Chaplain

The King's CofE Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 1DP

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Immediate

• Closing date

  23 October 2024 at 5pm

• Date listed

  1 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,803.00 - £31,364.00 Annually (FTE) 25 hours per week, Term Time + 3 weeks, Actual Salary from £17,063 (Pay award pending)

Chaplain job summary

The King's Church of England Academy is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Chaplain who has the passion and drive to see the spiritual and pastoral life of the school community, develop and flourish.

This is a part time, 25 per week, term time only position. The postholder will be supported by a member of the teaching staff with 'Worship Co-ordinator' responsibility.

The Chaplain’s role has three strands, each of which is vital.

• Proclaiming Christ: The Chaplain’s role will be to present them with Christ in all his fullness, and to encourage those who wish to, to follow him for themselves.
• Promoting the Christian ethos: Demonstrating the academy values in action, the Chaplain will aim to lead the school community to a place where all can discover ‘life in all its fullness”
  
• Pastoring in Christ’s name: The Chaplain’s spiritual counsel and pastoral care will be extended to all without distinction.

The successful candidate will:

• Be open and approachable, patient and humble
• Have a passion to share the Christian faith with children, young people and their families
• Be sensitive to working with young people and staff from all faiths and cultural backgrounds
• Have excellent communication and listening skills

There is a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) that the post-holder is a Christian, specifically that they subscribe to the doctrine of the Church of England as defined in Canon A5. They will be supportive of our parish church, St Thomas’ Kidsgrove. The chaplain may be ordained or lay.

We strongly encourage all candidates to take the opportunity of visiting the academy prior to submitting an application. To arrange a visit, or an informal discussion, please in the first instance, contact Miss S Smith, PA to the Principal on 01782 783281.

Further details about the post, The King’s CofE Academy and Three Spires Trust, can be found in the accompanying Candidate Information Pack.

Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Commitment to safeguarding

Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The King's CofE Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 765 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The King's CofE Academy website (opens in new tab)
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Our academy is a superb place to grow, to learn, to work and to flourish. As a relatively new academy (we opened in January 2016 and moved into our superb new build in November 2016), we are keen to retain our place as ‘the school of choice in Kidsgrove’.



Our motto ‘Learning with truth and love’ epitomises the values towards which our governors, our staff and our students strive to embody. Students are consistently inspired and encouraged to become everything that God has created them to be, through a wide ranging and inclusive curriculum and a wealth of exciting enrichment opportunities. We work hard to create a vibrant, mutually supportive climate for learning in which everyone can thrive.



Staff lead by example and are passionate about encouraging, inspiring, challenging and stretching every individual in their care, so that they can achieve at the highest levels. We do our utmost to maximise the attainment of each student, placing great emphasis on individual character development and personal growth.



We are an inclusive school with students of all abilities and social backgrounds. For those students with individual learning and physical needs, we have an extensive inclusion team. Our staff make every effort to get to know each student as an individual.



Our well embedded ‘Behaviour for Learning’ policy is designed to encourage positive attitudes to lessons and to ensure students’ behaviour underpins their learning. A recent external assessment describes behaviour in lessons as 'exemplary'.



Our mission is to enable students to leave The King's with outstanding results and life changing experiences, equipped to be responsible and caring citizens ready to make their mark on the world in which they live.

Staff turnover at The King’s is really low: people want to stay and work here. The academy is a community of its own. Colleagues join us from the local area and from further afield - it is a place where professionals want to work.

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