Lead Geography Teacher

Lead Geography Teacher – (Full time/Part-time)

(Suitable for career returner/Exceptional ECT)

Reports to: Head of Humanities

Start date: October/November 2025

Contract: Permanent – Part-time or Full-time

Salary: £39,739 - £51,545 (Ark MPS AM1 – AM6) + TLR 2A

Closing Date: Friday, 3rd October 2025

The Role:

This role at the centre of our school and within a successful and dynamic Humanities provision. You will be instrumental in our mission to provide every student a great education and real choices in life, regardless of their background. A passionate practitioner, you will deliver high-quality, rigorous lessons that drive achievement and inspire a love of learning that extends beyond the classroom.

Our ideal candidate will:

• Qualified teacher with a Degree in a relevant subject

• Be an outstanding teacher, able to motivate and challenge learners of all abilities

• Have experience of teaching Geography up to Key Stage 5

• Exude a passion for the subject which is evident in their day-to-day classroom practice

• Demonstrate high levels of ambition and optimism regarding what the Academy and its students can achieve

• Have the resolve to make a real difference to the lives of pupils

• Have experience in planning and preparation of schemes of work

• Have evidence of continually improving the teaching and learning of Geography through schemes of work and extra-curricular activities

• Have an understanding of the strategies needed to establish consistently high aspirations and standards of results and behaviour

About us:

We are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school.

We want all staff to thrive and model leadership and determination to the students and pupils within our rich and diverse community. We opened in 2012 with the vision to create a centre of excellence in the community.

We empower our teams by valuing the individual and prioritising professional development. This is delivered through weekly CPD sessions, dedicated line management meetings and by encouraging staff to develop their own ideas and projects, within their departments and beyond.

Bolingbroke Academy is a uniquely exciting, fulfilling and innovative place to work, learn and grow. We are proud to be rated as ‘Outstanding’ in all five categories in the 2024 Ofsted inspection. Ofsted’s recent parent survey also ranked us as the ‘happiest secondary school’ in Wandsworth. 

How to apply:

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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.