Subject Leader: RE

We are looking for a qualified teacher of Religious Education with an excellent track record in the classroom to join Harris Academy Clapham as Subject Leader of Religious Education. This is part of the next wave of staff recruitment as our Academy grows and takes on its next cohort of students in September 2023, ready for reaching full capacity by 2024.

You will join an open and supportive team with a focus on establishing outstanding provision across the Academy. Your role will include ensuring outstanding teaching and learning in the subject, leadership of the curriculum at Key Stage 3 and 4 and ensuring a wide range of high-quality enrichment in RE is available for our students.

There is a strong commitment to supporting emerging leaders within the Academy. We welcome applications from candidates where this is the first step on a curriculum leadership journey.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Operational/Strategic Planning

• To lead on rigorous self-evaluation and review of subject area performance, recording outcomes with evidence in a focused, precise and evaluative manner
• To formulate, in conjunction with the subject team, an annual subject improvement plan (SIP) which supports the academy improvement plan (AIP).
• To lead on the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work, marking and assessment policies and teaching and learning strategies, that are innovative, will motivate students to learn and raise achievement across the subject.

Curriculum Provision

• To ensure the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective curriculum that has high subject expectations of achievement for all students.
• To lead the development of the subject and its delivery, reviewing it regularly in the light of academy and national policies, as well as the impact on achievement.
• To be responsible for the selection of appropriate examination syllabuses (when relevant), ensuring coverage and providing the examination secretary with accurate and appropriate information when requested.

Quality Assurance

• To work with the subject team to monitor and evaluate the work of the subject area, in line with agreed academy procedures, including a focus on how well students are learning the subject
• To be accountable for ensuring rigorous and effective systems of self-evaluation and review are carried out in line with Academy policy.

Communications

• To ensure all members of staff are familiar with the aims, objectives and policies of the academy and the subject area.
• To organise regular subject area meetings.
• To arrange details for internal and external examinations, ensuring clear communication to parents and students.

Management of Resources

• To manage the available resources of space, staff, delegated budget and equipment effectively within the policies and procedures laid down by the Academy.
• To ensure that the teaching commitments of the subject areas are effectively and efficiently time-tabled and roomed.

Pastoral System

• To be a form tutor
• To participate in afterhours activities with students.
• To contribute to and implement the Academy policy on rewards and support taking responsibility for student behaviour.

Staff Development: Recruitment/Deployment of Staff

• To build an effective team of motivated teaching and support staff who share the Academy vision of high achievement for all students.
• To induct, guide and support all staff in the subject areas, ensuring training needs are met, in liaison with the Assistant Principal.
• To ensure staff have continual excellence in their subject knowledge and subject pedagogy
• To be responsible for the performance management of staff in the subject area, in line with the academy performance management policy.
• To make appropriate arrangements for classes when staff are absent.
• To ensure the behaviour for learning policy is implemented consistently in the subject area.

Teaching

• To undertake an appropriate programme of teaching in accordance with the duties of a standard main scale teacher.
• To assess, record and report on the attendance, progress, development and attainment of students and to keep such records as are required.
• To ensure effective and efficient deployment of classroom support.

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate in relevant subject and DfE recognised Qualified Teacher Status (or equivalent qualifications)
• Successful teaching experience at secondary level – knowing your subject inside out
• Understanding of theory and practice of effective teaching and learning
• Knowledge of subject and statutory requirements relating to RE and exam board requirements at KS3, KS4
• Minimum of three years' teaching experience (preferred)
• Experience of delivering high quality INSET to teaching staff within subject area (preferred)
• Proven success in raising achievement as a subject leader or classroom practitioner
• Successful experience of processes of monitoring, evaluation and review that provide performance data that can be used to improve the quality of teaching and learning
• Strong level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement, including the use of interactive white boards
• Recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development
• Ideas of how Disciplinary Literacy and Numeracy can be used across the curriculum to raise standards
• Experience of embedding research-informed strategies for improving teaching and learning
• Experience of managing and implementing change successfully
• Experience of using coaching as a model for ensuring on going professional development

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan including access to a virtual GP, electric car scheme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.