Head of Religious Studies & Philosophy
The Grange School
Cheshire West and Chester
- Expired
- Salary:
- Dependent upon experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017 but would consider January 2018 for the right candidate
- Apply by:
- 6 May 2017
Job overview
Following the success of the current post holder to a Senior Leadership position The Grange is seeking to recruit a Head of Religious Studies and Philosophy on a full time and permanent basis. This would be to commence in September 2017, however a start date of January 2018 would be considered for the right candidate. The department is one of the most successful within the school at both GCSE and A Level, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to build on this success and embed the new examination specifications. In Years 10 and 11 approximately 20 students will be taking the new Edexcel IGCSE and post 16 we have groups of approximately 10 students taking the Pre-U Philosophy and Theology qualification.
In 2016 the following public examination results were achieved:
A level Religious Studies – 88% A*-A (100% A*-B)
GCSE Religious Studies – 100% A*-A
At The Grange, Religious Studies is built on the foundations of theological, philosophical and ethical enquiry. It seeks to take learning beyond the classroom, be that on visits to the Manchester Buddhist Centre or through visits to the school by Holocaust survivors or leaders of religious communities. The department also runs the Amnesty International Group at the school.
The ability to lead our teaching of our innovative Logic syllabus in the lower school would also be advantageous and the post holder will be expected to make a contribution to our enrichment programme.
Closing Date: Monday 8th May 2017 at 12 noon
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About The Grange School
The Grange School has been one of the great success stories of independent education over the past forty years. The school was founded in 1933 as a Kindergarten and Preparatory School. In 1977, the Governors took the major step of developing secondary education and since 1978 the school has grown steadily and developed an outstanding academic reputation. Today, The Grange has a total enrolment of 1223 students with 429 in the Junior School (4-11 years) and 794 in the Senior School. It is consistently one of the best performing schools in Cheshire and undoubtedly among the very best independent co-educational day schools in the country.
Our academic results speak for themselves; we are consistently one of the highest ranking co-educational independent schools in the country. In 2023, 22% of GCSE entries were awarded grade 9. At A Level (in 2023), 21% of entries were awarded an A* grade. Thanks to these excellent results, the majority of our leavers (approximately 75%) go on to join their first-choice university.
More importantly we are a very happy school. The relationship between staff and students is exceptional; although very busy and, at times, pressurised, it is a pleasure to work and study in such a friendly environment. Expectations of teachers and pupils are high, but this serves both to stimulate achievement and provide reward.
We understand our chief purpose to be to help produce young people who truly flourish and find fulfilment as adults. We try to do this by helping them to identify and develop their unique combination of strengths, talents and passions, and to challenge them to find a purpose for their lives which such attributes can serve.
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