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Acting Head of RE

St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 3PS

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• Job start date

  30 August 2022

• Closing date

  20 May 2022 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 January 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Religious education
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Maternity or parental leave cover - One year maternity cover
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main/Upper Teachers Outer London pay scale plus a TLR 1.3 (£10,453)
• Additional allowances:

  Middle Leadership role with a TLR 1.3 (£10,453 gross per annum)

Acting Head of RE job summary

Do you want to work in one of the Top 100 schools, equipping students for success in both further study and future employment? Whether you are an experienced teacher or NQT this is an opportunity to excel in this challenging and rewarding role.

We are looking to recruit a temporary Head of Religious Education to lead learning and teaching in the department. Candidates should have excellent teaching, management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to ensure that our Catholic ethos remains at the core of student learning.
You will be an organised and confident professional who thrives on making things happen and will have an ability to keep on top of the practicalities. You will be a strong communicator with the vision and ability to manage a team in order to deliver the departments objectives.
The successful candidate will:

 Have excellent teaching, management and interpersonal skills.
 Be enthusiastic and able to inspire and manage a talented team of teachers.
 Be able to teach across the 11-18 age range.
 Be forward thinking, inspirational, receptive to change and able to work under pressure.
 Have good interpersonal and presentational skills.
 Have the resilience to cope with the operational and strategic demands of the role.

We offer:
 We offer a strong commitment to your professional development and career management.
 This is an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team.
 We are a supportive environment in which your talent and commitment will be encouraged, nurtured and rewarded.
 Management and Leadership CPD opportunities are available.
 Set on a private estate in the leafy suburb of Carshalton and within short travelling distance into central London, you will work in a friendly working environment.
 You will be provided with an Anytime Anywhere learning device provided to deliver engaging lessons.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a thriving school and make a major contribution to the schools continued success. If you are passionate about your subject and committed to achieving outstanding student attainment outcomes, we would like to hear from you. Further details and an application form can be downloaded via the link.

This is a reserved post and is open to practising Catholics only, please review page 29 of the document produced by the Catholic Education Service in relation to ‘’Definition of a Practising Catholic for Reserved Posts” for further information.

Address: Pound Street, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 3PS
Tel: 020 8642 2025 ext 202
Fax: 020 8643 7925
Email: recruitment@stphils.org.uk
Website: www.stphils.org.uk

Interviews: Applications will be reviewed upon receipt. We reserve the right to close the position once a suitable applicant is appointed.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

This job post has expired.

About St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1479 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@stphils.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-philomena-s-catholic-high-school-for-girls (opens in new tab)

“St Philomena’s High School for Girls is an outstanding Catholic school. It achieves both academic excellence and outstanding personal and spiritual development for all pupils.

The school has 1,475 students with 310 in the Sixth Form.

St Philomena’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role requires an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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