Teacher of Religious Education (RE)

St Edmund's Catholic Academy, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV3 9DU

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  6 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Religious Education
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Teachers Pay Scale

Teacher of Religious Education (RE) job summary

Teacher of RE

Post required September 2025

Teachers Pay Scale

Full Time, Permanent

We are seeking a well-qualified individual to deliver high-quality lessons and excellent pastoral care across KS3 and KS4. It is an exciting time to join St Edmund’s Catholic Academy as we continue our journey towards outstanding.

Our extremely popular school is situated in leafy Compton Park, adjacent to the Wolves Academy training grounds, with its wonderful open fields and sports facilities.

Excellent behaviour and student progress for all are underpinned by our CARE values (Calm - Aspirational - Respectful - Engaged) upheld by all who work or study at St Edmund’s.

Our community is wonderfully diverse, engaging and energetic. “A good school with an excellent sixth form” (Ofsted Nov 2019) we are at the forefront of both in-class and remote e-learning with a mission to ensure our students are all productive, active citizens who will go on to do good in the world and make a difference. Our mission of “Love - Service - Forgiveness” underpins both formal teaching and the personal and spiritual development of our students.

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with a real passion for their subject and a desire to work collaboratively within a very well established and high performing team and will:

Be able to teach RE at KS3 and KS4. (There is the potential to teach KS5 for suitably skilled candidates)

Be actively supportive of the Catholic values and beliefs of St Edmund’s and to make a positive contribution to the wider life of the school.

As part of our strong commitment to safeguarding means this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 (KCSIE) online searches will be undertaken for prospective shortlisted candidates.

This post is suitable for ECT or more experienced teachers.

Prospective candidates are welcome to talk to Mrs Colette Harris Associate Assistant Principal of RE and are most welcome to visit the academy in advance. Please contact on 01902 558888 or email charris2@stedmunds.org

For more information, please visit our website www.stedmunds.org or please telephone the St Francis and St Clare Catholic MAC HR Department, B Thomas 01902 558267.

Closing Date: 6 February 2025 (noon). Early applications will also be considered. We reserve the right to close advertised vacancies earlier than the published deadline, should the need arise.

Interviews: w/c 10 February 2025

St Edmund’s is part of the St Francis and St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Company You can find out more at: Sfscmac.co.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St Edmund's Catholic Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1114 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Edmund's Catholic Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-edmunds-catholic-academy (opens in new tab)

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