Teacher of Geography
North Durham Academy, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 0TW33 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 12:59am
Date listed
18 March 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS - UPS
Additional allowances
MPS - UPS
Teacher of Geography job summary
Teacher of Geography (Maternity Cover)
MPS - UPS
To start September 2026
North Durham Academy is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed and inspiring Teacher of Geography to join our successful Humanities department on a maternity cover basis. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate educator to deliver high-quality teaching and make a real difference to students’ learning and progress. The successful candidate will teach across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, fostering a love of geography and supporting students to achieve their full potential.
The role will involve planning and delivering engaging, well-structured lessons that are appropriately differentiated to meet the needs of all learners. You will monitor and assess student progress using a range of strategies, providing clear and constructive feedback to support improvement. Maintaining high expectations for behaviour, you will create a positive, safe and inclusive classroom environment where all students feel motivated and supported. You will also contribute to the development of schemes of work and curriculum planning, working closely with colleagues to ensure a high-quality learning experience.
As a member of staff, you will play an important role in the wider life of the school. This includes acting as a tutor, supporting students’ personal development, and serving as a positive role model who promotes high standards of attendance, punctuality and behaviour. You will be expected to build strong professional relationships with colleagues, parents and carers, and to contribute to school events and enrichment activities.
We are looking for a candidate who holds Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a degree in Geography or a related subject, with experience of teaching Geography at Key Stage 4. You will demonstrate strong classroom practice, effective behaviour management and a secure understanding of curriculum and assessment requirements. You should be an excellent communicator, able to work collaboratively as part of a team, and committed to your own professional development. A clear commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is essential.
North Durham Academy offers a supportive and collaborative working environment, with a strong focus on staff wellbeing and professional growth. This role provides an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated team and contribute positively to the school community.
Visits to North Durham Academy are warmly welcomed and encouraged. This is a great opportunity to meet our staff and students, experience the school environment and learn more about the role and our community. To arrange a visit at a convenient time, please contact Lucy Mayhew (Head of Humanities)
Connect Multi-Academy Trust is legally obligated to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and bind-overs as well as pending prosecutions, which aren't 'protected' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and check to establish that a person is not barred from 'regulated activity' as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.
Please note that we operate a probationary period of 6 months across all jobs in the Trust (see attached policy for further details). You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation
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Commitment to safeguarding
Connect Multi-Academy Trust is legally obligated to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and bind-overs as well as pending prosecutions, which aren't 'protected' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and check to establish that a person is not barred from 'regulated activity' as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About North Durham Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 976 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- North Durham Academy website
Connect Multi-Academy Trust is an ambitious Multi Academy Trust based in North Durham. The trust currently has 3 large secondary schools and 5 primary schools.
Our schools are at the heart of their local communities and strive to deliver on our founding principles of Inclusion, Progression and Excellence which supports a central vision of ‘Students First’.
The principle of inclusion provides opportunities for students of all abilities, aspirations and backgrounds and involving staff, governors, students and the wider community in determining the direction of our Trust. Our curriculums are broad and challenging, with the academic success of students at the heart of what we do.
To encourage progression, our schools provides effective advice and guidance. This enables learners to make informed and appropriate decisions for future study and employment, encouraging them to take on new challenges and reach higher levels of achievement.
The focus on excellence underpins all we do whether in learning areas, working in the community or governing and leading our schools.
The Trust recognises that safeguarding our children and young people is core to all our activities, and we expect all staff, volunteers and wider stakeholders to share this commitment.
Our Aims are:
To ensure our schools are centres of excellence with a focus on the nurture and achievement of all their members;
To promote mutual support, encouragement and benefit between our academies;
To develop, as the core foundation of academic achievement, a strong culture of professional development amongst our staff;
To celebrate and maintain the unique identity of communities we serve with each school at the heart of its community;
To recognise and enable all those who often remain invisible, through ethnic or cultural disadvantage, or through disability or poverty to achieve their full potential.
At North Durham Academy, we are openly focused on the educational outcomes of our students and firmly believe that placing the student at the centre of everything we do will ensure that they leave with both the best possible grades and having had the best possible experiences throughout their time with us.
In order to realise this, we work with our vision in mind at all times:
“For all students and staff to want to learn and work at a good school; and for all parents/carers from our community to want to send their children to a good school.”
There are a number of key principles that underpin the vision, which are:
Outstanding care for each and every individual
A relentless drive and focus to ensure that each and every student achieves their true potential
A focus on the quality of education and on high standards
A broad and balanced curriculum
A range of in-school and extra-curricular experiences to prepare our students for life in modern society
Superb facilities which support and enhance learning at all levels including achievement and engagement
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