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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    10 February 2025 at 3pm

  • Date listed

    29 January 2025

Job details

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Religious education

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

M1 - UPS 3

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a Teacher of Religious Studies to join our Humanities Department from 1 September 2025. This is a great opportunity for a passionate educator to deliver excellence in the classroom and inspire students through innovative lessons.This post would be an ideal opportunity for an early career teacher (ECT) to develop their practice, within a supportive and evolving team.

The ideal candidate willhave up-to-date knowledge and understanding of current developments in the teaching and learning of Religious Studies to all students. They will have strong communication skills along with the enthusiasm needed to inspire the students they teach and their colleagues in the department.They will be open, honest and reflective with a thirst to improve and develop their practice and pedagogy.

What the school offers its staff

At King Edward VI King’s Norton School for Boys, we are proud of our journey, and, with over 100 years of history, our school has many great traditions that live on in our ethos today. We maintain the best of these traditions and enhance them with the latest educational practice; this provides us with a blend of traditional values with a forward-looking approach to learning.

We are part of theKing Edward VI Multi Academy Trust, which is a diverse family of schools serving Birmingham. The trust supports the school in our shared aim and values; to make Birmingham the best place to be educated.To achieve this, it is essential that we add value, academically, personally and culturally to our student’s journey. We are proud of our curriculum, teaching, learning and the results they enable our students to achieve. We are proud of our students and the way they develop as individuals through their interactions and experiences. We are proud of the range of opportunities that we offer which take our students out of their comfort zone and help them to build character, self-worth and resilience.

Aspiration is essential to all of this; it is the key to continually striving for improvement. Our motto is:“Humani Semper Contendimus”.– ‘we humans are always striving’.It drives us in providing the highest quality, well-rounded education for the boys we serve.

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

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About King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
812 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Phone number
0121 628 0010

At King Edward VI King’s Norton School for Boys, we are proud of our journey and, with over 100 years of history, our school has many great traditions that live on in our ethos today. We maintain the best of these traditions and enhance them with the latest educational practice; this provides us with a blend of traditional values with a forward-looking approach to learning.

We are part of the King Edward VI Multi Academy Trust, which is a diverse family of schools serving Birmingham. The trust supports the school in our shared aim and values; to make Birmingham the best place to be educated.

To achieve this it is essential that we add value, academically, personally and culturally to our students journey. We are proud of our curriculum, teaching, learning and the results they enable our students to achieve. We are proud of our students and the way they develop as individuals through their interactions and experiences. We are proud of the range of opportunities that we offer which take our students out of their comfort zone and help them to build character, self-worth and resilience.

Aspiration is essential to all of this; it is the key to continually striving for improvement. Our motto is:

“Humani Semper Contendimus”. – ‘we humans are always striving’

It drives us in providing the highest quality, well-rounded education for the boys we serve.

Arranging a visit to King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@knbs.co.uk.

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