Teacher of Geography

Q3 Academy Tipton, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 7NR

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  12 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 September 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (692)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Geography
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £32,915.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) MPS / UPS

Teacher of Geography job summary

Job Title: Teacher of Geography

Location: Tipton

Q3 Academy Tipton works to ensure that all students and staff achieve ‘Incredible things’. Our mission for everybody who works in or with our school is to: Know More, Do More and Achieve More and is supported by our values of: Kindness, Ambition, Resilience and Respect.

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“Expectations are high for every pupil and sixth-form student, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils are becoming motivated and resilient learners who show pride in their achievements. Importantly, pupils say that they now enjoy their learning.” (Ofsted, 2025)

We are seeking a dynamic, supportive, and inspiring Teacher of Geography who is able to deliver engaging and ambitious lessons across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. The successful candidate will have strong subject knowledge, a clear commitment to high-quality teaching and learning, and the ability to inspire students to understand the world around them through geographical knowledge, skills and enquiry. Geography is an important part of our broad and balanced curriculum, helping students to develop curiosity, critical thinking and an understanding of local, national and global issues. We are therefore seeking an incredible teacher who is passionate about Geography and able to motivate students to learn, think deeply and achieve highly. If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you.

The successful candidate will be joining an established and cohesive team of colleagues, with good links across other schools as part of the Mercian Academy Trust, with excellent opportunities for development.

We welcome visits from potential candidates at any time.

The Academy is looking for someone who has:

• Ambition for all students to achieve incredible things, particularly inspiring their interest and supporting the development of knowledge, understanding and skills in Geography;
• Resilience to adapt and support all students in achieving in Geography;
• Ambition for your own development and learning. All teaching staff are provided with additional non-contact time specifically for personal-development;
• Excellent subject knowledge;
• The ability to understand and work with assessment data to monitor and intervene as appropriate with students.

We can offer you:

• Students who are kind, ambitious, resilient and respectful, working in and with well established systems which allow you to focus on teaching;
• A motivated and supportive staff-body who prioritise students’ achievement;
• Additional non-contact time beyond 10% PPA to support your own self-development and workload;
• Prioritisation of the reduction of workload in teaching;
• Regular celebration of achievement for both students and staff;
• A supportive environment which focuses on all members of our community achieving their best;
• Access to Health Care schemes through the Mercian Academy Trust;
• A “birthday day” paid leave of absence to celebrate your special day or use for something else (subject to attendance measures);
• Opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from a wide range of settings including grammar schools and a-typical settings.
• For further benefits including education sector leading CPD: The Mercian Trust - What we can offer you

Your key responsibilities will include:

Teaching Geography across Key Stages 3 and 4;

• Responsibility for adding value to every learner in each teaching group benchmarked against national criteria and data;
• Delivering, planning, and preparing lessons in accordance with the planned curriculum;
• Contribution to curriculum design within Geography;
• Working as part of an incredible team that ensures creative and innovative learning and teaching occurs in every lesson;
• Being a Form Tutor.

Pay range: MPS/UPS - £32,916 - £51,048

Qualifications and Skills: 

• Qualified teacher status

• A commitment to high standards for all

• Continuing good record for professional development

• Achievement of high standards

• Awareness of the value of assessment data in raising standards

For full details of the post please see attached Job Description and Person Specification

To find out more about our School: Q3 Academy Tipton - Home

Why The Mercian Trust?

As one Trust we share a common purpose.  We call it our social mobility and social justice mission to change our communities through the very best equitable education.  When we get this right, it enables our children and young people to fulfil their potential, thrive in the world of work, and make a positive contribution to the local, national and international community. Our recent achievements include:

Sustainable Growth - becoming one of the largest and most diverse trusts in the region

Social Mobility & Social Justice - National recognition for the Trust’s two selective grammar schools who the most successful on the number of local disadvantaged students passing the entrance and joining the schools

Increasing Opportunities - Opening brand-new purpose-built campus in Walsall Town Centre including an alternative provision for students at risk at permanent exclusion from mainstream schools alongside a Digital Skills Hub to provide professionals and employers

Pioneering Spirit - National recognition for pioneering work around youth mental health, including establishing an in-house multi-disciplinary team of clinicians and allied health professionals delivering interventions and providing support to vulnerable students

Outward Looking - Organising and hosting the region’s first Youth Suicide Conference (2023) and Youth Violence Conference (2024) at Villa Park

Innovation and Improvement - A multi-million-pound investment in the digital infrastructure of Trust schools and our Digital Skills Hub underpinning the ongoing transformation of how staff teach, students learn, leaders lead and the whole Trust operates in readiness for the AI-supercharged careers and workplaces of the future.

Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more: The Mercian Trust - Home

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

The Mercian Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. 

Please take time to read our polices attached to this advert.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
All post holders are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) and satisfactory employment references, as well as identification and qualification checks which will be required before commencing duties.
All appointments are subject to two satisfactory references and online search.

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 Q3 Academy Tipton

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1563 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Q3 Academy Tipton website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/q3-academy-tipton

Q3 Tipton has high expectations for all students and is one of nine schools in the Mercian Academy Trust. We embed the ethos of the Trust: “To live life to the full in pursuit of that which is good, right and true” and are passionate about social equality within our community. “They want all
pupils to ‘live life to the full in pursuit of what is good, right, and true’. Pupils understand these expectations and appreciate the positive environment. Q3 Tipton has high expectations for all students and is one of nine schools in the Mercian Academy Trust. We embed the ethos of the Trust: “To live life to the full in pursuit of that which is good, right and true” and are passionate about social equality within our community. “Pupils are becoming motivated and resilient learners who show pride in their achievements, they enjoy their learning. Pupils say this is now a place where they feel safe, supported and heard. Teachers treat pupils as individuals, and pupils welcome this” (Ofsted, 2025). Q3 Academy Tipton received 'Good' from their latest Ofsted Inspection, being described as 'committed to improving outcomes for all pupils' (Ofsted, 2025).

We are a large inclusive and diverse 11 – 19 school. Our students come from many backgrounds, speak different languages and follow different faiths. Students are encouraged to join our advocate groups: anti-racism, anti-sexism, pro-LGBTQIA+ and inter-faith. We are fully committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging for all. We are proud that our staff body reflects the diversity of our student community including our middle and senior leaders.

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