Teacher of Geography

Are you passionate about Geography, a talented practitioner who can teach inspiring lessons to pupils of all abilities and develop their curiosity and fascination about the world? Our vision in Geography is to create a “climate” of great learning, success and opportunity. Geography is a key EBacc department and due to growing popularity with our pupils for option choices finds us looking for a new member of staff to join our team.

You must be passionate about teaching Geography and demonstrate high levels of ambition and optimism, regarding what the academy and its pupils can achieve.

This role would suit both a Qualified and Early Career Teacher.

Why Us?

• Working as part of a small team, you will play an important part in planning and delivering high quality lessons and be committed to achieving excellent results for their students, instilling in them a love for the subject and a desire to learn.
• You will have use of state-of-the-art technology and a newly refurbished suite of classrooms, all equipped with new interactive screens.
• We teach Geography in each year group from Year 7 – Year 11 and have a history of conducting external field trips that enhance the experiences for our pupils and their learning.

About Northern Ambition Academies Trust:

• As a Trust, we place people at the heart of everything we do. Our organisation is driven by a strong moral purpose. We are first and foremost an educational charity established to benefit children and local communities.
• The Trust has a collaborative network both internally across our family of schools but also externally with other education providers across West Yorkshire and beyond. The Trust currently comprises four schools across the primary and secondary phases, with plans for future growth and the opportunities that brings. Airedale Academy has solid finances and rising student numbers over the next few years.
• CPD opportunities are readily accessible internally and via the National College, Every E-Learning Platform and subject specialist associations. The Trust has a collaborative network both internally across our family of schools but also externally with other education providers across West Yorkshire and beyond.

We understand the importance of our colleague’s wellbeing and offer a range of benefits including:

• Access to the Trust’s Employee Assistance Programme providing a range of health and wellbeing resources and experts.
• Our commitment to staff wellbeing (as shown by our Wellbeing Awards for Schools and school-based Staff Wellbeing Ambassadors who are all trained Mental Health First Aiders).
• Trust wide commitment to reducing the workload of all staff through the use of Technology (both hardware and software).
• The provision of informal staff workrooms.
• Access to the Trust’s new Fitness Suite (based at Airedale Academy) from September 2024.

We would encourage you to visit us so that you can see for yourself what our Trust has to offer you. Please contact our Recruitment Partner at Hays Education by email michelle.audis@hays.com or by telephone on 07840047154 for an application pack, to organise a visit or for a confidential discussion.