Teacher of Religious Education, P/T 0.6FTE (Fixed Term till August 2020)

Trinity Catholic High School is an outstandingly successful and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive with 1680 students on roll. The school has been recognised as outstanding on five consecutive occasions by Ofsted and in our Section 48 inspection in December 2014. Our latest Ofsted inspection in March 2015 stated ‘the inspirational headteacher is passionately committed to helping every student develop a love of learning. Staff and governors share his enthusiasm and his very high expectations’; ‘a strong sense of shared moral purpose makes the school a very happy and purposeful place’.  Our Catholic identity and mission spring from the passionate conviction that Christ and his church will transform the world through us.

Trinity is seeking to appoint an ambitious and talented Part time RE teacher to join our highly successfully school and RE department from January 2020. The candidate must be a practising Catholic and the ability to teach across key stages 3, 4 and 5 would be an advantage. Students follow the Edexcel syllabus at GCSE and OCR at A level. Religious Education GCSE is a core subject and all students are entered for this examination. Students are taught in mixed ability classes throughout the key stages. The RE department is forward- thinking and highly supportive. Teaching is judged as excellent and the quality of the RE curriculum outstanding.

Our Catholic mission is to enable all students to flourish academically and personally.  As such pastoral care is exceptional as are the outcomes achieved by students at all key stages. In 2019:

• Percentage of 9-7 grades across the school: 38%. 34% of students achieved 5+ 9-7; 8% of all grades were the top grade 9. 38% of students achieved grades 9-7 in RE.

• The percentage of students at 5+ in English and Mathematics is 68%; 86% attained the standard pass in both English and Mathematics – both significantly higher than national figures.

• 106 grade 9s were awarded across all GCSE subjects. 

• Progress 8 is +0.51 and well above the national average, top 15% of Schools. 

• Attainment 8; 58.87 and above the national average of 46.55. 

• A*-E in our sixth form of 480+ students is 97%.

This post would be suitable for experienced teachers who feel they can make a significant and positive contribution to the Religious Education department and the school as a whole. 

Trinity Catholic High School is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. 

Please note, due to high volumes of applications only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

Please download an application form from the school website. We cannot accept CVs. If you have any queries, please email the HR team on recruitment@tchs.uk.net for further details.  

Closing date for receipt of application forms is Sunday, 15th December 2019. Interviews will commence as soon after the closing date as possible. 

Applications will be considered immediately upon receipt.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.