Head of Religious Studies
Wimbledon College, London, SW19 4NS2 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
7 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Wimbledon College Payscale/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR1b (£11,413)
What skills and experience we're looking for
• MA or BA in a relevant discipline with PGCE/QTS
- Ability to teach Religious Studies across all three key stages
- Experience of holding a position of responsibility
- Able to motivate pupils at all levels of ability, thus ensuring that all pupils fully access the Religious Studies curriculum
- An outstanding classroom practitioner with an excellent track record of progress and results
- Experience of mentoring and training of newly-qualified teachers
- Knowledge of the National Curriculum, GCSE and A-Level developments
- Proven track record of raising educational standards
Demonstrates a high level of communication and literacy skills
- Keen organisational skills and the ability to multi task and delegate
- Confident with the use of performance data to track student progress and monitor achievement.
- Committed to introducing a range of innovative and forward thinking strategies to ensure students’ progress at all levels
- Determination and resilience
- High level of interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships and influence at all levels
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As we are Catholic school this post is reserved for a practising Catholic
What the school offers its staff
- A warm friendly community where all are respected and valued
- Staff laptops and individual docking work stations.
- Classrooms with interactive touch digital screen smart boards.
- Excellent CPD opportunities for sustained success.
- Free access to employee assistance programme.
- Situated minutes from Wimbledon Common and Village, with exceptional facilities on site for staff including swimming pool and gym.
- Onsite refectory serving staff all day
- Great transport links with Bus, Train, Tube and Tram stops nearby.
- A cycle scheme
- Fantastic facilities to resource your ability to teach your students without limitations.
Further details about the role
Job overview
The College is seeking to employ a well-qualified, experienced and motivational candidate to lead our Religious Studies Department . This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful department of 5 specialist teachers with a strong track record of success. As we are Catholic school this post is reserved for a practising Catholic, and a priest reference will be required.
The successful candidate will have the capacity to bring innovative ideas to the classroom and show a strong record of raising student attainment through their teaching.
Wimbledon College is a popular and oversubscribed school which prides itself on its exam results at both GCSE and A level with results significantly above national averages. As a Jesuit school, our ethos can be summed up by St Ignatius Loyola’s vision for Jesuit schools as being “for improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good. ”Central to St Ignatius’ vision and to the College is the education of the whole person, providing each pupil with the opportunity to strive for excellence in all that they do. Religious Studies is a core subject at KS3 and KS4 and is offered at A Level in the Sixth Form.
The school is accommodated in striking Grade II listed buildings on Edge Hill, above the parish church of the Sacred Heart, on a spacious green site in a conservation area. Private and public funds have facilitated a substantial development of the facilities of the College over the last fifteen years.
The College currently has close to 1300 boys on roll including 270 in the Sixth Form. It is a great place to work with a supportive, committed staff who share the school’s high expectations. All teachers are specialists in their subjects and there is a well-established CPD programme which encourages staff to work collaboratively on self-identified areas of research and pedagogy.
Wimbledon College has a strong system of pastoral care and discipline. All teachers are form tutors and work with Heads of Line in ensuring every boy is supported, cared for and challenged to progress academically and become involved in the wider life of the school. The school’s intake is truly comprehensive academically, socially and economically and ethnically. It draws from across southwest London and from Surrey and north of the Thames also. Last year saw boys join the College from over 40 different schools. Places in Y7 are regularly oversubscribed threefold.
We encourage all of our boys to be involved in extra-curricular clubs and activities and we offer over 80 different such opportunities to the boys. The school has a strong tradition of drama and music as well as a very extensive sports programme in the school, financially supported by parents’ donations to the School Fund.
Please refer to the Application Pack for more details about the post and the opportunities available for prospective staff.
Commitment to safeguarding
At Wimbledon College we recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils.
We make every effort to provide an environment in which children and adults feel safe, secure, valued and respected, and feel confident to talk if they are worried, believing they will be effectively listened to.
We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. Child protection forms part of the school’s safeguarding policy.
Applying for the job
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About Wimbledon College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1246 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Wimbledon College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@wimbledoncollege.org.uk
- Phone number
- 02089462533
Wimbledon College is a popular and oversubscribed school which prides itself on its exam results at both GCSE and A level with results significantly above national averages. As a Jesuit school, our ethos can be summed up by St Ignatius Loyola’s vision for Jesuit schools as being “for improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good.” Central to St Ignatius’ vision and to the College is the education of the whole person, providing each pupil with the opportunity to strive for excellence in all that they do.
The school is accommodated in striking Grade II listed buildings on Edge Hill, above the parish church of the Sacred Heart, on a spacious green site in a conservation area. Private and public funds have facilitated a substantial development of the facilities of the College over the last fifteen years.
The College currently has close to 1300 boys on roll including 270 in the Sixth Form. It is a great place to work with a supportive, committed staff who share the school’s high expectations. All teachers are specialists in their subjects and there is a well-established CPD programme which encourages staff to work collaboratively on self-identified areas of research and pedagogy.
Wimbledon College has a strong system of pastoral care and discipline. All teachers are form tutors and work with Heads of Line in ensuring every boy is supported, cared for and challenged to progress academically and become involved in the wider life of the school. The school’s intake is truly comprehensive academically, socially and economically and ethnically. It draws from across southwest London and from Surrey and north of the Thames also. Last year saw boys join the College from over 40 different schools. Places in Y7 are regularly oversubscribed threefold.
We encourage all of our boys to be involved in extra-curricular clubs and activities and we offer over 80 different such opportunities to the boys. The school has a strong tradition of drama and music as well as a very extensive sports programme in the school, financially supported by parents’ donations to the School Fund.
Arranging a visit to Wimbledon College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@wimbledoncollege.org.uk.
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