Lead Teacher of Religious Education

Lead Teacher of Religious Education

Hours of Work: Full Time

Salary: MPS/UPS + TLR 2A, £3017 per annum

Appointment: September 2023

Closing Date: 9:00am Monday 17 April 2023. Applications should be returned to Julie Stott, HR Manager at: jstott1@shirebrookacademy.org

Previous applications need not apply

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Shirebrook Academy is at the heart of the Shirebrook community. We are committed to making a real difference to the lives of our young people and will provide outstanding learning and enrichment opportunities for them throughout their time with us. To be able to achieve this, we need to have a team of dedicated and outstanding staff, who will contribute to our exceptional learning community.

An opportunity has arisen to appoint a well-qualified and hard-working professional, who will lead the teaching of Religious Education. You will be an inspirational leader who has the energy and commitment to lead this subject, supported closely by the Leader of Humanities.

The successful applicant will be a talented professional who is dedicated to providing high quality education, and committed to ensuring the best possible outcomes for our young people. S/he will benefit from an excellent professional development programme which will include highly effective induction and coaching/mentoring.

*You will be based at Shirebrook Academy but the role may involve working at other academies within the trust.

Visits to the Academy are warmly welcomed. For further information and to apply, please visit www.shirebrookacademy.org and follow the link to the vacancies section, or contact Julie Stott if you have any difficulties on 01623 742722.

Safeguarding

ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.

It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children, and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality

ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.

We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.

Please note if you have not received a reply within three weeks, your application has been unsuccessful. We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. This post involves working with children and therefore if successful, you will be required to apply for a disclosure and barring services check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/dbs

Please note if you have not received a reply within three weeks, your application has been unsuccessful.