Teacher of Geography

TEACHER OF GEOGRAPHY (maternity cover)

Salary: Mainscale

Start date: September 2024

Contract term: temporary (maternity cover)

Contract type: part time, 0.6

Suitable for NQTs: Yes

We can offer the opportunity to teach in a " happy, inclusive and caring school".

"The school's ethos is built on warm and respectful relationships between staff and pupils".

Where "Staff feel valued and empowered."

Quotes from recent " Good" Ofsted Nov 23.

We can offer you a substantial CPD programme with 7 inset days and including the option to have part of your timetable teaching A-Level at Yeovil College that is located a few hundred metres away.

We are an 11-16 Academy in Somerset, serving the town of Yeovil and the surrounding villages. Westfield is an oversubscribed and successful school with a good reputation. Student numbers have increased leading to the need for this post and applications for places are set to continue to grow significantly over the next few years.

This is due to our reputation as a child centred organisation that has exemplary behaviour and an unmatched pastoral system that puts the welfare of students and staff at its core.

We can offer you:

• A chromebook for each member of the teaching staff


• A committed and supportive leadership team, teaching and support staff


• A range of career development opportunities including induction and mentoring


• A stable and caring school community with well behaved, motivated and delightful students


• A school that is financially stable and well-managed


• A pleasant, green site with outstanding facilities


• An opportunity to live and work in a fantastic part of the country.


• A school that has teachers professional autonomy as a key priority.


• A strong vibrant staff social ethos for example with a staff choir, staff steel pan band, five a side football


We are looking for people with:

• A passion for learning and teaching and an ambition to develop their own practice


• The ability to inspire students to attain the highest possible outcomes


Westfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including the barred list, as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2023).

For further details please follow the links below and visit our website, www.westfieldacademy.co.uk or contact the Headteacher's PA,

Mrs Lisa Jeffreys, tel: , email:

lisa.jeffreys@westfieldacademy.co.uk

The deadline for applications is Monday 3 June 2024 at 09:00am

Interviews will take place on either Thursday 6 June 2024

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by 5:00pm on Monday 3 June 2024


• A passion for learning and teaching and an ambition to develop their own practice


• The ability to inspire students to attain the highest possible outcomes
  
  We can offer you a substantial CPD programme with 7 inset days and including the option to have part of your timetable teaching A-Level at Yeovil College that is located a few hundred metres away.


We are an 11-16 Academy in Somerset, serving the town of Yeovil and the surrounding villages. Westfield is an oversubscribed and successful school with a good reputation. Student numbers have increased leading to the need for this post and applications for places are set to continue to grow significantly over the next few years.

This is due to our reputation as a child centred organisation that has exemplary behaviour and an unmatched pastoral system that puts the welfare of students and staff at its core.

We can offer you:

• A chromebook for each member of the teaching staff


• A committed and supportive leadership team, teaching and support staff


• A range of career development opportunities including induction and mentoring


• A stable and caring school community with well behaved, motivated and delightful students


• A school that is financially stable and well-managed


• A pleasant, green site with outstanding facilities


• An opportunity to live and work in a fantastic part of the country.


• A school that has teachers professional autonomy as a key priority.


• A strong vibrant staff social ethos for example with a staff choir, staff steel pan band, five a side football