We are seeking an enthusiastic Teacher of Geography to join our friendly Humanities Department.
The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching Geography across KS3 to KS5, where pupil classes are a maximum of 26 and A level tutorial groups are small. The Humanities Department is a small supportive team, part of a larger community of teaching and non teaching staff, all known to each other, due to our relatively small size and collaborative working culture.
Key Responsibilities include:
Teaching and Learning
- To teach students by planning teaching to achieve progression through:
- Identifying clear teaching objectives and specifying how they will be taught and assessed;
- Setting tasks which challenge students, ensure high levels of interest and are appropriately adapted;
- Setting clear and personalised targets that build on prior attainment;
- Making provision for students who have special education needs or disabilities, are gifted and talented or who have other specific individual needs;
- Providing well structured lessons that have pace, motivation and challenge;
- Maintaining discipline in accordance with the school’s procedures and encouraging good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework;
- Using a variety of teaching methods to create a dynamic, engaging and enjoyable learning environment;
- Ensuring students acquire and consolidate knowledge, skills and understanding appropriate to the subject taught;
- Evaluating own teaching critically to improve effectiveness; and
- Use ICT and Google Apps platform to effectively support teaching and learning.
We would welcome applications from ECTs or more experienced staff seeking a refreshing change in role. We offer dedicated support for ECTs in conjunction with an established local partnership and value the ideas and practices our ECTs bring to the school.
As well as a competitive pay scale, we offer : membership of Teachers' Pension Scheme; free school lunches; small class sizes; holidays in line with independent sector; genuine commitment to staff wellbeing.
Further details area available on the school website.
Visits are warmly welcomed, please contact Sonya Davies, HR, via the school office.
Cobham Free School is committed to safeguarding children and young people.
The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced level DBS check and any other relevant employment checks.
