Head of Religious Studies

Weaverham High School, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 3HT

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2026

• Closing date

  23 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Religious education
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,047.00 Annually (FTE) Main £32916 to Upper Pay Scale £51047 per Pay Policy depending on candidates starting point on the main pay scale and upper pay scale, this post holds a TLR 2B £5810.00

Head of Religious Studies job summary

Head of Religious Studies

You will be joining and leading our Religious Studies team, a well-established, strong department, with pupil outcomes sitting in line with national averages in both attainment and progress. This success is a testament to the high value our students and community place on theological and ethical enquiry. The department currently follows the EDEXCEL Religious Studies B specification with a focus on the religions of Christianity and Islam, a course that applies to two large full course GCSE classes. In addition, the department offers a compulsory course to all KS4 students through to the end of Year 11. Classes at KS3 are taught in mixed ability groups following a course specified by the local SACRE.

The Religious Studies department is comprised of a dedicated team of experienced, highly skilled specialists and a number of non-specialist staff from Humanities subjects. Our staff balance varied roles, with many holding additional Teaching and Learning Responsibilities (TLRs) both within the department and across the wider school, fostering a rich environment for collaborative professional growth.

We believe that RS is a literacy-heavy discipline. As such, we work in close partnership with our colleagues to develop reading, scholarly research, and the interrogation of sacred texts. Critical thinking is an integral pillar of our curriculum, ensuring our students leave as articulate, empathetic, and critically-minded global citizens.

Please visit our website to find out more about our school values, approach to teaching, support for our staff and of course information about our Religious Studies curriculum

WEAVERHAM HIGH SCHOOL Lime Avenue, Weaverham. Cheshire. CW8 3HT |

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.

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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

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

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Weaverham High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1160 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Weaverham High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/weaverham-high-school-northwich

Our vision is clear, we want Weaverham High School to be a vibrant, thriving and successful school where every member of our community feels valued, safe and supported to ensure they surpass their potential. We celebrate uniqueness and see individuals. We understand that our pupils have hopes and dreams, challenges and barriers and it is our privilege to celebrate their worth and their potential. We want every child to enjoy their own journey of discovery, acquire a thirst for knowledge, creativity and imagination and develop a love for their learning. We want pupils to leave our school not just with qualifications showing their academic success, but also with the capacity to think clearly and deeply, a desire to act with integrity and to show kindness and empathy to others, and with the character and leadership experience they need to thrive in the world. We will work tirelessly to ensure individual barriers are overcome so pupils are challenged and supported in equal measure. Our desire is to nurture talent, ability and ambition with energy, creativity, determination, relentless kindness and high expectations. When we combine such a desire with our ethos of Safe.Ready.Respect you will thrive in our care. 

We have a clear and ambitious vision for school improvement that is woven into the 6 strands that define the Weaverham offer. This offer is underpinned by an’ Ethic Of Excellence’ 5, where the following principles guide our strategy to ensure we are the best we can be:

Study examples of excellence
Build a culture of critique (be kind, be specific, be helpful/listen, reflect, review)
Require multiple revisions
Provide opportunities for public presentation

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