School Chaplain
St Thomas More Catholic High School, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8LF17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
30 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
11 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, working Monday to Friday term time only.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- BB06 £31,586 – £34,314 per annum pro rata, actual £27,121 to £29,464 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
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
St Thomas More Catholic High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In accordance with the safeguarding vulnerable groups’ regime [2006] & the relevant Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) DfE guidance, any offer of employment made will be conditional upon the results of checks from the Disclosure & Barring Service (“the DBS”) and Teacher Services (regarding teacher prohibition/disqualication from working with children and young people). School roles give privileged access to vulnerable groups, therefore, we require all applicants attending interview to disclose all spent convictions and cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 unless it is a “protected” conviction/caution under the amendments made to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 (in 2013) and, therefore, not subject to disclosure. An online search will take place on shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process and inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 guidance.
What the school offers its staff
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.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
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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
- Email address
- admissions@stmacademy.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01912588340
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.
Arranging a visit to St Thomas More Catholic High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admissions@stmacademy.org.uk.
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