Teacher of Religious Education
Barking Abbey School
Barking and Dagenham
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- ECT/MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2023
Job overview
Teacher of Religious Education KS3-KS5
Full Time
Commencing: September 2023
Salary Scale: ECT/MPS/UPS
Open to NQT’s and Experienced Teachers
Do you want to join a highly successful, popular, well-resourced and well led department?
Are you prepared to work hard with exceptional young people and staff committed to going the extra mile?
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, well qualified, highly effective and inspirational Teacher of Religious Education who has the commitment to academic excellence and in helping every child succeed across the ability range and in all Key Stages. The teacher should be willing to teach Key Stage 3 and GCSE RS, and OCR A Level.
The Barking Abbey RE Department is an exceptionally successful department with a small, close-knit team of excellent teachers who work together in a supportive and collaborative manner. Our teachers are passionate and have motivated students and driven RS forward to be a popular option at both Key Stage Four and Key Stage Five (with over 70 students studying RS at A level) achieving excellent results well above national average (87% 9-4 at GCSE 2022.) The students at Barking Abbey have high aspirations and a willingness to learn.
We are seeking to find an innovative and motivational teacher of RE who is an exceptional practitioner who wants to make a real difference to the lives of our pupils through their teaching. We are seeking find a teacher who is able to plan and teach interesting and inspirational lessons with excellent subject knowledge. You will be welcomed into a hardworking, collaborative department and given many opportunities for professional development as the department takes part in frequent CPD in the school, borough-wide and nationally.
Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed split site secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It has a well-deserved reputation for its friendly and supportive atmosphere and its excellent academic achievements. The school achieved a Progress 8 score of +0.31 in 2019, placing it in the top 20% of schools in the country.
Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants
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About Barking Abbey School
Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed split site secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and has a well-deserved reputation for its friendly and supportive atmosphere and its excellent academic achievements. With a large KS5 provision and Additional Resourced Provisions (ARP) on each of our campuses, the school provides a varied role for the right individual.
Headteacher
Tony Roe
Values and vision
Our school motto is 'Give and Expect the Best' and we do this by living our values each and every day. Bravery, Excellence, Self-Discipline and teamwork.
Barking Abbey School aims to provide world-class teaching and learning to all its students. Staff strive to offer outstanding pastoral care, and to deliver an inclusive and challenging curriculum while offering regular and robust assessment. The secondary school also has a programme of high-quality enrichment classes.
Recruitment process
We serve a diverse community and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. We also welcome candidates with a non traditional background. The most important thing for us is your desire and ability to make a difference in young peoples lives.
Our recruitment process is fair and transparent and designed to get the best candidate for the role. A sample of our recruitment process is listed below
- Advert placed on TES, internally and in LBBD boards
- Blind shortlisting by a panel against the Job description. Potential applicants are scored. Shortlisting by at least 3 people including one SLT.
- Shortlist for interview based on scores from shortlisting.
- Interview process will depend on role and may include; lesson observations, data or admin tasks, panel interviews, student panels and a final interview
- All assessed tasks are scored according to set criteria and scores are moderated to ensure consistency.
- All panel interviews and final interviews are scored. Each interview has a moderation process to ensure consistency of scores where appropriate. Questions are common to all applicants.
- Feedback is provided by a member of the panel.
Ofsted report
A clear theme running through the school is the positive behaviour of pupils and their excellent attitudes to their work. Pupils are keen to do well and seize the opportunities given by teachers to work hard. They conduct themselves well around the school and are polite and respectful towards others. These attitudes have a strong impact on pupils' achievements because they enable learning to take place without undue interruption.
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