Assistant Subject Leader – R.E.

Catholic Recruitment; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sixth form teaching opportunities

Well-equipped ICT suites

Comprehensive PE facilities

Job summary

Our Lady's Catholic College, Lancaster seeks an Assistant Subject Leader of Religious Education to deliver a high‑quality RE curriculum, inspire pupils with a confident faith witness, and model outstanding classroom practice across key stages.

Joining a thriving Catholic community with an experienced chaplaincy, you will lead assessment, mentor colleagues, support spiritual formation, and help our students grow in virtue through Christ's example.

Qualifications

• Qualified teacher of Religious Education with a passion to ignite enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity in pupils.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and reflective practice.
• Ability to implement effective assessment strategies to support pupil progress.
• Positive, inspiring leadership to raise expectations and promote lifelong learning within a Catholic community.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality RE lessons in line with the curriculum.
• Inspire students and contribute to the Catholic Life and Mission of the school.
• Lead and contribute to assessment for learning and feedback to pupils.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop teaching and learning across the RE department.

Job description

\"God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.\" - John Henry Newman

Job overview

The Governors of Our Lady's Catholic College, Lancaster are seeking to recruit an Assistant Subject Leader of Religious Education. We wish to appoint a dynamic and dedicated individual to join our this successful RE department. The post will require the teacher to deliver lessons in a high quality RE curriculum, ensuring they meet the needs of all students. The post holder can work with an excellent Chaplaincy in non-contact time to support the Catholic Life and Mission of the school. We require our RE teacher to be an excellent faith witness who will inspire staff and pupils.

Inspection - Section 48

We were recently inspected by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate. They graded us 'outstanding' for Catholic Life and Mission, 'outstanding' for Collective Worship and 'good' for Religious Education.

Their feedback was wonderful:

• Our Lady's Catholic College lives out its vision to be a family of faith where all are nurtured to grow in virtue through Christ's example.
• An experienced religious education team is implementing consistent strategies for further improvement.
• There is an atmosphere of respect, welcome and excellent behaviour and students enjoy being involved.
• The Gospel and Catholic social teaching at the heart of decision‑making in a spirit of servant leadership.
• The majority enjoy religious education and speak of it positively, answering questions using appropriate vocabulary.
• Students are very well behaved in religious education and engage in their lessons.
• There is consistent departmental strategy for teaching and learning.
• There is a clear vision on teaching, learning and assessment from the subject lead

The full report is attached.

Our Lady's Catholic College is a successful comprehensive school with an excellent sixth form provision situated in Lancaster, Lancashire. We are growing in popularity and currently oversubscribed due to recent improvements not only in results but also in pupils' behaviour. Parents recognise the excellent standard of pastoral care and we have a culture of high expectations resulting in a happy school to work and learn in.

We belong to a Catholic Teaching Alliance and have a sharp focus on research based CPD which allows our staff to engage in the current approaches to understand how learning takes place. This inspires our staff to give the best possible learning experience to enable our pupils to be more effective learners.

If you would like to be part of our success story please read on:

We are looking for

• A teacher who has a mastery of their subject and a passion to ignite enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity in our pupils
• A teacher who understands the process of learning and is committed to their own continuing professional development
• A teacher who will carry out a range of assessment strategies and provide high quality feedback to pupils that will enable them to make at least good progress
• A teacher whose positivity will inspire and motivate students to lifelong learning, raise their expectations and enable them to embrace opportunities beyond their current experience
• A teacher to be an integral part of our Catholic community and establish good relationships, with pupils, parent and staff, that are built on the Gospel values

What we can offer you

• A strong family ethos with a happy and harmonious environment actively promoted by school leaders
• The opportunity to teach year 12 and 13 in our sixth form centre
• Well‑equipped classrooms including five bespoke I.C.T. suites
• Comprehensive P.E. facilities with a climbing wall, sports hall, gym and dance studio
• The opportunity to be involved in a wide range of social activities with our school community: Tone‑up Thursdays, Football Fridays, talent shows, park walks, running group, family barbecues, well‑being group, book club ... and we're always open to suggestions for more!

You will see that our most recent Ofsted inspection