Inspire creativity and nurture talent at Thistley Hough Academy! We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Teacher of Music and Performing Arts to join our vibrant and ambitious department.
Job Title: Teacher of Music/Performing Arts
Location: Thistley Hough Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
Salary: MPS/UPS £32, - £51,
Start Date: September
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: 0.6 (19.5 hours per week)
Application Closing Date: 23rd February
Interview Date: 27th February
About You:
Thistley Hough Academy is seeking an enthusiastic Teacher of Music and Performing Arts to join our creative and supportive team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about the arts, committed to delivering high‑quality lessons, and dedicated to helping every student thrive. We welcome applications from both experienced teachers and ECTs who share our vision for inspiring a love of music and performance across the academy.
Our Ideal candidate will have:
1. Qualified teacher status.
2. Successful experience of teaching Music and Performing Arts at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.
3. A proven track record of delivering strong progress outcomes.
About the Performing Arts Department:
Performing Arts is an integral part of Thistley Hough Academy’s broad, balanced and knowledge‑led curriculum. The Academy ensures that all students experience a rich and inspiring education across a wide range of subjects, including the creative arts, as part of its commitment to delivering a rigorous, ambitious curriculum for every learner.
About Thistley Hough Academy:
Thistley Hough Academy is a vibrant, inclusive, and high-performing secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. Proudly celebrating our best-ever GCSE results in, we are one of the city’s highest achieving non-selective schools.
Significantly oversubscribed, our success reflects expert teaching, high expectations, and a culture of kindness. Our core values, Respect, Resilience, and Responsibility are central to everything we do.
We offer a broad, ambitious curriculum in a disruption-free environment, supported by passionate staff and a strong sense of community. As part of the Creative Education Trust, we benefit from a collaborative network committed to excellence.
Recognised by Ofsted as a ‘Good’ school, we nurture the whole child, academically, socially, and emotionally, and build strong partnerships with families and the wider community. Join us in shaping a school where every child is empowered to reach their full potential. To find out more please visit our
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13, children and young people across England. Since, we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.
We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.
We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together.
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Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) .
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.