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  • Start date details

    Subject Leader - RE

  • Closing date

    11 October 2023 at 5pm

  • Date listed

    19 September 2023

Job details

Visa sponsorship

No, visa sponsorship not available

Subject

Religious Education

Working pattern

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£28,000.00 - £43,685.00 Annually (Actual) TLR 2b £5,022pa

Subject Leader - RE job summary

Wildern Secondary School is a large over-subscribed secondary school in Hedge End, Southampton and we are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic, creative Subject Leader – RE to join our school.  We are part of the Wildern Academy Trust which comprises of Wildern School, Deer Park Secondary School and Boorley Park Primary School.   

The successful candidate would be given excellent career development opportunities. For interested candidates who would like to work in a great school with a strong positive and supportive culture and work with a fantastic curriculum team with excellent GCSE results we would love to hear from you. 

Benefits of working within our RE Department include:

  • Very friendly and supportive small team with a passion and love of RE 
  • Excellent record of GCSE results 
  • 3 year KS4 that follows the AQA exam - Christianity, Islam and Themes
  • A diverse range of subjects taught at KS3 and KS4 including explorations of religions, philosophical units and moral and ethical components
  • Well-resourced schemes of learning which are adapted and updated regularly to ensure subject knowledge is relevant and engaging for us and our students which are shared centrally with the team 
  • Opportunities to develop CPD through curriculum meetings and workshops with the team as well as whole school twilights. 
  • Great access to ICT facilities

For more information on RE within our school please visit our website

https://www.wildern.org/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/curriculum/humanities/

Benefits of working for our trust include:

  • Helping to shape the futures of children in our community
  • Welcoming, Supportive, Friendly and sociable colleagues
  • An Amazing Competitive salary
  • Excellent Continuing Professional Development with high quality CPD program
  • Many opportunities for career progression
  • Generous Sick Pay Scheme
  • Free large on-site car park
  • Good transport links
  • Workplace Pension Scheme
  • Enrolment in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
  • A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice
  • An amazing rate for staff membership at our modern on-site Leisure Centre

If you currently work in a school, please ensure one of your references is from your current Headteacher.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date.  Closing Date: Wednesday 11th October 2023 at 5pm.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Wildern Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Commitment to safeguarding

Wildern Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

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About Wildern School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1921 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

Wildern School is a popular, oversubscribed secondary school situated in the Southampton suburbs. We are a school with significant strength in the CPD of staff, developing our teachers for the next stage of their careers. All students and staff alike can take advantage of excellent facilities which include a lecture theatre, digital media suites, a recording studio, both PC and Mac Suites, community sports centre and access to a professional theatre.

We are part of the Wildern Academy Trust which comprises of Wildern School, Deer Park Secondary School and Boorley Park Primary School.

This is an exciting time for the trust and all colleagues joining us.

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