.jpg)
Head of Religious Education & PSHE
St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5ENThis job expired on 7 July 2023
Earliest start date
1 September 2023
Latest start date
4 January 2024
Closing date
7 July 2023 at 9am
Date listed
22 May 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2, Key stage 3
Subjects
- PSHE, Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time 32.5 hours a week. Part time Part-time 0.8 considered
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 - UPR3
Additional allowances
TLR2C
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic teacher to join our oversubscribed school in Windsor.
The post involves teaching Religious Education across our
school and leading the development of this important subject in our curriculum. The
successful candidate will also have oversight of our PSHE curriculum. You will
be an excellent practitioner; have the knowledge and experience, or ambition to
teach across the whole range of age and ability; have a range of strategies to
engage students and manage behaviour as well as being enthusiastic, resourceful
and keen to ensure that the highest possible standards of pupil achievement,
personal development and well-being are achieved.
What the school offers its staff
21 REASONS TO WORK AT OUR SCHOOL
- Happy and confident children who enjoy school
- Outstanding pupil behaviour
- Enthusiastic staff who support each other and have a good sense of humour (look at our house point videos!)
- A pupil voice that is listened to
- A curriculum that is exciting and enriching
- Christian values that are important to us
- Spiritual retreats that allow time for pupils and staff to reflect
- Governors and parents who appreciate what we do
- An understanding SLT who appreciate the challenges and workload faced by teachers today
- A great programme of professional development
- Many opportunities for career progression
- Good access to technology and the training available on how to use it
- Flexibility in allowing leaders to occasionally work from home
- Senior leaders who teach
- Supportive PSA who fundraise for departmental or school needs
- Protected planning time (we don’t use teachers for cover!)
- Lots of opportunities to work with trainee teachers
- A great school office and support staff team
- A programme of monitoring that is focused on ‘development’ rather than ‘judging’
- A cosmopolitan staff team that come from all over the world: America, Canada, South Africa, France, Hungary - to name a few!
- Our school site is situated in the lovely, historic English town of Windsor
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding its pupils and this appointment depends upon an enhanced DBS disclosure.
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.
Application form and further details are available on the school’s website. Please contact the office for further information or to arrange an informal visit. We will be delighted to welcome you to our school.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England/Roman Catholic, ages 9 to 13
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 483 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 13
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- vacancies@sterf.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01753 867 809
We are an oversubscribed school in Windsor. Pupils and staff are ambitious, friendly and high-achieving. The school has an excellent reputation, achieves highly in terms of attainment and progress and is oversubscribed. It was rated Good overall with Outstanding in the Personal Development category in September 2022.
‘Leaders have cultivated a school community that values many forms of success. They have placed the development of well-rounded individuals at the centre of their school.’
‘Pupils enjoy a broad and ambitious curriculum…’
Arranging a visit to St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@sterf.org.uk.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Windsor and Maidenhead and Berkshire