Teacher of Religious Studies and Philosophy (Maternity Cover, Sept 2024-June 2025,Part-time, 0.6 FTE).

Haberdashers’ Adams is a selective state grammar school with academy status situated in the small market town of Newport in rural Shropshire. It is a boy’s school with co-educational Sixth Form, although it will become co-educational in Year 7 from September 2024, taking approximately 30 girls into year 7. There are five forms of entry and currently about 1050 pupils on roll; approximately 100 of these are boarders. The Sixth Form has about 370 students of whom about 120 are girls.

The Religious Studies Department.

The Department consists of three full-time and one part-time member of staff. It is located in a modern humanities block, which includes three well-equipped RS classrooms and a large departmental office.

RS is compulsory for all pupils in Key Stage 3 and an optional subject at GCSE and A Level. In years 7 to 9 all pupils are introduced to the beliefs, teachings and practices of the six major world religions. At GCSE, RS is an optional subject and pupils study the AQA GCSE RS specification focusing on Christianity and Islam. At A Level we follow the OCR RS specification where pupils study three modules; Philosophy of Religion, Development of Christian Thought, and Ethics. We are very proud of our GCSE and A Level results, with pupils consistently achieving very high percentages of A*-B at A Level and grades 7-9 at GCSE Level.

The Candidate.

The Department is looking to recruit an outstanding teacher of RS. The successful candidate will teach RS at Key Stage 3 and A Level.

Applications are welcome from ECT's and from more experienced teachers.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to take part in extra-curricular activities.

Job Description and Person Specification.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification that apply to all main scale teaching posts at Haberdashers’ Adams.

Closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 3rd June 2024, with interviews to be held week commencing 10th June 2024.

This is a temporary post to cover maternity leave from September 2024 - June 2025 (subject to review).

Actual salary £18,000-£24,799 (0.6 FTE)

For further information please contact the Deputy Head i/c Curriculum, Dr. Pack, on peter.pack@adamsgs.uk

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Haberdashers' Adams is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service and the list of those prohibited from teaching or working within the profession.

A full copy of our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be found at Policies & Key Documents - Haberdashers' Adams | A Co-ed Grammar School with State Boarding for Boys (adamsgs.uk)