Worksop College and Ranby House
Nottinghamshire
Expiring soon
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2026
Apply by:
10 October 2025
Job overview
We are looking for an outstanding teacher of Geography to join our experienced and passionate staff team. The successful candidate will teach Key Stage 3, Cambridge IGCSE Geography and possibly OCR A level Geography. The ability to offer a further subject would be advantageous but not essential and interested applicants should detail their other specialisms in their application.
Our focus is firmly placed on academic excellence for all within a non-selective school. Worksop College is entering an exciting phase in its development, and we therefore wish to recruit dynamic and self-starting staff to work with us in fulfilling our aims and objectives.
The successful candidate will provide outstanding high-quality teaching and learning opportunities for our children, ensuring they achieve and make progress in relation to their potential and school expectations. The appointee will promote and support the mission, vision, values and ethos of the school and work as a supportive team member catering for a wide range of children's needs and providing provision and organisation of a variety of learning experiences to support a broad, balanced educational experience.
Key Teaching Responsibilities
* Teach Key Stage 3, IGCSE and A-Level Geography classes.
* Contribute to the development of the super-curricular life and offer of the department.
* Promote resilience, adaptability, and independence through teaching.
* Teach engaging and motivating lessons informed by high expectations of students and designed to raise levels of attainment.
* Teach challenging, well-organised lessons and sequences of lessons across the age and ability range they teach.
* Have a secure knowledge and understanding of their specialism as an academic subject, including the contribution that their subjects can make to cross-curricular learning.
* Know how to use skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT to support their teaching and wider professional activities.
* Have high expectations of the pupils in your classes and motivate them to do well, providing extra support at clinics where necessary.
* Liaise with the Head of Department to maximise the progress of students.
* Offer support to the learning, pastoral and co-curricular needs of the individual students through the House system as a tutor, and the co-curricular programme. These duties should be carried out to a high standard to ensure the all-round quality of education for pupils at Worksop College.
* Adopt high standards of behaviour in their professional role.
* Maintain an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the professional duties of teachers and the statutory framework within which they work.
* Communicate effectively with students, colleagues and parents, giving timely and relevant information about attainment, progress and well-being.
* Have a commitment to collaboration and co-operative working where appropriate.
* Design opportunities for learners to develop their literacy, numeracy, ICT, personal, learning, emotional and thinking skills.
* Contribute towards the planning and running of trips and organising speakers to come into school and the wider pursuit of scholarship.
* Plan, set and assess prep, other out-of-class assignments and coursework for examinations, where appropriate, to sustain learners' progress and to extend and consolidate their learning.
* Monitor the progress of students taking the subject in your class, and set targets where appropriate; support key groups of pupils in their studies e.g. the most able pupils, and pupils with EAL or Learning Support needs.
* Have a good, up-to-date working knowledge and understanding of a range of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies.
* Share resources and good practice, be involved in lesson observations and work scrutiny; be a part of collaborative teaching, and continue your own professional development.
* Contribute to schemes of work at all levels.
* Participate fully in the school's appraisal system and actively seek opportunities to further professional development.
The Department
Geography is a consistently popular subject at the College, particularly at IGCSE, enjoying a positive reputation amongst students and staff. The department works collaboratively to develop meaningful and challenging learning experiences for students across the ability range, with the Cambridge IGCSE in Geography leading onto the OCR Geography A level. The department, comprised of two full-time members of staff and two part-time colleagues, is well-resourced with a range of learning materials, both paper and digital.
Qualifications and Attributes
The ideal candidate will:
* possess a good degree in a relevant subject (with a supporting PGCE or QTS).
* be able to deliver inspiring and exciting learning experiences across the age range
* actively encourage students' dedication to their learning through engaging teaching.
* motivate students utilising a range of pedagogical approaches to learning
* have experience of teaching Geography to at least IGCSE level
* have a proven track record of excellent results and an ability to encourage students to perform at the highest level.
* have the ability to offer a further subject
* demonstrate a willingness to participate in the Christian traditions of the school.
Pastoral Care
In addition to the academic role, every teacher is expected to play a full role in the life of the School outside the classroom and is attached to one of the boarding houses.
This job Description covers the main duties and responsibilities of the role. The role holder may be asked to carry out other activities commensurate with this Job Description from time to time.
Additional Responsibilities
Successful candidates will be expected to undertake such additional responsibilities as may, from time to time, be considered to be reasonable and required by the Headmaster.
Other Matters
You will be required to carry out other duties as may be commensurate with the post which do not change the character or purpose of the post which are necessary to maintain high standards of business practice. This job description therefore may be altered from time to time to meet the changing needs of the School.
Health and Safety
The School is committed to ensuring the Health and Safety of all who learn, work, live and visit the School. You must take reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of other persons who may be affected by your activities. All safety instructions must be obeyed and the required training undertaken. All accidents and near misses must be reported and recorded within the Accident Book available on both sites.
Safeguarding & Child Protection
Applicants for this post must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including, but not limited to, reference checks with previous employers, prohibition checks and a criminal record check via the Applicants Disclosure and Barring Service (including Barred List Check). All offers of employment are conditional upon the satisfactory outcome of child protection screening checks.
Disclosures
We will appoint, train, develop and promote based on merit and ability alone. It is a stipulation of the Governors and a statutory requirement that members of staff appointed to Worksop College should be shown not to have any criminal record, which might prevent them accepting a post at the College. Accordingly, the College requires permission from all members of staff to make an appropriate investigation. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory outcome of this enquiry.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Equal Opportunities
Worksop College is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to a policy of treating all our employees and job applicants equally. It is our policy to take all reasonable steps to employ and promote employees on the basis of their abilities and qualifications without regard to age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, marital or civil partnership status, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sexual orientation, trade union membership, religion or belief.
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About Worksop College and Ranby House
Worksop College and Ranby House
Cuthbert's Avenue, Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 3AP
United Kingdom
Welcome to Worksop College and Ranby House
Worksop College and Ranby House; one community set across two schools - educating children from age two to eighteen. We're proud of being a broad-ability school - with a focus firmly on progress, recognising that every child has their own set of skills and abilities, whether it be academic, sporting, musical or otherwise. We believe that education is about more than the flight towards academic success, but about human flourishing.
We want our students to be the very best version of themselves. If they are destined to attend an established University, here is where they will flourish, or if they are an outstanding sportsperson, here is where they will hone their skills. Perhaps they are a talented artist or musician, here is where they'd perfect their craft, but if these talents are yet to be revealed, here is where they'll be discovered.
We are a remarkable school, in a stunning setting, with exceptional facilities and a talented teaching staff. At Worksop College & Ranby House, what matters is the individual, their aspirations and their future.
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