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Lead Teacher for Religious Education (Optional TLR for Personal Dev. Lead)
Hyde High School, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 4SPThis job expired on 24 February 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Easter 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR TLR2a (£3391) and optional TLR3c (£3344)
Additional allowances
TLR2a (£3391) and optional TLR3c (£3344)
What skills and experience we're looking for
A leadership development opportunity…
For Easter 2025, we are seeking to appoint a talented teacher with a passion for RE, to join our skilled, enthusiastic and well-resourced Humanities Department. The successful candidate will support the leadership of a friendly, ambitious and collaborative team where new ideas are welcome and good practice is willingly shared. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated teacher who wishes to develop their leadership skills and really make a difference to the pupils in their care.Applications are invited from creative and ambitious colleagues who can make a positive contribution to our continuous school improvement. RE is a highly valued subject within our curriculum and this is an exciting opportunity for a motivated teacher to deliver their specialism from Year 7 through to GCSE.
For the right candidate, there is an exciting opportunity to take on an additional TLR3c to lead our Personal Development provision across the school.
This really is a great opportunity to work alongside an experienced and inspirational Subject Leader to drive forward the RE curriculum at Hyde. If you feel that you are ready to take on a new challenge, fully guided by talented colleagues, we would be delighted to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
Hyde High School is a co-educational 11-16 school with approximately 1150 pupils on roll. The school serves two of the most deprived wards in Tameside and a large proportion of pupils are supported by Pupil Premium funding. This is a proudly multicultural school with almost a third of pupils having Bangladeshi heritage and typically thriving at Hyde. SMSC is a strength and permeates our school; positive relationships underpin our harmonious and aspirational ethos. Pastoral systems are strong and a wide variety of support measures are effectively employed to enable pupils to access learning.
Hyde is proud to be an educationally inclusive school, one in which the teaching and learning, achievements, attitudes and well-being of every young person matter. We have a strong, committed and stable staff team; a low staff turnover speaks volumes about the well-resourced working environment and positive culture within our school.
Further details about the role
Please complete an application form, including within your application a supporting statement explaining how your experience and qualifications meet the person specification for this role.
Please note – CVs are NOT accepted.
Closing date: 9.00am – Monday 24th February 2025
Interview to take place: Wednesday 26th February 2025
Application forms should be emailed to or r.fawcett@hydehighschool.uk or uploaded to our section on the TES website.
The school is currently in the process of converting to an Academy. This role will be affected by the transfer, meaning that the successful applicant will transfer to the Academy, along with all other school staff. The conversion to an Academy will be undertaken in accordance with the DfE and legal requirements.
Hyde High School is committed to safeguarding and equal rights and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A copy of our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available on our website.
The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
It is an offence to apply for the role if a person is barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
For more information please see:
Tameside Council policy on the employment of ex-offenders
https://www.nacro.org.uk/criminal-record-support-service/
http://hub.unlock.org.uk/contact/
https://www.nacro.org.uk/criminal-record-support-service/
http://hub.unlock.org.uk/contact/
Commitment to safeguarding
Hyde High School is committed to safeguarding and equal rights and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
A copy of our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available on our website.
The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hyde High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1169 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hyde High School website
- Email address
- r.fawcett@hydehighschool.uk
We are a proudly multicultural community school where learning is at the heart of all we do and is truly valued. Students are offered a rich, broad and balanced curriculum which promotes all aspects of their development and so prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of 21st century life. Our students leave us as well-rounded and decent young people with real strength of character, who aspire to make a positive contribution to their society.
Arranging a visit to Hyde High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email r.fawcett@hydehighschool.uk.
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