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Teacher of Religious Education

Teacher of Religious Education

Cornwallis Academy

Kent

Salary:
MPS/UPS
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2022
Apply by:
26 May 2022

Job overview

Cornwallis Academy has produced outstanding results in recent years, and has well established Religious Education courses for Key Stage 3 and 4. We offer GCSE as an option, using Eduqas as our exam board. An enthusiastic and innovative teacher is required from September 2022 to join our already established team on a part or full-time, permanent basis in this well-resourced and successful department to teach Religious Education and some GCSE or A Level Sociology. We are very excited about the future of Religious Education in our Academy and are prepared to invest in the right people to ensure its success.

The candidate should demonstrate good organisational and ICT skills as well as excellent teaching strategies and good knowledge of the National Curriculum. ECTs are encouraged to apply.

As well as our state-of-the-art facilities, we have an exciting programme of trips, visits and extra-curricular activities.  Cornwallis Academy values positive and professional working relationships and seeks individuals who will support this ethos.

The successful candidate will be a creative and inspiring Teacher of Religious Education who will have:

Qualified Teacher Status

  • The ability to teach Religious Education throughout Key Stages 3 and 4.
  • Possess recent, relevant teaching experience
  • Be an outstanding classroom practitioner who can inspire students

We will offer you:

  • A vibrant and exciting place to work
  • A friendly and supportive environment
  • An excellent CPD programme, with opportunities for action research and nationally accredited qualifications 
  • The support of a Trust that currently encompasses two secondary schools, one primary school, and one nursery for children aged 3 months to 4 years
  • A well-resourced department with schemes of work and resources available.
  • An opportunity to join various schemes such as the Benenden corporate healthcare scheme

If you would like to take a look around our fantastic facilities and meet the staff that you could be working alongside, please email officecornwallis@futureschoolstrust.com and arrange a visit.

Future Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and will be required to apply for a DBS disclosure. We particularly welcome applicants from under- represented groups including those based on ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

Only applications submitted by the school application process will be considered, we are unable to accept CVs. All posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Future Schools Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

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About Cornwallis Academy

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+44 1622 743152

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Cornwallis is a fully inclusive school, enabling all students to be the best they can be by having ‘ambitions for all’. In line with our ‘SMILE’ ethos, our aim is to motivate, inspire, excite and engage all students so that they can be successful.

We place students’ wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. A strong community ethos permeates, throughout the school, focusing on learning and progress as well as the whole child. Our popularity continues to grow with record student numbers at an all-time high.

Our aim is to ensure that all students achieve their full potential within a safe and nurturing environment. We also aim for all our students to develop as confident, courteous and capable young people.

We have an excellent team of teaching and support staff, who are committed to ensuring lessons are engaging and challenging. We offer support where support is needed and stretch and challenge each child to do the best they can. It is important for us to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum to allow students to discover their interests.

We offer a number of prestigious scholarship programmes, in Art, Football (in partnership with Maidstone United Football Club) and Dance (in partnership with Maidstone Dance Studios).

We are also proud of the pastoral care we provide for our students and do everything in our power to make them feel valued and part of a community.

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