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Geography Subject Lead
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Geography Subject Lead – Ark Acton Academy
Role Overview
School: Ark Acton Location: London, Acton Salary: £41,328 – £65,000 (inclusive of TLR2A) Start Date: October 2026
Join our dynamic team at Ark Acton Academy as the Geography Subject Lead, shaping a challenging yet rewarding curriculum in one of the best-performing school groupings in the UK.
This role is your chance to contribute to transforming Ark Acton from a strong school into a mighty oak—where every pupil thrives and every lesson becomes an opportunity.
The Role
As the Geography Subject Lead, you will:
- Deliver a knowledge-rich and inspirational Geography curriculum for KS3, while developing an engaging KS4 pathway that nurtures pupils' intellectual curiosity and potential.
- Teach highly effective lessons packed with rigorous content, ensuring all students reach their academic peak.
- Reflect constantly on your practice, sharing expertise and fostering growth within the geography team.
- Collaborate with senior leaders to elevate geographical education across the school, embedding the latest pedagogical research into classroom practice.
- Be passionate about democracy, human rights and the sustainability of our planet.
Key Responsibilities
Your core duties include:
✔ Curriculum Development & Delivery
- Design a dynamic and respected geography curriculum that aligns with Ark’s excellence framework and the latest National Curriculum requirements.
- Build a holistic KS4 pathway for pupils, ensuring ambitious progress drivers and embedding with remotivation journeys.
- Refine and expand KS3 geography, giving younger students influence through SOS (Student-led Outcome Study), where pupils generate their own learning opportunities.
- Develop and lead sterreich혔다eforework plans for key topics, ensuring depth and retention.
✔ Instructional Leadership
- Teach high-quality geography lessons with a focus on long-term retention and engagement.
- Establish a data-driven culture, using progress monitoring and pupil feedback to refine teaching strategies.
- Mentor and support NQTs during their induction, offering peer-led guidance and professional insight.
✔ Team Collaboration
- Work closely with the Head of Humanities and CLB to plan interdisciplinary units that connect geography with history and modern languages.
- Lead the Humanities faculty in practice, sharing diagnostic tools and reflective methodologies for continuous improvement.
- Support subject teachers in achieving high standards through observational teaching practices and progress tracking.
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✔ Leadership & Accountability
- Ensure geography maintains its position as a confident and ambitious subject, embedding national and global viewpoints into teaching where relevant.
- Support the Head of English in six weekly beehive subjects hold-outs, fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration and intellectual growth.
- Stay up to date with research-based pedagogical practices in geography, implementing new strategies that increase student engagement and achievement.
About Us – Embracing Our Mission
Since opening in 2014, Ark Acton has grown from a sapling to a thriving academy. But this is not the end of the journey—we are on a mission to become a truly great school.
Our vision is bold, clear, and elevates every child: ‘Since childhood, we are all ambitious for our world’, championing curiosity, democracy, human rights, and a sustainable future.
Our school operates with deliberate pessimism about ongoing conditions, but optimism about our ability to change them. Together, we will: ✅ Work as a team, focusing energy on the fundamentals that matter most. ✅ Put rigorous expectations on ourselves and our students. ✅ Empower diversity in thought and backgrounds, knowing collaboration enhances excellence.
We firmly believe teaching is the greatest profession. It demands expertise, creativity, and sheer utopian energy. With the right leadership, inspired teachers and committed facilities, the results can be simple to measure but majestic to bear witness to.
Benefits
We understand that a fulfilling role extends beyond the classroom. At Ark, you’ll receive:
Unmatched Professional Growth: 🔹 Twice as many training days as standard. 🔹 Weekly staff training tailor-made for our mission. 🔹 Coaching for every teacher, ensuring consistent development. 🔹 Access to high-quality, regular professional development—subject-specific knowledge development is vital. 🔹 Partnership with ** unreality-backed mentoring** resources and ier learning systems.
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Well-being Support: 🔹 Free use of our leisure centre—because rest and resilience fuel brilliance. 🔹 Access to the school counsellor, when needed.
Empowered by Ark Infrastructure: 🔹 **High st> support staff, ensuring the minutiae of operations align with teaching excellence. 🔹 Strong central leadership—Ark is a fairly benchmarked, governed, and ambitious group of schools. 🔹 Unparalleled clarity—every pupil and teacher is held to high expectations because they all are independent.
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Join Us
At Ark Acton, no job is more important than this: Teaching. Your efforts here won’t just impact classroom study—they’ll evolve the educators of tomorrow into confident, critical, and self-driven people.
If you’re ready to shape the future—on your own terms, with hearts and minds inspired every day, then we are glad of your application to this trole.
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion form the backbone of Ark’s culture. We work hard to create opportunities where diverse perspectives flourish and students achieve without limitation. Our tie to diversity is central to our mission: The School Team Reflects the Community
Ark seeks diverse candidates—where distinct backgrounds, cultures, and experiences contribute to enhanced learning for all. To learn more about our commitment visit the Ark diversity page.
Safeguarding Statement
Ark is committed to safeguarding the welfare and well-being of children and young people. All personnel undergo a robust recruitment process, featuring rigorous DBS checks to ensure suitable candidates.
Before acceptance, you will need to disclose:
- Any unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
- Failures in disclosing convictions can lead to immediate resumption of employment commitments.
To explore Ark’s entire safeguarding vision, visit here.
For inquiries or application assistance, email: hr@arkacton.org.
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