Teacher of Geography

What skills and experience we're looking for

About You

We are excited to welcome a passionate and dedicated Teacher of Geography to Thistley Hough Academy. This is an excellent opportunity to inspire curiosity, broaden horizons, and help students develop a deeper understanding of the world around them. As part of our Geography team, you will deliver engaging and ambitious lessons that ignite a love of learning, challenge students to think critically about global issues, and support every learner to achieve their full potential. If you are committed to high expectations, inclusive education, and making a lasting difference both inside and outside the classroom, we would love to hear from you.

Our Ideal candidate will have

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Qualified Teacher Status

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

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Subject Expertise

A Geography-related degree and strong subject knowledge.

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Critical Thinking

Excellent critical thinking skills, intellectual curiosity, rigour, and a creative approach to solving problems.

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Inclusive Practice

A commitment to inclusive education and ensuring every student has the opportunity to achieve and succeed.

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Communication Skills

Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships across the school community.

What the school offers its staff

About the Geography Department

The Geography Department at Thistley Hough Academy is a highly experienced, supportive, and collaborative team with a shared commitment to delivering exceptional outcomes for students. Colleagues work closely together, sharing expertise, resources, and best practice to create engaging learning experiences that inspire curiosity about the world. The department has built a strong reputation for achieving excellent results in recent years, reflecting the team's high expectations and dedication to student success. As a member of the department, you will join a welcoming group of passionate educators who are committed to continuous improvement, professional development, and ensuring every student is supported and challenged to achieve their full potential.

About Thistley Hough Academy

Thistley Hough Academy is a vibrant, inclusive, and high-performing secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. Proudly celebrating our best-ever GCSE results in 2025, we are one of the city’s highest achieving non-selective schools.

Significantly oversubscribed, our success reflects expert teaching, high expectations, and a culture of kindness. Our core values,Respect, Resilience, and Responsibilityare central to everything we do.

We offer a broad, ambitious curriculum in a disruption-free environment, supported by passionate staff and a strong sense of community. As part of the Creative Education Trust, we benefit from a collaborative network committed to excellence.

Recognised by Ofsted as a ‘Good’ school, we nurture the whole child, academically, socially, and emotionally, and build strong partnerships with families and the wider community. Join us in shaping a school where every child is empowered to reach their full potential. To find out more please visit ourwebsite.

About Creative Education Trust

Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13,500 children and young people across England. Since 2010, we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.

We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.

We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together.

Visit ourTrust websiteto explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.

Ready to Join Us?

Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR/Recruitment team is here to help. Reach out to us atHolly.Sweetmore@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk, and we'll be delighted to assist you. Want to stay connected?Join our Talent Pool hereand be the first to hear about future opportunities.

Essential Information

Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.

All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.

The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.