Head of Geography

Posted on 31/03/2025

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31 May 2025
London
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£37,313 - £56,157 per year
Permanent
Full-Time
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Ark Pioneer Academy
Secondary
Geography

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About The Role
Role: Head of Geography

Start: 1^st September 2025

Reports to: Assistant Principal

Salary: MPS £37,313 - £49,745 / UPS £52,221 - £56,157 plus TLR

We are seeking an exceptional Head of Geography to lead our dedicated team and inspire the next generation of geographers and who cares deeply about the pupils they teach and are dedicated to helping our pupils access real options.

You can look forward to joining a great working environment where pupils are bought in to the school’s ethos and typically work with great enthusiasm, diligence and gratitude towards their teachers.

As the Head of Geography, you will provide strategic leadership and management to a collaborative and dynamic department. With a commitment to excellence, you will ensure that every student receives an outstanding education, creating a love for Geography while driving high levels of achievement.

You will lead, develop and manage the effective delivery of an outstanding curriculum, which prioritises knowledge acquisition and recall enabling the highest level of pupil progress and attainment. You will lead the development of the department and ensure that teaching and learning remain exceptional while promoting a strong school culture within a nurturing and rigorous environment.

What’s special about this role?

This role is an opportunity to be part of a committed and passionate team of geographers building on a strong set of our first year 11 results. As a team, we plan collaboratively and work with colleagues a cross our network to ensure pupils have an exceptional. GSCE geography is a popular choice with three-quarters of our founding year group choosing to study at key stage 4. We offer a range of enrichment opportunities for our pupils - from exploring ‘fast fashion’ to an introduction to criminology, broadening pupils’ understanding of the world around them.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity or for any queries, please contact [email protected]
Benefits
- Bespoke professional development to all team members
- Opportunity to plan and moderate with colleagues in the same discipline, beyond our own school gates.
- Breadth of opportunities - many of our team have taken on leadership roles progressing from one of our sister schools.
- Benefits beyond the classroom including everything from shopping discounts to a supportive and comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark here.
About Us
We are non-denominational, mixed gender school based in a brand-new building with top class facilities. We serve a wonderfully diverse community and two fifths of our pupils receive pupil premium funding.

We’re led by our values - Aim High, Have Integrity, Be Kind and Model Determination and our team truly unite behind our vision. Curriculum is incredibly important to us and we’ve planned backwards from university readiness to give our pupils the very best in every subject discipline.

We timetable collaborative planning and love to engage in ‘productive struggle’. Every team member is supported with coaching and tailored professional development, whatever stage they are at in their career. Our extended school day (we finish at 4 four days a week and earlier on Wednesday) allows us to offer a broad, rich curriculum and timetabled enrichment for every child - but we never have meetings after school. Our team say: ‘All staff are incredibly supportive and positive, and it is a great environment to work in’.

See our school in action here and hear what our staff have to say about why they love working at our school here.

Visit arkpioneer.org/jobs to learn more about us.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.