Teacher of Religious Education

Tes is supporting the appointment of a Community School and College to join a Teacher of Religious Education based in Essex.

Pay Range: Teachers Main/Upper Pay Scale

Actual Salary from: £30,000 - £46,525

Start Date: 1ST September 2024

The Role

The school is a community in which they believe everyone, students and staff alike, should have the opportunity to be nourished and grow. Therefore, they are seeking to recruit a proactive and forward thinking member of staff to enrich the skills and experience already present in their Humanities Faculty. They aim to foster an inclusive culture where everyone is able to learn from each other. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, confident and diligent. 

The school community is expanding which makes this a particularly unique and exciting time to join their school. They have a new teaching block consisting of 8 new classrooms and 4 specialist Design and Technology rooms fully equipped. A further large scale internal refurbishment took place over the 2022/23 academic year which has further improved their school environment for all.

The school values of Aspiration, Resilience and Kindness describe the ethos that flows through their school. They expect all members of staff to feed into their values and lead by example to their students. They believe that every member of staff has the potential to impact on student experience and therefore they encourage their staff, both teaching and support, to immerse themselves in their school culture. 

Applications from outstanding professionals who believe they can contribute to their school community are greatly welcomed. If you are willing to invest in them, they will invest in you which they believe makes the experience at The School especially exciting.

Please note that they reserve the right to close this advert early should they receive an overwhelming response.

Should you be successful during the shortlisting process interviews will be held face to face at the school.

The position will suit an experienced or newly qualified teacher.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Be fully qualified to teach through the secondary age range;
• To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in the school;
• Inspire trust and confidence in students and colleagues;
• Promote the wider aspirations and values of the school.

They're looking for you if you have:

• Teaching experience within the secondary sector;
• An excellent knowledge of a range of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies and how to use them effectively;
• High expectations of yourself and of others

Why work for the Community School?

They can offer you:

• A Competitive Salary
• Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
• Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships

Employee benefits include:

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme
• Free membership to Perkbox
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms

Interviewing date: TBC

 All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

By applying to this job advertisement, you are providing consent for the Tes Recruitment team to propose and discuss your application with the employer.

Tes Recruitment Services (UK) represent Schools and Academies across the globe, supporting them to secure a great teacher/leader for every role. 

To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

Please include REF: LC2054144 in the email subject line. Please note that we are unable to accept CVs sent to us via email so please use the stated application route.