Teacher of Religious Education (ECT)
Cottenham Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 8UA12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
29 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Religious Education
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,957.00 Annually (Actual) MPS1 (currently £31,957)
Teacher of Religious Education (ECT) job summary
Learn. Thrive. Succeed.
Join Cottenham Village College as a Teacher of Religious Education (ECT) either on a full or part time basis.
Are you an Early Career Teacher ready to make a real impact? At Cottenham Village College, we don’t just offer a job—we offer a launchpad for your teaching career.
Why Start Your Journey With Us?
As an ECT, you’ll be welcomed into a warm, supportive environment where your growth is our priority. You’ll benefit from:
- A comprehensive induction programme
- Dedicated mentor support
- Extra time for training and development
- A culture that values collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning
Our Ethos
We believe in a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional, research-informed approach to teaching. Influenced by Teach Like A Champion, Rosenshine’s Principles, and cognitive science, our classrooms are calm, focused, and joyful. We champion explicit instruction, high expectations, and a scholarly culture where every student can thrive—regardless of background.
What Makes Us Different?
- Above national pay scales
- 8 INSET days per year
- Whole-class feedback over marking
- Centralised behaviour systems—no detentions to run!
- Fully-resourced curriculum—plan lessons, not schemes
- Wellbeing perks: Employee Assistance Programme, gym discounts, health support, and more
Our Vision
We are unapologetically ambitious for every child. We believe in equity through excellence, ensuring all students—whatever their starting point—have the opportunity to succeed, flourish, and lead fulfilling lives.
Why Join Us?
Cottenham Village College is committed to providing an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all our students. We believe in teaching powerful knowledge and creating a scholarly culture that is warm, disciplined, and joyful. Our values-driven approach ensures impeccable behaviour, allowing teachers to focus on teaching and pupils to focus on learning.
Interested in Applying?
If you are passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at the job description and candidate pack to find out more about the role and how to apply. We also welcome visits, so if you want to discuss this role in greater detail or have a look around the school, please get in touch with sharon.omullane@astreacottenham.org.
Flexible Interview Dates:
Please note that interview dates are flexible to accommodate your schedule. We also reserve the right to interview candidates before the closing date and to close this position early if we receive a high volume of candidates, so do not delay, apply today.
Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:
Cottenham Village College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Cottenham Village College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 877 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cottenham Village College website
Welcome to Cottenham Village College, part of the Astrea Academy Trust, a highly-successful 11-16 mixed academy situated close to the beautiful city of Cambridge; here you will find hard-working, well-behaved students and friendly, dedicated staff who are committed to a fully inclusive, comprehensive education.
The college was established in 1963, one of several village colleges in the region that were the inspiration of educational pioneer Henry Morris, who believed that the school should be at the heart of its community and that education should be a lifelong process. This vision of a school that serves and involves its whole community, that fosters high aspirations and inspires a love of learning is as central to our ethos today as it was when it opened.
Through a highly-ambitious curriculum at CVC, we aim to foster students’ curiosity, unlock their potential and raise their aspirations, as well as ensure that students achieve high levels of attainment that will open doors for their future. A stimulating and broad curriculum also places students in a strong position to question and debate the world around them, making them intellectually resilient and prepares them for citizenship in a democratic society. We believe this is a right of all students and one which is liberating and empowering.
We are equally proud of the wider curricular provision at CVC, both in formal lessons and outside the classroom. Our extensive range of extra-curricular activities, including sports, music, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme and residential trips, help to give all students a fully-rounded education and creates opportunity for their personal, as well as their academic, growth.
Cottenham Village College is a friendly, positive and exciting place to work and to learn and we take great pride in the high standards our students consistently achieve. We have very high expectations of all members of the College community and provide an inclusive, friendly and supportive environment in which everyone can thrive and achieve. Students leave as happy, well-qualified and well-motivated individuals who go on to excel in local sixth forms, colleges, universities and the wider world.
I hope you find the information on the school’s website useful. If there is anything you cannot find, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you wish to visit the school to see it for yourself, please contact the school and we would be delighted to show you around.
Zoe Andrews, Principal
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