RE Teacher - Maternity Cover
St Thomas More Catholic High School, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 8AE4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
20 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - 6 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Description: RE Teacher
Reports to: Curriculum Leader for RE
Key purpose of the job
To teach pupils in allocated classes in order to ensure that their learning is of the highest quality.
Responsibilities of a classroom teacher
►Teach pupils within allocated classes, enhancing their learning and providing the opportunity for achievement for all pupils;
►Planning and preparing tasks which challenge pupils and ensure high levels of interest during lessons;
►Monitor the academic progress of pupils within allocated classes and implement appropriate strategies to address underachievement;
►To assess, record and report on the progress and attainment of all pupils within allocated
classes;
►To register the attendance of pupils in class;
►To set appropriate homework;
►To mark pupil’s work and give appropriate and constructive feedback;
►To research new topic areas, maintain up-to-date subject knowledge, and devise and write new curriculum materials;
►Manage pupil behaviour in the classroom and on school premises, and apply appropriate and effective measures in cases of misbehaviour;
►Communicate with parents and carers over pupils' progress and participate in departmental meetings, parents' evenings and whole school training events;
►Undergoing regular observations and participating in regular in-service training (INSET) as part of continuing professional development (CPD); and
►Undertake critical self-evaluation and then participate in continuous professional development designed to enhance the quality of teaching or other working practices.
Responsibilities of a form tutor
►To address any issues concerned with the wellbeing, personal development and academic progress of pupils within the tutor group;
►To check uniform and general appearance on a daily basis; and
►To monitor the behaviour of pupils in the tutor group.
Performance Management responsibilities
►All members of staff are required to participate fully in the school’s performance management system.
Other professional requirements
►Have a working knowledge of teachers’ professional duties and legal liabilities;
►Operate at all times within the stated policies and practices of the school;
►Establish effective working relationships and set a good example through their presentation and personal and professional conduct; and
►Contribute to the corporate life of the school through effective participation in meetings and management systems necessary to coordinate the management of the school.
What the school offers its staff
St Thomas More Catholic High School is a high performing, oversubscribed, 11-16 school in the South Cheshire Catholic Multi Academy Trust in the Diocese of Shrewsbury which was once again rated Good by Ofsted in 2016. Our most recent inspection by Shrewsbury Diocese rated us as an Outstanding Catholic school.
We have a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence balanced by outstanding pastoral care and support which allows our pupils to flourish and develop as rounded individuals.
During 2024-25 we continue with our focus on the quality of teaching to support excellent results for pupils, very high expectations of behaviour to create a calm and happy school, a strong good pastoral system to care for pupils and their needs, and a range of enrichment activities to engage and motivate pupils to contribute to their wider education to ensure that St Thomas More Catholic High School provides an outstanding education for all pupils.
Every school in the country with high ambitions for its young people would probably say the same, but we have a distinctive foundation or inspiration for our pursuit of excellence: our Catholic Christian values, based on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which regards every person as a unique creation of God with an ‘original gift’ to offer the world. Our aim is to help pupils to discover the person they are called to be.
In the day to day life of the school, Gospel and British values are evident in the culture of respect and the strong ‘family’ atmosphere which all our visitors comment on and our staff and pupils value highly. Our values and common purpose has enabled us to create a thriving community who experience a full and balanced education which prepares them to live a fulfilling life and able to grasp all job, career, high education and leisure opportunities which the world offers.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@st-thomasmore.cheshire.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Thomas More Catholic High School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 666 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Thomas More Catholic High School website
- Email address
- recruitment@st-thomasmore.cheshire.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01270568014
St. Thomas More Catholic High School is a voluntary aided Catholic comprehensive school for boys and girls aged 11 to 16, situated close to the centre of Crewe, in Cheshire. Most pupils are drawn from four parishes within the Shrewsbury Diocese, and the school serves a wide, diverse area.
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