Teacher of Geography
Ref: SCH-RAaAS-0140 13 day(s) remainingAdditional Information
Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: TTO - Term time only Hours per Week: 20.00 Weeks per Year: 35.000 Pay Grade: Main | M1 - M6The Role
The Royal Alexandra and Albert School exists to give our children a distinctly different start in life, preparing them for the world with hope, optimism, compassion and empathy.
We are a co-educational, non-selective state boarding school, for boys and girls aged 7 - 18,. This is a boarding school with Flexi Boarding students attending from the local area and a lively community of around 400 Full Boarders,passionately involved in a wide range of after-school and weekend activities and trips.
Our Ofsted inspection of March 2024 states ”pupils are happy and well cared for at Royal Alexandra and Albert School. They benefit from positive relationships with staff across the school. Pupils feel safe, confident that if they report any concerns or worries they will be dealt with”.
We offer:
- Professional, supportive and committed staff team
- Beautiful estate set in 260 acres of parkland
- Convenient location, close to the A23 and M25
- Free on-site parking
We are looking for an exceptional Teacher of Geography who can provide highly effective and innovative teaching of Geography across the senior school, to ensure that all our pupils make excellent progress and inspire students to have a passion for the subject.
Geography sits within the Humanities Faculty. It is very popular subject in the Faculty with four classes in Years 10 and 11 and a steady uptake at A Level. There are two designated classrooms, text books for every year, centrally planned lessons in Years 7-11 and an extensive collection of fieldwork equipment. There is a very good ethos of cooperative and supportive working as part of a team both within the Faculty and subject team.
The school’s approach to GCSE leads to an increasing uptake in the 6th form.
The successful candidate will be:
- Passionate about the teaching of Geography
- An excellent practitioner
- Enthusiastic about his/her own professional development
- Willing to contribute to the wider education of students, for example through fieldwork and use of our amazing school grounds.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement
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Safeguarding Information
The Royal Alexandra and Albert School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post if successful, including an Enhanced DBS check. Staff must be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety regulations, security and confidentiality, reporting all concerns as appropriate. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
At The Royal Alexandra and Albert School we strive to be inclusive and value the positive impact of diversity and equality within our school. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, and particularly encourage those from ethnic minority groups who reflect the diversity, and varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds, of our student community / boarding community.
Royal Alexandra & Albert School
Gatton Park
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 0TD
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