Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Kent
Salary:
Full-time Permanent, MPS/UPS Required from January or April 2026
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2027
Apply by:
30 September 2025
Job overview
Head of Geography Department
TLR 2A £8,611 pa
Full-time Permanent, MPS/UPS
Required from January or April 2026
We are seeking to appoint a creative, enthusiastic and inspiring Head of Geography to lead this key area of our curriculum from January or April. This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join our outstanding school, which has a strong reputation for academic achievement and enrichment across the Humanities.
The successful candidate will have the vision, ambition and innovation to manage and further develop the department, ensuring that Geography continues to flourish and inspire pupils at all levels. There will also be opportunities to design and lead a varied programme of field trips and visits, both locally and further afield, to enhance students' learning and bring the subject to life.
We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate:
A genuine passion for teaching Geography
Commitment to promoting high-quality teaching and learning within the department
The ability to inspire students and promote Geography across the wider curriculum
Experience of teaching Geography to A level standard.
This is an exciting leadership role for a motivated and dynamic teacher to shape the future of Geography in our school community.
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls' school of 1,270 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 360. Ofsted judged us to be outstanding and our examination results reflect this. We are a happy, thriving community, with a long standing tradition of excellence in all that we do. We have been an Advanced Thinking School since 2015. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development and Benenden Healthcare Scheme.
"Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school" (Ofsted March 2023)
Applicants should complete the application form and email it along with a covering letter addressed to the Headteacher, Miss Deborah Stanley via Applicants are strongly encouraged to also complete our Equal Opportunities & Recruitment Monitoring Form. If you require any additional information, please contact Ms Starns, PA to the Headteacher via email:
Please note that pre-interview visits are not available, however, full information including a virtual tour can be found on our website
Full details and an application pack are available from the school's website
Applications welcomed immediately
Applications will be considered in the order in which they are received. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Maidstone Grammar School for Girls reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
Closing Date: 8am on 30th September 2025
Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. The School will undertake an online check of shortlisted candidates in accordance with the requirements of the current edition of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The post is exempt from section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and It is not, therefore, in any way contrary to the Act to reveal any information concerning convictions which would otherwise be considered as "spent" in relation to the applicant's suitability for employment. Any such information will be kept in strict confidence and only used in consideration of the suitability of the applicant for such a position where such an exemption is appropriate.
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About Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Buckland Road, Maidstone
Kent
ME16 0SF
United Kingdom
At Maidstone Grammar School for Girls we place a very high value on creating a caring community in which everyone feels confident and valued. This is a priority for us as we know that students flourish and succeed when they feel happy and secure. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust and mutual respect, and students show respect for each other and for the process of learning.
Academic excellence is very important to us too. We want everyone to feel engaged and excited by learning and to experience the pleasure of achieving personal goals. Our students are keen to learn and we are able to respond positively to differing needs and strengths with the right balance of support and challenge. Our specialist science status, Thinking Schools and Investors in Careers awards indicate the breadth of expertise across the curriculum.
We also value the development of creativity, responsibility, physical and personal skills. Students are encouraged to participate in the full MGGS experience, with its strong emphasis on community and charity work, dramatic, musical and sports events. When they leave the school, students are mature and well-qualified young people with the confidence to benefit from the opportunities ahead of them and to make a positive contribution to the wider world.
We are proud of the school's long and distinguished history in Maidstone, and are committed to preparing our students for the technologies, work patterns and necessary skills required to meet the demands of the twenty-first century. Every student who attends the school has talents: our job is to find these, and foster them and develop in everyone a love of learning for its own sake and a pride in striving for and achieving excellence.
As an employer we offer the opportunity to work with high ability students in a supportive, friendly and forward-thinking environment and support for professional development is strong. Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls' school of 1,229 students with a mixed sixth form of 381.
"Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school"
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