25 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    11 January 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    17 December 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Permanent, full-time, 37.5 hours per week, 39 working weeks

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

FTE of £28,000 - £29,500 gross per annum pro rota (actual of £24,160.77 - £25,455.10 gross per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • Able to communicate appropriately and effectively with young people, parents and carers
  • Flexible to work throughout the school within different departments and with different age ranges daily.
  • Someone who shares our moral purpose of ensuring that all of our young people receive the best education possible in a supportive environment from people who care about them.
  • Someone who will inspire our students to achieve their potential.
  • Someone with a fundamental belief in the power of education to enable students to achieve anything they set their minds to.
  • Act as a role model to students so professionalism and confidentiality will be key attributes.

What the school offers its staff

  • Highly competitive pay.
  • Excellent facilities and resources in a respectful working environment.
  • Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
  • Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
  • Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
  • A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of schools in the country with opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
  • Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions, a paid personal leave day each year, and a generous staff discount scheme.
  • Three extra INSET days for planning per year.
  • Access to a free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Health Cash Plan.
  • Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
  • We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

Applying for the job

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About Barnsley Academy

School type
Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
915 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Barnsley Academy is seeking to appoint a Teacher of Geography. The Academy is part of United Learning, a national group of schools and academies. Barnsley Academy is an 11-16 secondary. As part of United Learning our aim is to bring out ‘the Best in Everyone’ and we continuously strive to ensure that students and staff have every opportunity to succeed, with their potential developed to the utmost.

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