13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1st September 2025

  • Closing date

    9 May 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    25 April 2025

Job details

Job role

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Subject

Religious Education

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) Annually (FTE) 1.0 FTE. Teachers Main Pay Scale to Upper Pay Scale, depending on experience.

Teacher of Philosophy and Religion job summary

We are looking for a passionate, creative and motivational Religious Studies specialist to join our vibrant and popular Humanities Faculty. We want our pupils to enjoy developing a rich knowledge of religious and non-religious worldviews, who learn to think and discuss philosophically as they grapple with some of the biggest ideas of all time. The department was awarded a Bronze Award from SAPERE in recognition of its work developing philosophical enquiry with students.

Larkmead is a happy, ambitious and vibrant school packed full of energy, opportunity and choice. Great teaching and learning across the school are supported by our culture of research and collaboration. Each student gets the very best experience to enable them to achieve their ambitions. Our pastoral care provides compassion, security and confidence, nurturing students to be happy, to develop and to thrive. The Larkmead promise sets out our vision, ethos and ambitions for students and staff.

We offer:

  • an excellent programme of induction and training which seeks to provide an excellent foundation for career progression
  • a forward thinking environment which recognises the benefits of considering flexible working patterns
  • a friendly, caring, supportive and collaborative team environment
  • a professional environment dedicated to Teaching and Learning with a supportive, dedicated and hardworking staff

Larkmead is a school with clear, positive values, which add positive value to our students and staff. We are a diverse community and greatly value the contribution that colleagues from different backgrounds and with different experiences bring to our school.

If this sounds like the sort of opportunity and environment you are looking for in your career journey and you feel that you possess these attributes, then we very much look forward to meeting you.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch and visit the school prior to making a formal application.

The school reserves the right to consider and interviews candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

Larkmead School is a member of the Cambrian Learning Trust. Cambrian Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information. Cambrian Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools' community.

Commitment to safeguarding

At Larkmead safeguarding and student welfare is of paramount importance and to that end we will always put the physical and mental wellbeing of students first.

Applying for the job

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About Larkmead School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
917 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
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Larkmead is a happy, ambitious and vibrant school packed full of energy, opportunity and choice. Great teaching and learning across the school are supported by our culture of research and collaboration. Each student gets the very best experience to enable them to achieve their ambitions. Our pastoral care provides compassion, security and confidence, nurturing students to be happy, to develop and to thrive. The Larkmead Promise sets out our vision, ethos and ambitions for students and staff.

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