Second in Department & Teacher of Religious Education
Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Birmingham
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 26 February 2019
Job overview
Required for September 2019
Second in department and Teacher of Religious Education
An excellent opportunity has arisen to join a very successful and forward thinking Religious Education Department within a Teaching School which is thriving, enthusiastic with real team spirit. Our results have been consistently high year on year and in August 2018 the GCSE results were 77% at grade 4 and above. At A Level 86% of students achieved A*-C.
Applicants must be able to teach across the ability range at KS3 and KS4. You will need to be passionate, well organised, enthusiastic and hardworking, having high expectations of students and colleagues.
Successful candidates will be given responsibility to develop the teaching resources, assessment materials and data monitoring of key stage 3. Additionally, successful candidates will look to support the teaching and learning across key stages 4 and 5.
We provide a first class INSET programme at Bishop Challoner, which supports the professional development of teachers at all stages in their careers.
Bishop Challoner is a very successful, heavily over-subscribed mixed 11-19 comprehensive school in the South of Birmingham. We were designated one of the first 100 Teaching Schools in the country. This is a measure of the high achievement of the school and its excellence in training and developing staff. This will allow exciting opportunities for any newly appointed members of staff.
Bishop Challoner is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It has policies and procedures to ensure that this occurs. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
For an application pack please visit our website www.bishopchalloner.org.uk/vacancies or click on APPLY NOW button on the TES website - please note all applications have to be on the CES application form.
Email applications to Tracey Ingram: t.ingram@bishopchalloner.bham.sch.uk
Closing date for letters of application is Tuesday 26th February at 10.00 a.m.
Attached documents
About Bishop Challoner Catholic College
- Bishop Challoner Catholic College
- Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B14 7EG
- United Kingdom
Bishop Challoner Catholic College is mixed, co-educational Roman Catholic high school and sixth form for pupils aged 11-18.
It has about 1,100 pupils and is located in the Kings Heath area of Birmingham. The school was founded in 1953, and was the first Catholic school opened in the city.
Headteacher
Dr James Coughlan
Values and vision
Bishop Challoner Catholic College, as a Catholic School, is committed to the values of the Gospel, and it aims to reflect this with a strong sense of community and outreach.
The school aims to deliver a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum, within which ethical, moral and religious issues are taught. It places prayer and the worship of God at the centre of school life - something which is reflected in assemblies, Holy Mass and other liturgies.
Bishop Challoner Catholic College aspires to develop the desire in each student to progress spiritually, academically, morally, culturally, physically and mentally. It aims to provide a secure and caring atmosphere based on mutual respect.
The school promotes equal opportunities for all, and encourages the development of each pupil's unique talents and gifts. It promotes a wide range of opportunities for a healthy lifestyle, in-keepeing with its specialist sports college status. It is also a specialist science college status.
Ofsted
“Pupils make outstanding progress in a range of subjects, including English and mathematics. Disadvantaged pupils often make better progress than other pupils nationally from their different starting points, although this is not the case for all. Pupils have ambition and an aspiration to succeed.”
“The school’s curriculum meets their needs well, contributes to their outstanding progress and develops their spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding well.”
View Bishop Challoner Catholic College’s latest Ofsted report
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