Subject Leader – Religious Studies

Post Title: Subject Leader – Religious Studies

Place of Employment: Swinton Academy (part of ACET)

Hours of Work: Full time

Salary: Teachers’ Main / Upper Pay Scale + TLR2b

Appointment: Permanent

Date of Commencement: Easter 2023 or Summer 2023

Closing Date: 9.00am on 30th January 2023

Interviews: Date to be Confirmed

Aston Community Education Trust are a forward thinking and ambitious multi-academy trust, comprising of three secondary academies and nine junior academies across the Rotherham, Sheffield and north Derbyshire areas.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and conscientious Subject Leader who will work in Swinton Academy (Rotherham) leading Religious Studies.

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. The successful candidate will join our friendly and ambitious Humanities faculty. You will join a dedicated, hardworking team of three other Religious Studies colleagues, teaching RE/RS to all students in KS3 and GCSE in KS4. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to teach Philosophy at KS5.

If you are looking to continue your teaching career in a forward looking and ambitious organisation which cares for its students and staff and where the subject of Religious Studies has a high profile, then you are warmly encouraged to pursue an application with us.

Application Details

Candidates considering this post are welcome to have an informal discussion about the role, and visits to the academy are warmly encouraged. If you wish to do so, please contact Gail Walker at  gwalker@swintonacademy.org

For further information and to apply, please visit www.swintonacademy.org. Applications should made on an ACET application form (CVs will not be accepted), and should be returned by email to gwalker@swintonacademy.org by the specified closing date.

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. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. 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.