Permanent Teacher of Religious Studies (MPS/UPS) – Vacancy Ref: WORT17
Workington Academy
Cumbria
- £28,000 - £43,685 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01 September 2023
- Apply by:
- 7 February 2023
Job overview
Workington Academy
Permanent Teacher of Religious Studies (MPS/UPS) – Vacancy Ref: WORT17
Full time from September 2023
Workington Academy is seeking to appoint an experienced or newly qualified, innovative and enthusiastic Teacher of Humanities. The successful candidate will first and foremost be an excellent classroom practitioner, who has the ability to teach Religious Studies at KS3, KS4 and KS5. The successful candidate will also be required to deliver Personal Development lessons at KS3 and KS4 and will be keen to make a significant contribution to the further development of our RS department. If you are an innovative, dynamic and passionate teacher we would welcome your application.
Workington Academy is a popular and rapidly growing academy. This is an exciting time to join Workington Academy as we are part of a forward thinking and innovative Multi Academy Trust who are committed to cooperative and collaborative approaches. We invest in our staff with excellent CPD and by ensuring that they have every opportunity to grow and develop.
If you wish to apply for this post please complete an application form which can be found along with the job description on www.workingtonacademy,org. Please send completed applications to Mrs S McVeigh smcveigh@workingtonacademy.org,
Cumbria Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Enhanced DBS disclosure and Barred List checks are required for this post.
The closing date for applications is 9:00am Tuesday 7 February 2023
Interviews to take place week beginning 13 February 2023
Attached documents
About Workington Academy
Workington Academy is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form situated in Workington, Cumbria. There are approximately 840 students at the school between the ages of 11-18.
Formerly Stainburn School and Science College, Workington Academy opened in 2015. The school moved into a new £17 million building in 2017.
Headteacher
Mr Des Bird
Values and vision
Our vision is to enable every young person to reach their potential and achieve the success they deserve by providing an innovative and inspiring learning experience.
Our values are:
- Respect, Responsibility and Resilience are the three values at the heart of our ethos;
- We offer a dynamic and empowering education for all;
- We operate a student-centred approach which values relationships and respect for others;
- We aim to ensure that every student’s potential is fully explored;
- We keep our students safe and protect them from extremism and radicalisation.
Ofsted
Inspectors found that the efforts of Workington Academy’s leaders to promote equality and diversity across the school are “remarkable,” and they have been effective in raising standards and outcomes for students.
According to the report, “Pupils feel safe in school and bullying is extremely rare.” It depicts the work of all staff to keep pupils safe from harm as “exemplary,” and describes their work with external agencies as “meticulous.” The inspection team also recognised that “the overwhelming majority of pupils behave well during learning”. Both Leadership and Management and the Sixth Form were graded as good.
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