Second in Charge of RE/Teacher of RE and Philosophy A Level
Ricards Lodge High School, London, SW19 7HB24 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
27 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Philosophy, Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Inner London Teacher Pay Scale
Additional allowances
TLR 2.1
What skills and experience we're looking for
We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicatedteacher to join the RE & Philosophy team at RicardsLodge High School for September 2026.
This is an excellent opportunity to teach in avibrant and outstanding department. We offer arich, truly modern and evolving RE curriculumwhich reflects the main religious and non-religiousbeliefs represented in Great Britain and exemplifiesall that an outstanding education should aspire to.
The successful applicant will be an inspirationalteacher with the ability to plan and deliveroutstanding lessons at all levels.
They will be committed to promoting the higheststandards, enjoy working as part of a team and beexcited by the prospect of contributing to adynamic and forward looking department.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits include the following:
- Well being weeks and social events
- A laptop for all teaching staff
- Car parking on site
- Social staff area and work area for staff
- Access to Merton’s Employee Assistance Programme including new wellbeing app with instant access to free support for up to six weeks
- Collaborative approach to teaching and learning
- Merton Employee VDU users – possible to claim a fee towards glasses/eye test
- Annual season ticket travel loans are available
Further information about the job
Ricards Lodge High School has a dynamic,experienced and successful team of five full-timespecialist Religious Education and Philosophyteachers.
The content of RE at Ricards Lodge High Schoolreflects the main religious and non-religious beliefsrepresented in Great Britain.
Our provision promotes our students’ spiritual,moral, social and cultural development, inaccordance with the Merton Standing AdvisoryCouncil for Religious Education (SACRE) and in linewith the National Curriculum.
We enable our students to explore and reflect ondifferent faiths, beliefs, practices, traditions, theirinfluence on individuals, communities, societiesand cultures and on fundamental questionsconcerning the meaning and purpose of life.
At Ricards Lodge High School we offer impactfullearning opportunities, creatively woven withextra-curricular activities, that ignite curiosity,challenge thinking, foster debate, and encouragethe development of our students’ understandingand ideas.
Our intent is to empower our students to bereflective and critical thinkers, independent andstrategic learners, equipped with cross-curriculartransferable skills and ready to take their place in adiverse society as the successful individuals oftomorrow.
The RE department provides a progressive journeyfrom KS3 to KS5, moving from foundationalreligious literacy to rigorous academic analysis.
At KS3 students explore a diverse range of worldreligions -including Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism,Christianity and Islam- while developing core skillsin empathy, interpretation, and philosophicalenquiry.
This transitions into the Pearson Edexcel GCSE(9–1) in KS4, where students critically engage withtwo areas of study, 1) Religion and Ethics throughChristianity and 2) Religion, Peace and Conflictthrough Islam. This GCSE level qualification reflectsthe demands of a truly modern and evolvingreligious studies curriculum, allows students toapply a wide range of concepts, to confidentlyinterpret, contextualise and analyse theexpressions of Christianity, Islam and worldnon-religious views they encounter, such asatheism, agnosticism and humanism. Furthermoreit enables students to understand and articulatetheir own and others’ beliefs, values andcommitments, and contributes to theirpreparation for adult life in a pluralistic society andglobal community. Students develop analytical andcritical thinking skills to enable them to present awide range of well-informed and reasonablearguments, aiding in progression to A level study ofPhilosophy in KS5 (AQA A Level Philosophy 7172).In A Level Philosophy students will studyEpistemology, Moral Philosophy, Metaphysics ofGod and Metaphysics of Mind in a purely secularcontext and will develop important skills that theyneed for progression to higher education.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Ricards Lodge High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1476 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ricards Lodge High School website
- Email address
- hr@ricardslodge.org
- Phone number
- 02089462208
Ricards Lodge High School is an outstanding, successful and vibrant multi-cultural comprehensive school for girls with a co-educational 6th form, RR6.
Arranging a visit to Ricards Lodge High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@ricardslodge.org.
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