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Hours: Full time

Salary: TMS or Upper Pay Scale as appropriate

‍To start: January 2027

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Geography at St Bede’s is lively and vibrant with a strong take-up in Key Stages 4 and 5.

Teaching in Key Stage 3 is undertaken in mixed ability classes and the subject is allocated 3 hours in the 2 week timetable. Assessment is undertaken through a mixture of formative and summative assessments. A shared drive contains suggested lessons for the Key Stage 3 course.

At Key Stage 4 teaching is again undertaken in mixed ability groups. The GCSE syllabus chosen is Edexcel B as this was felt to provide a good foundation in geography for the students. The subject is popular at this level, evidenced by the high take-up with 210 students in the current Year 10. Field-trips have always been an important central focus of teaching and learning in the department and this year include a GCSE field trip to South Wales.

At Key Stage 5 the department presently teaches the Edexcel syllabus. This syllabus is modern and linked to the full range of global issues and challenges facing the world today.

Presently, the fieldwork for this course involves trips to East London and the Dorset coast. Recent results have been very pleasing, with many students securing places to study geography at university, including at the University of Cambridge.

The geography department has five full-time members of staff. It is based in five dedicated rooms, two of which are in a purpose-built block and the other three, close by, have been refurbished. There is an office for all departmental staff and three stock rooms. Each teaching room is linked to both the internet and school network. A set of chromebooks is available for use in lessons.

Increasing use is being made of Google Classroom and the Bromcom platform to place resources accessible to students. The department also supports cross curricular activities in the school, for instance taking part in the Year 8 electives, "Hidden Geography" and "Cities of the Future".

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