall, a new building with a performance theatre, specialist art, drama and music rooms, and a remodelled library.
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