Faith and Character Education Lead

Eden Girls' School, Slough, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4AA

4 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  29 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 18 Hours per week Term Time plus 4 weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £39,862.00 to £46,142.00 plus fringe allowance £1,045.00 (pro-rata £17,963.09 to £20,793.06 plus fringe allowance £470.91

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a talented individual to help foster a caring and supportive learning environment for our young people. Your experience of pastoral care will place our learners’ welfare at the heart of the school.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to problem solve and provide excellent customer service to our community.

You will have:

• A degree qualification or equivalent.
• A strong record of community engagement and enhancing pupils’ social, moral, spiritual and cultural development.
• Documented history of implementing successful faith and community initiatives and organising enrichment activities/workshops.
• The skills and knowledge in what is required to generate an effective faith offer.
• The ability to prioritise, work efficiently and accurately, particularly under pressure, to deadlines and using own initiative.

What the school offers its staff

Eden Girls’ School, Slough is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for girls, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in 2015 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism. We are extremely proud to be one of the highest performing schools in the country, with a Progress 8 score of +1.19 for our GCSE results. Our Ofsted grading remains ‘Outstanding’ following our second inspection in February 2024.

We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JDPS - Faith and Character Education Lead.pdf - 308 KB (opens in new tab)

About Eden Girls' School, Slough

• School type: Free School, Muslim, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 619 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Eden Girls' School, Slough website
• Email address: info@egslough.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 01753 351010
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eden-girls-school-slough

Eden Girls’ School, Slough is a 700 place 11-18 Muslim faith based girls’ secondary school. It opened in September 2015, admitting students into Years 7 and 8, and continues to build up its pupil numbers year on year. The school welcomes applications from pupils of all faiths and none. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.

Eden Girls’ School, Slough was graded as “Outstanding” in all areas by Ofsted during its first inspection in May 2018.

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