Lay Chaplain
St Thomas More Catholic High School, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8LF40 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- BB06 SCP 20-24 £27,121 to £29,464 per annum
Lay Chaplain job summary
Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE POST OF LAY CHAPLAIN AT ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (part of Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust)
Salary: BB06 £31,586 – £34,314 per annum pro rata, actual £27,121 to £29,464 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week Term Time plus 5 Additional Days as confirmed by the school
We wish to appoint as lay chaplain a practising Catholic with the appropriate skills and personal qualities to work with all members of our school community, supporting us in our journey of faith and helping us to put our mission statement into practice in our Work, Worship and Relationships.
St Thomas More is an oversubscribed school, has an excellent reputation and is recognised for the quality of education, achievement, and our commitment to developing people at all levels. It serves the whole of North Tyneside and the Tynemouth Priory Partnership and has a strong, genuinely comprehensive intake.
We are seeking to appoint someone to build on existing practice, to bring new ideas and approaches, and to help define and develop the role to meet the needs of our school community.
Our recruitment process is via the online portal eteach. If you would like to arrange a visit prior to an application or for any further information or queries contact Catherine Palgrave, Headteacher's PA.
The Local Governing Committee is committed to safeguarding and the protection of its pupils. The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS and social media check.
Closing date: 9.00am Monday 30th June 2025
Interviews: Thursday 10th July 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
St Thomas More is committed to the safety and protection of its students. The successful applicant
will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure check via the Disclosure and Barring Service
together with other relevant employment checks deemed appropriate. An online search will take place
on shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process and inline with Keeping Children Safe
in Education 2022 guidance.
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.
About St Thomas More Catholic High School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1619 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Thomas More Catholic High School website
We are an 11 – 18 mixed, converter academy serving the Catholic community of the Tynemouth Priory Partnership (Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle). On December 1st 2020 we joined the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust which comprises of all of the North of Tyne Catholic schools. We have a well-balanced, genuinely comprehensive intake, which is one of our great strengths. The ability profile on entry is above the national average and free school meals uptake is below the national average. We have an excellent reputation locally and nationally for the quality of our ethos, teaching and learning, high achievement, and sustained improvement over time.
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