Start Date: September 2025
Salary: MPS/UPS
Hours of Work: 1FTE
Contract Type: Permanent
We are looking to appoint a passionate and committed Teacher of Geography, this is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and inspirational teacher to join our Ofsted Good school a Laurence Jackson School is a 11-16 oversubscribed comprehensive school of 1220 students. Our intake is wide ranging by nature and we are proud of our very inclusive philosophy of high standards and expectations.
The humanities faculty is made up of geography, history and religious studies at Laurence Jackson School. These lessons are primarily taught on one corridor on the ground floor of the school, where we have 8 dedicated humanities classrooms and a faculty workroom.
All classrooms have interactive touch screen television style displays to allow for a professional use of audio and within lessons, and all rooms have visualisers for teachers to actively model learning or provide whole class feedback live within a lesson. The faculty workroom has four PCs and a printer for staff to use in non-contact periods should a classroom not be available. There is also a small seating area for staff to take a breather for a moment or socialise with other members of the team during break or lunch.
We have a comprehensive bank of centralised lesson resources for the topics which we deliver in all three subjects. These are constantly being updated and improved based on the needs of our learners, and in response to CPD. The faculty is well resourced with textbooks to support learning at KS3 and KS4, as well as stationery and equipment to support lesson delivery. We subscribe to Educake as a home learning platform for students studying geography and history, as we strive for our students to know more and remember more over time.
The faculty team currently comprises of ten members of staff. The leadership structure consists of a Subject Leader of Humanities and Assistant Subject Leader of Humanities. Staff in our team are passionate about their subjects, collaborative in their approach as a team, supportive of each other, and are warm and welcoming people.
Our Curriculum
Students study both geography and history for three hours every fortnight at key stage 3 and study RE once a week. At key stage 4 students opting for the GCSE qualification study each subject five times over the fortnight. We follow the AQA GCSE specifications for geography and RE, and Edexcel for history.
Geography is a very popular subject at Laurence Jackson, and regularly receives positive student voice about the learning experience in geography lessons, the passion and enthusiasm of staff, the positive relationships students have with their teacher, and the learning and progress students are making. The numbers of students choosing Geography as a GCSE option is extremely high, with approximately 150 students studying geography in both Year 10 and 11 for 2024-25. The department also organises a popular and oversubscribed annual trip to Iceland for students in Year 11.
You can find out more information about our subject specific curriculums and intent by viewing the curriculum area on our website at: https://laurencejackson.org/curriculum/
Opportunities for extra-curricular activities and trips organised and led by our staff is an area we are seeking to develop and enhance further for our students.
We have:
- A positive and caring ethos and working atmosphere.
- Friendly children, eager to learn and achieve.
- A committed, enthusiastic and supportive staff team.
- Excellent support from the Governing Body, the staff and parents.
- Opportunities for career development.
The successful candidate must have/be:
- A passion for the subject and a thorough knowledge of the Geography curriculum
- The ability to inspire pupils to strive for excellence
- A commitment, drive and enthusiasm to work as part of our dedicated and successful team
- Measurable impact as an individual teacher
- An innovative approach to teaching and learning and model excellence in T&L
- An ability to motivate and inspire students to achieve their full potential
- Applications welcome from ECTs and experienced staff
We are a newly merged Trust, Spark Education Trust which currently consists of 11 Primary Schools and 4 Secondary Schools. The Spark Education Trust can offer you a professional challenge and a rewarding opportunity, working with collaborative schools that are passionate about the progress and development of every student.
Please return your completed application form to vacancies@laurencejackson.org
Applications submitted on anything other than the official application form and applications from agencies will not be accepted.
Closing Date: 9.00am, 31 March 2025
Interviews to be held: W/C 31 March 2025
