Subject Leader Geography

Moor End Academy, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 5JA

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  23 October 2025 at 7pm

• Date listed

  22 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Geography
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS plus TLR2b £6013
• Additional allowances:

  MPS/UPS plus TLR2b £6013

Subject Leader Geography job summary

Subject Leader Geography

MPS/UPS plus TLR2b £6013

Join Our Dedicated Team - Inspire Young Minds and Shape Bright Futures

As Subject Leader of Geography you’ll join the team at Moor End Academy becoming part of a friendly and committed staff team. You’ll play a key role in positively impacting young people’s outcomes as a strong communicator, a team player, and have a genuine passion for education.

Overview of Department

You will join a team of two dedicated members of staff along with the Subject Leader.

What We’re Looking For:

• A teacher with strong subject knowledge and classroom experience
• Excellent attention to detail
• The ability to manage and prioritise your own workload effectively
• Someone who embodies and promotes our academy values
• A flexible, can-do attitude with a willingness to go the extra mile
• Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development

We’re passionate about motivating and inspiring our students to achieve their very best.

💫 Why Moor End?

We’re proud to be part of the highly respected South Pennine Academies family, where a shared belief drives everything, we do young people deserve the very best education — led by strong leadership, exceptional staff, and a connected, engaged community.

As an accredited ‘World Class School’, our vision is simple but powerful: to unlock every student’s potential, ensuring each young person leaves with their GCSE passport to success in hand — and the confidence to shape their own future.

We believe in the power of positive relationships, high-quality teaching, and dedicated pastoral care — all guided by strong, passionate leadership. Together, these pillars create a place where students are seen, supported, and inspired every single day.

Our core values of:

• Respect 🤝
• Ambition 🌟
• Responsibility 💼

…are at the heart of everything we do. They shape our school culture and remind us of the vital role we play as educators — to empower students, spark ambition, and guide them toward becoming the leaders and change-makers of tomorrow.

South Pennine Academies, based in West Yorkshire, is a close-knit family of 11 primary and secondary schools across Calderdale, Kirklees, and Oldham — working together to help every child thrive!

You’ll Receive:

• 💖 Wellbeing Support - stress & cancer support, weight management, and more!
• 💼 Generous Pension Scheme - for your future security.
• 🌴 Flexi Days - two paid days off during term time for those important life moments.
• 💉 Free Annual Flu Jab - because we care about your health.
• 🚴 Cycle to Work Scheme - get fit and go green!
• 📝 Free Will Writing Service - because peace of mind matters.
• 🚀 Personal Development - training and growth opportunities to help your career soar.
• 🤗Supportive Leadership - you’ll never feel like just a number here.

Sound like your kind of place?
Then don’t wait—apply now and let’s build something amazing together.
📢 Be the teacher who makes a difference at Moor End Academy!

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We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on SPA Applications. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your SPA application form.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake a Criminal Record Check via the DBS. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If we receive a number of high quality candidates, interviews may take place before the closing date of this vacancy

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

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Moor End Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1065 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Moor End Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/moor-end-academy

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