Teacher of Religious Studies
Royds Hall, A Share Academy, Huddersfield, HD3 4HAThis job expired on 15 November 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
15 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 October 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Term-time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
If you have a passion for Religious Studies and want to inspire this in students, our talented, enthusiastic and very supports Humanities team would like you to join us at Royds Hall, A SHARE Academy.
For early career teachers, we offer support second to none, with a dedicated mentor, reduced teaching timetable and Early Careers Framework (ECT) training from the Teaching School Hub. For established teachers considering middle leadership, we offer a fast-track training programme with a guaranteed interview opportunity for a middle leadership position within the trust as it arises.
The ideal candidate will:
- Be educated to degree level with QTS
- Be able to develop, plan and deliver effective lessons
- Love motivating and inspiring pupils through the support they give in order to encourage learning.
- Have great references demonstrating they are a suitable candidate, safe to work with young people.
What the school offers its staff
The trust offers a wide range of benefits including employee assistance programmes catering for the individual wellbeing needs of staff, wellbeing champions and designated wellbeing resources for staff. flexible working opportunities (where practical), occupational sick pay, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave, competitive pension schemes with the opportunity for shared cost AVCs, money saving ‘salary sacrifice’ cycle scheme and tech scheme.
Flexible working opportunities
Key Outputs:
1. To implement and deliver an appropriately ambitious broad and balanced curriculum for students to ensure they are knowing more and remembering more.
2. To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher and form tutor, setting students individual improvement goals as appropriate.
3. To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.
4. To contribute to raising standards or student achievement and attainment.
5. To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.
6. To promote and actively support the school’s responsibilities towards safeguarding.
7. To prepare and regularly update subject materials and contribute to the wider development of the department.
8. To ensure that ICT, Literacy, Numeracy and Religious Studies are reflected in the teaching and learning experience of students.
9. To set regular, relevant and challenging homework tasks.
10. To provide an inclusive learning environment that provides equality of opportunity for students with educational needs.
11. To maintain a high standard of student behaviour in accordance with the school’s procedures and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour standards of work and homework.
12. To ensure the learning needs of individual students are met, particularly vulnerable groups, such as those with SEN, disabilities or disadvantages students.
13. Where necessary, to liaise with parents and others to support students.
14. To provide regular, high-quality feedback to students that supports future learning and progress.
15. To undertake assessment of students as requested by external examination bodies, departmental and school procedures.
16. To use the outcomes of on-going assessment to help shape future planning.
17. To self-evaluate and undertake professional development to help achieve the highest possible standards in role.
18. To reward and celebrate students’ success.
19. To undertake any other duties associated with the role, as may be decided by your line manager of the Headteacher.
Commitment to safeguarding
SHARE MAT is committed to the Equalities Act 2010 and also to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children and young people, by adhering to the “Keeping Children Safe in Education” guidance. All staff and volunteers are regularly trained regarding our expectations in keeping our students safe. An enhanced DBS is required for every post
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About Royds Hall, A Share Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1221 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Royds Hall, A Share Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- royds.recruitment@sharemat.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01484463366
Being part of SHARE Multi-Academy Trust and Teaching School Hub for Kirklees and Calderdale, provides staff a wealth of support and a wide range of opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the Trust and also with the wider Calderdale and Kirklees network. This means we can offer the successful candidate access to a fantastic support network, CPD and opportunities to develop practice.
Royds Hall is a small secondary school that achieved a Progress 8 score of 0.2 in 2023, and in March of the same year, Royds Hall was graded 'Good' in all categories by Ofsted. We enjoy strong behaviour for learning and a curriculum that is ambitious for all and well-sequenced. Staff wellbeing is central to our vision of 'valuing people, supporting personal best. Visitors and staff regularly share that the school is warm and supportive, with high expectations for all.
We also offer pupils a wealth of extended learning opportunities from Royds Hall Scholars, Duke of Edinburgh, debating society, and Steam Lab to knitting for fun. The PE department supports our pupils in representing the school in a wide range of sports, including basketball, netball, and athletics. We take part in the annual Speakers' Trust event and have been successful in reaching the final in recent years. Pupils gain from a wealth of opportunities offered, including leadership opportunities in every year group. In 2023, 100% of pupils took part in an extended learning opportunity. A strong belief exists that offering a wide range of extended learning opportunities ignites pupil interests and allows them to uncover skills and abilities that support their sense of achievement and happiness in school and into adulthood. We believe every child can succeed, and it is our privilege to provide them with opportunities to identify their talents, future dreams, and aspirations.
"We are delighted to officially announce that the inspection team rated Royds Hall a Share Academy as a ‘Good’ school. We are exceptionally proud of what our staff and pupils have achieved in the last five years. Whilst the outcome doesn’t change the way we work, it provides further evidence of the very positive journey of improvement we are on. We will continue to focus on what matters for our pupils and community and ensure that our pupils leave school fully equipped with the life skills, experiences and educational outcomes to enjoy a happy and successful future.” – May 2023
Royds Hall is a wonderful place to work, where you will have the opportunity to make a difference every single day.
Arranging a visit to Royds Hall, A Share Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email royds.recruitment@sharemat.co.uk.
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