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Learning Area Coordinator - Religious Education

Learning Area Coordinator - Religious Education

St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy

Blackburn with Darwen

Salary:
TLR 2C (£6,256) A recruitment and retention allowance will be available for a suitably experienced candidate or to enable you to relocate.
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
20 February 2023

Job overview

Dear Applicant,

I am delighted that you have expressed an interest in working at St Wilfrid’s Church of England Academy.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding practitioner to lead our Religious Education Learning Area. You should be highly motivated and have a proven track record in securing excellent outcomes for learners.

As a faith school, this role is essential to the day to day life at the Academy. All students study Religious Education and outcomes are strong at Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. Following the promotion of the current post holder to take a wider Senior Leadership role in developing the Christian Distinctiveness of the Academy, we are looking for an experienced RE teacher to fulfil this role.

St Wilfrid’s C of E Academy is a special place: located in one of the most deprived wards in the country; multi-racial; multi-cultural and serving those of all faiths and of no faith. It is a genuine occupational requirement of this post that you are a practising Christian, with a vocation to teach Religious Education.

We are a worshipping community and live out the faith of the academy in our work together. In the Religious Education Learning Area, students explore faith in a safe and academic context leading to greater understanding and community cohesion.

If you were to be successful in your application, you would be joining an Academy which strives for excellence. We benefit from purpose-built accommodation with excellent facilities. All in all, it is a wonderful place to work, learn and worship. Our vision is ‘Lord Direct us to Live Life to the Full’, rooted in John 10:10. Whilst Learning, we are Inspired and develop our Values through Experiences as each member flourishes. We aim to raise aspirations, realise potential and develop well-rounded successful teachers and young people.

As an Academy we seek to embrace new methodologies, whilst maintaining a balance with traditional practice, to bring about examination success. All students at Key Stage 3 and 4 have a 1:1 mobile device. We are part of the local Faith Community and work with SACRE to shape the KS3 curriculum.

We are looking for a high calibre, enthusiastic and outstanding Religious Education teacher who wishes to be part of the success story of St Wilfrid’s. You would be joining a forward thinking Academy with an excellent team of staff, who along with fantastic students, inspire each other and all visitors to the Academy. We aim to raise aspirations, realise potential and further the culture of developing successful teachers and well-rounded young people.

Please note a recruitment and retention allowance will be available for a suitably experienced candidate or to enable you to relocate.

The closing date for applications is 9:00am on Monday 20th February 2023.

Applicants are warmly invited to ring for an informal discussion or to visit the Academy. Please contact Mrs K Nightingale, PA to the Principal, via knightingale@saintwilfrids.com who will arrange this.

Please submit the Teaching Staff application form, which can be downloaded from the Academy website, along with a letter of application of not more than two A4 sides detailing how your experiences to date qualify you for the post.

I look forward to receiving your application.

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About St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy

ABOUT ST WILFRID'S C OF E ACADEMY

St Wilfrid’s Church of England Academy provides a faith-led education for 11 to 18 year olds serving the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen and parts of Pennine Lancashire. We seek to provide an excellent education based upon a strong Christian foundation, as we develop all who work, learn and serve in our community. We benefit from purpose-built accommodation with excellent facilities. All in all, it is a wonderful place to work and learn. Visitors to St Wilfrid’s comment on the calm and purposeful environment, the friendly nature of our students and the welcoming nature of our staff.

We have a reputation for high academic standards. As a comprehensive school, we pride ourselves on providing teaching and learning which engages all students. The recent SIAMS inspector stated:

“Almost everyone describes the academy as being ‘one big family’ where all care for and help one another. This is understood to be the outworking of Christian values and teachings which underpin excellent behaviour and relationships. Students recognise in teachers a commitment to serve which for many is an aspect of their Christian faith. This prompts them to strive to provide the best and most supportive opportunities for all students. The result is exemplary academic and pastoral support which enables students to make good progress, attain excellent results and develop spiritually, morally, socially and culturally (SMSC 2016).”

MISSION STATEMENT

“St Wilfrid’s Church of England Academy sees education as an integral  part of the mission of the Church to proclaim God as Creator, Christ as Redeemer and the Holy Spirit as Inspirer of all that is good in human living.  The main purpose of the school is to provide an excellent education, both academic and social, in a Christian context, to enable its students to grow up to take their full part as citizens of this world and the next.”

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