10 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 January 2026

  • Closing date

    20 October 2025 at 1pm

  • Date listed

    10 October 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Religious education

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

MPS/UPS

Additional allowances

MPS/UPS

Teacher of Religious Education - Maternity Cover job summary

Teacher of Religious Education 0.5 FTE

Temporary Maternity Cover

To start January 2026, MPS/UPS

Are you an inspiring Religious Education Teacher looking for a new challenge?

Do you have the experience and skills to drive forward our vision?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time, Teacher of Religious Education to join our dynamic team to cover maternity leave.

Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is looking to recruit dynamic, forward-thinking and inspirational staff to join its journey to success.

If you are ready to make a difference and inspire young minds, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now to join our dedicated team at Cardinal Griffin Catholic College!

About the role:

We are looking for a committed RE Teacher to join our team, part-time, to cover a maternity leave.

You’ll possess energy, enthusiasm and be well organised with high expectations of students and colleagues.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering, engaging and effective lessons, supporting the school’s ethos and mission whilst collaborating with the wider Religious Education faculty to sustain and raise class achievement to an outstanding level.

Closing Date: Monday, 20th October 2025 at 12noon

with Interviews week commencing 20th October 2025

*The College reserves the right to interview as soon as it has a suitable field of candidates and so encourages early applications*

Why Cardinal Griffin Catholic College?

With a strong Catholic ethos that puts ‘love’ at the heart of its community, the school provides a haven where all can flourish. Situated just outside the town centre and easily accessed by train, bus or the M6, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is proud of its strong community links and its beautiful grounds.

You will have the opportunity to:

  • benefit from two days of personalised CPD entitlement designed by you;
  • work in a supportive working environment within a faith-based educational community;
  • to work in collaboration, with outstanding specialists, across the St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust family of schools.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings cautions and convictions in your application form. Applicants will be subject to an online search if shortlisted. Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, candidates should note that it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Our Safeguarding Policy can be found at https://www.cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk/Parents/Safeguarding-In-Our-College/

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
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Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application. Applicants will be subject to an online search if shortlisted. Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, it is an offence to apply if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Cardinal Griffin Catholic College

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
775 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Are you looking for a new challenge in an innovative and supportive 11-18 Catholic school? Now part of the newly expanded Painsley Catholic Academy, the largest multi-academy in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is looking to recruit dynamic, forward-thinking and inspirational staff to join us on our journey to success. With a strong Catholic ethos that puts ‘love’ at the heart of its community, the school provides a haven where all can flourish. Situated just outside the town centre and easily accessed by train, bus or the M6, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is proud of its strong community links and its beautiful grounds.

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