Teacher of Geography in Leicester

Location: Leicester, Leicestershire

Contract Type: Fixed term contract

Hours: Full Time

Contract Length: 12 Months

Salary: MPS/UPS (£32,916 – £51,047 per annum)

Posted: 29th January 2026

Start Date: 24th August 2026

Expires: 22nd February 2026 11:59 AM

Job ID: 1532029

Suitable for: ECT (NQT) Graduates

We are looking to appoint subject experts and enthusiasts to our high achieving team who want to work in a school where:

• geography is valued by students and families;
• the academy’s results have been significantly above national averages for many years;
• subject progress index scores are significantly above average across the humanities subjects;
• the geography curriculum is relevant, dynamic and inspires curiosity;
• there is a strong academic ethos and high expectations of students;
• behaviour management is centralised and teachers are enabled to flourish.

We can offer you the opportunity to advance your career within a supportive academy environment. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a high achieving and forward-thinking department within a highly successful school. You will be able to take advantage of their evidence led practice and learn from them to aid you contribute to a department which regularly achieves above the national average.

Rushey Mead Academy is well placed to offer a comprehensive support package to ECTs from all routes into teaching, including PGCE, SCITT, Schools Direct and Teach First. Both new and established teachers will be supported and encouraged to develop their practice by engaging in the numerous opportunities to collaborate and share ideas with colleagues within our Professional Learning programme.

Rushey Mead Academy is part of The Mead Educational Trust (TMET) which is a growing partnership of primary and secondary schools situated in the East Midlands. The Trust draws its educational excellence from the established track record of the high-quality education provision of Rushey Mead Academy, the Trust's convertor academy. TMET provides its academies access to a world-class education network and staff with an employer providing high quality professional development. We are committed to ensuring each academy enables every pupil to achieve the very best. We believe that together we make a positive difference.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure check. This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore, exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind-overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.

How to apply:

If you are interested in this post, please complete the application form online. A letter detailing why you are a suitable candidate for the position should accompany your completed application form. Please see the documents listed below, which may assist you in making your application:

• Applicant Pack
• Job Description
• Application and Recruitment Process document

Should you have any queries regarding your application please contact us.

Closing Date: Sunday 22nd February, midday

Interview Date: Tuesday 3rd March 2026

Rushey Mead Academy is committed to:

• safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment;
• equal opportunities and equal value for staff and students, prevention of discrimination in its many forms.

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