Thistley Hough Academy
Human Resources Officer
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Job Title: HR Officer
Location: Thistley Hough Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
Salary: Grade 7 £31,022 – £33,699 per annum
Start Date: September 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Application Closing Date: 09 August 2026
Interview Date: 13 August 2026 at Thistley Hough Academy
About You:
Thistley Hough Academy is seeking a proactive and highly organised HR professional who is passionate about delivering an excellent employee experience. You'll be confident managing a varied workload, balancing competing priorities, and building positive relationships with colleagues across the academy. With strong attention to detail and a commitment to confidentiality, you'll ensure HR processes are delivered accurately, efficiently, and in line with safeguarding and compliance requirements.
This role is primarily based at Thistley Hough Academy but one day per fortnight you will be onsite at Harpfield Primary Academy, a 5 minute journey by car.
Our Ideal Candidate Will:
- Be educated to Degree Level or qualified by experience.
- Have experience working within an HR environment, including supporting recruitment processes.
- Have an understanding of GDPR, safeguarding requirements, and the importance of maintaining accurate employee records.
- Have a good understanding of HR policies, recruitment, and absence management processes.
- Be highly organised, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrate excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
- Handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
- Have own transport.
About the HR Department:
The Human Resources Team at Creative Education Trust is dedicated to providing professional, pragmatic, and solutions-focused support to our schools on all people-related matters. Our team delivers the Trust's People Strategy, helping to make our academies great places to work and positioning Creative Education Trust as an employer of choice for both teaching and support staff.
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As HR Officer at Thistley Hough Academy, you will be the first point of contact for HR matters within the academy, supporting colleagues throughout the employee lifecycle. Working closely with academy leaders and the Regional HR Business Partner, you'll play a key role in recruitment, onboarding, absence management, compliance, and employee relations, helping to create a positive experience for staff and ultimately supporting the best outcomes for our students.
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 2025, 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 website.
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13,500 children and young people across England. Since 2010, 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.
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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.
Visit our Trust website to explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly Recruitment team is here to help. Reach out to us at Recruitment@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk, and we'll be delighted to assist you. Want to stay connected? Join our Talent Pool here and be the first to hear about future opportunities.
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) 1974.
- CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
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