Teacher of Geography - South Yorkshire, United Kingdom - Outwood Grange Academies Trust

Description

We are an 11-18 academy based just north of the large, friendly, South Yorkshire town of Doncaster.

We have been a member of the Outwood Family since 2009, and in our 2023 Ofsted inspection the academy was graded Good in all categories.

The inspection noted 'the school has a supportive and caring culture. Staff build arm and friendly relationships with pupils. Pupils achieve their full potential. Staff are proud to work at the school'.
We offer a holistic education that makes learning stimulating, engaging and enjoyable for every student.

We have also won numerous awards as a school and we have been accredited with the prestigious IQM Award, in addition to being an IQM Centre of Excellence for 3 years, which highlights that inclusion at all levels is of paramount importance to us.

All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.

We are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Geography Teacher.

The humanities team at Adwick is a large team of over 10 subject specialists, delivering History, Geography, RE/Life, Psychology and Criminology.

Having such a large team, from different career stages from ECT to Assistant Principal, gives us the opportunity to put forward creative ideas, discuss them, reflect on them and develop them even further, giving our students the best opportunities in lessons and providing outstanding teaching and learning in all classrooms.

CPD is incredibly important in our team, both focussed on our subject areas through OGAT subject director training and also through whole school teaching and learning.

At Key stage 3, both History and Geography are taught for 1 hour in Y7 and 2 hours in both y8 and y9, and life is taught Y7-10 for 1 hour a week.

Both history and geography are popular options at GCSE, we deliver Edexcel for history including Medicine through time, Elizabethan England, American West and Weimar and Nazi Germany, and for geography AQA with Natural Hazards, Living world, Rivers and Coasts, changing urban environments, economic world and resource management with a focus on water.

As part of the Outwood Doncaster Post 16, we offer geography (AQA), history (AQA), government and politics (AQA), psychology (AQA), criminology (WJEC) and EPQ (AQA).

In history this is done in a chronological way with Y7 topics such as Ancient and Medieval Migration to Britain, the Norman Conquest of England and the Tudors, Y8 topics include the Stuarts and the English Civil War, Imperialism and the British Empire and the First World War, Y9 topics include Race Relations within the USA and UK, a Post-War Britain and then a Post-War world with a focus on Vietnam and Chernobyl.

This allows our students to develop a solid and coherent understanding of British History and its place in the larger Global History.

In Geography we go beyond the national curriculum and deliver our curriculum through 5 geography concepts of physical processes, human development, interactions, climate change and sustainability and thread these through different place and theme units such as development, ecosystems, wild weather, oceans, Africa, Asia, Middle East and Russia to answer questions such as 'Is tourism a blessing or a curse'.

We are currently working hard to ensure students are confident in the fieldwork enquiry process and GIS.
Life lessons encompass PSHE, citizenship and religious education.

It is taught by a wide team of a Life specialist, humanities teachers and also other teachers across the wider academy.

Students find Life lessons engaging, up to date and an amazing opportunity to discuss real life situations and experiences as our students and staff develop really good relationships, which creates a community atmosphere and a positive safe learning environment.

All lessons are fully resources for specialists and non-specialists and topics we cover include Y7 Health, Y8 Staying safe, Y10 Universal Human Rights and Y10 Philosophy and Ethics.

If you wish to discuss this post or arrange a visit to the school, please contact Julia Peat our Recruitment Partner at Hays by using the expression of interest link below or call or : Hays Expression of Interest Form .