Religious Studies Teacher
Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AH20 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
4 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 January 2026
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, part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Teacher of Religious Studies
0.6 FTE (3 days per week) – Full-time considered
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Teacher of Religious Studies to join our successful and supportive Humanities faculty. The post is offered on a part-time basis (three days per week), although full-time applications will be considered. The ability to teach other Humanities subjects would be an advantage.
The successful candidate will have high expectations of students, deliver engaging and effective lessons, and contribute positively to the academic and pastoral life of the school. You will be committed to raising achievement and supporting the development of an ambitious and inclusive curriculum.
All staff share responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
What the school offers its staff
We offer a friendly, collaborative working environment, strong professional development opportunities and motivated students who are keen to learn.
Further information about the job
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
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About Oakwood Park Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1088 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Oakwood Park Grammar School website
- Email address
- jnichol@opgs.org
Oakwood Park Grammar School is a five-form entry (usually 160 in each year) Boys’ Grammar School of approximately 1100 students, including the Sixth Form. We have a co-educational Sixth Form with a pan of 180 in each year group. Entry at 11 to the school is through the Kent Test (11+) where students sit three papers in Mathematics, English and Reasoning.
We have been on the site since 1959 and we share an attractive campus with two schools (St Augustine Academy and St Simon Stock) and a college of Further Education (Mid-Kent College). We remain committed to improving school facilities and providing high quality learning environments for our students. Our teaching and support staff are dedicated and hardworking and very loyal to the school.
Oakwood Park Grammar School has a wealth of extra-curricular activities for its students. Sport is very strong with national success in football, alongside rugby, cricket, basketball and athletics. We also cater for rowing, fencing, table tennis and climbing. Music and Drama are also popular with an annual production and brand new facilities which opened in October 2023. Other extra-curricular opportunities include robotics, debating and chess.
Academic standards are high at both GCSE and A Level. In the Sixth Form, on average, well over half of our students who apply to universities will secure offers from prestigious Russell Group universities and we regularly send students to Oxbridge colleges.
In 2024, an ungraded inspection made clear the school continues to be ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted. However, our grading of Outstanding for our Behaviour and our Sixth Form provision remains.
We are a welcoming, open school with a clear focus on developing staff, with teaching and learning at the heart of our professional development.
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