Teacher of Religious Education
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 6AEThis job expired on 6 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2024
Closing date
6 October 2023 at 11:41am
Date listed
18 September 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Required for January 2024, the Governors of this high achieving, oversubscribed Catholic Voluntary Academy seek to appoint an inspiring, enthusiastic, motivated and well qualified graduate teacher to teach Religious Education. ECT’s and trainee teachers are welcome to apply.
Religious Education is central to the life of the school and is taught across all key stages and ability ranges. The Catholic ethos of the school is very important and is supported by all staff, feeder primary schools and local parishes.
This appointment provides the opportunity to teach well-motivated, hard-working pupils. You will join a forward-thinking and high-achieving department and be committed to delivering genuinely imaginative, engaging and varied lessons. This is an opportunity to take the subject in a new and exciting direction.
We are looking for an outstanding and proactive Religious Education Teacher, committed to high standards and expected to teach RE at key stages 3 and 4, with the ability to teach RE at A level. As a committed team player, you will have excellent organisational skills and the natural ability to motivate pupils with a passion for making a difference to the lives of young people.
What the school offers its staff
- Employee discount scheme (offering cycle to work scheme, gym membership, money saving offers across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers, home and electrical items).
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (Education Support).
- On-site parking and access to canteen.
- Teacher Pension Scheme.
- A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing.
Further details about the role
St. Mary’s is a popular and highly successful school situated on the North West fringe of Leeds, close to the Yorkshire Dales. The school is part of the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust which consists of two high schools and 11 primary schools. The November 2014 Ofsted inspection and the June 2019 Section 48 inspection both judged St Mary’s as an outstanding school.
Further details and a Catholic Education Service Teacher application form are available via the Trust website in the General Information & Forms section www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org/vacancies/ or the school website www.stmarysmenston.org in the vacancies section. Please email your completed application to recruitment@bwcat.org addressed to the Headteacher by the closing date.
Commitment to safeguarding
St Mary’s is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
In line with KCSiE 2023, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1195 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@bwcat.org
St. Mary’s is a popular and highly successful school situated on the North West fringe of Leeds, close to the Yorkshire Dales. The school is part of the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust which consists of the high school and 9 primary schools. The November 2014 Ofsted inspection judged St Mary’s as an outstanding school. We became a Teaching School in October 2015 and a National Support School in September 2017.
Arranging a visit to St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bwcat.org.
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