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Teacher of Religious Studies

Westminster Academy, London, W2 5EZ

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• Job start date

  18 October 2021

• Closing date

  13 October 2021 at 5pm

• Date listed

  15 September 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Religious education
• Working pattern: Full time: 37.5 Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,863 to £50,935 depending on experience.

Teacher of Religious Studies job summary

Our humanities department has transformed student outcomes in recent years and created an exciting subject area through the relentless energy of staff, its forward-thinking approach to the curriculum, and an outstanding extra-curricular provision that takes advantage of our London connections.

Our Religious Studies curriculum and pedagogy
The Humanities department achieves outstanding results, with excellent progress achieved at both KS4 and KS5. We prepare our students for the new GCSE by teaching challenging, engaging content from Year 7 onwards. Our KS4 students benefit from our forward-thinking, personalised and collaborative approach towards the new GCSE; our recent results with our Year 11s confirm that this approach works. In 2020, the Religious Studies department achieved a pass rate of 76% for grades 5-9, and a progress 8 score of 1.03.

Commitment to safeguarding

We expect all staff to share our commitment to safeguarding.

A professional social media check may take place to identify a candidate's online presence to look for negative behaviours such as bullying, racism, nudity and excessive bad language.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020, as the work brings employees into contact with children who are regarded by the Act as a vulnerable group. Applicants for any role at WA must disclose all convictions.

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About Westminster Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1134 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Westminster Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@westminsteracademy.org.uk
• Phone number: 02071210600
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/westminster-academy (opens in new tab)

Westminster Academy is an Outstanding International Business and Enterprise academy serving a multi-ethnic community in Central London. The Academy has gained national recognition for its work to improve outcomes for students, and its aspirational and inclusive mission and ethos. Our longstanding 1:1 device programme allows WA to thrive as both an onsite and remote learning environment. As a member of the collaborative WA community you will have the opportunity to shape the future of the Academy whilst working alongside an exceptionally talented group of colleagues who are committed to continued professional growth and improvement of the student experience.

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