Lead in Geography

We are currently recruiting for a Lead in Geography to join our established Humanities Team at the school. This is an exciting opportunity to join Henley Bank High School and become an integral member of the team.

At Henley Bank High School, our aspiration is for all our staff and students to leave our school with practical wisdom gained through the teaching of intellectual, moral, civic and performance virtues.

We are a successful secondary school based in Brockworth, extremely close to junction 11a of the M5. The school has consistently been achieving excellent academic results over the past few years with the GCSE results of 2023 being in the top 1% of results in the country, as well as the highest results for any non-selective school in Gloucestershire. We opened our Sixth Form in September 2024 and are really excited to see what the next stage in the school’s journey will be.

A crucial element of the school’s vision is ensuing that we are preparing our young people for the world of tomorrow. This role plays an essential part in achieving this.

Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character.

We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.

To get a feel of life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our ‘Why you should work for GLT’ recruitment brochure on our job’s portal.

The Lead in Geography will support and work alongside the Head of Humanities to develop the department of leading initiatives and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum areas as appropriate

• Undertake a designated programme of planning and teaching across all key stages and to teach consistently high-quality lessons
• Be passionate about their subject area
• Show enthusiasm and have the experience of leading initiatives within the department
• Will lead teachers, in collaboration with SLT, ensuring the highest quality, academically rigorous, challenging lessons are delivered
• Work with SLT in the monitoring and supporting of the overall progress and development of students in the department
• Facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
• Contribute to raising standards of student attainment
• Will share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth
• Present regularly to SLT on their findings and next steps for their remit
• To lead departmental CPD, planned in collaboration with SLT

• To act as a role model and an outstanding Lead in Geography
• To lead on the development of the geography curriculum for all Key Stages
• To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area (Geography) as appropriate
• Lead on curriculum developments within the subject area and share expertise within the department
• Quality assure provision to ensure the highest standards
• To deliver high quality, academically rigorous lessons
• Keep up to date with new developments in Education
• Lead improvements on outcomes and opportunities at a departmental level
• To lead on the assessment and raising standards agenda within geography, working closely with and well supported by Head of Humanities and SLT
• To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth
• To lead…