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Initio Learning Trust; Bridport; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent CPD opportunities

State-of-the-art facilities

Supportive team

Positive staff community

Job summary

Queen Elizabeth's School in Wimborne is seeking a Teacher of Religious Studies (MAT Cover) to join our Humanities team. The role is full time and temporary until 12 months maternity cover, with an approximate start date of 01-Jan-2027.

Applications from ECT colleagues are welcome; the faculty teaches across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 in a well-resourced environment with strong CPD opportunities.

Qualifications

• Awareness of Rosenshine's instructional principles.
• Understanding key substantive and disciplinary concepts in Religious Studies.
• Familiarity with Walkthru/Teach Like a Champion concepts.

Responsibilities

• Teach Religious Studies across Key Stages 3–5.
• Deliver high-quality lessons and monitor student progress.
• Participate in assessments, CPD and departmental activities.

Skills

Rosenshine principles

Religious Studies concepts

Walkthru/Teach Like a Champion

Job description

About this Role

Queen Elizabeth's School is looking for a Teacher of Religious Studies (MAT Cover) to join our fantastic team.

Actual Salary £32,916 - £45,352 per annum (M1 to M6).

This job is Full Time (Part time will be considered)

It is offered on a Temporary basis until 12 months maternity cover basis.

Approximate start date 01-Jan-2027.

Are you passionate about Religious Education and dedicated to inspiring and motivating students, if so we would like to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic professional to join our upper school. We have rapidly improved in the past two years and want inquisitive, positive, dynamic and resilient colleagues to join our excellent Humanities department and be part of our success.

Our thriving faculty is currently recruiting for a Teacher of Religious Studies. The faculty is very well-resourced and there will be the opportunity to teach across all Key Stages.

Applications from ECT colleagues are welcome.

We can offer you:

• Centralised curriculum and behaviour systems which enable you to focus on your core purpose: teaching excellent lessons
• Highly motivated and ambitious students
• Teaching across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5
• Assessment strategies which support wellbeing and workload
• Excellent CPD opportunities
• An opportunity to join a dedicated team of supportive staff
• A positive, supportive community of staff, Academy Committee members, the Trust and parents
• An exciting modern school with state-of-the-art facilities

Ideally, we would like to appoint someone who has:

• An awareness of Rosenshine's principles of instruction
• An understanding of key substantive and disciplinary concepts in Religious Studies
• An awareness of some of the concepts explored in Tom Sherrington's 'Walkthru' series or Doug Lemov's 'Teach Like a Champion' series.

Closing Date: 1 October 2026

About our School

Queen Elizabeth's School, located in Wimborne, is a coeducational Church of England, Comprehensive Upper School within the Initio Learning Trust.

There is a strong commitment to comprehensive education and a focus on creating an environment that supports continual school improvement and the attainment of all students.

Our vision is linked to a commitment to hope for all students and which permeates all aspects of our school and is underpinned by the Trust's values of Collaboration, Ambition and Respect.

For more information please visit our school website: https://www.queenelizabeths.com/

Initio Learning Trust

• A supportive and welcoming environment with a genuine commitment to professional development.
• A flexible, equal opportunities workplace.
• Access to the local government or teachers pension scheme.
• Employee benefits including a Health Cash Plan and Cycle to Work scheme.

Initio Learning Trust values and respects the diversity of our workforce, and encourages employees to be their unique selves. Having a diverse and inclusive workforce underpins our core values of collaboration, ambition and respect, and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. Applicant shortlisting is done without reference to any personal data including your name.

Initio Learning Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and aims to provide an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process.

Working for Us

• Professional Development
• Health Cash Plan
• Cycle to Work
• Flexible Working
• Pension
• Staff Wellbeing

Applying for a job with us - other things you need to know

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be verified.

Initio Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

In line with current safer recruitment guidance, we may collect further information for applicants who are shortlisted for interview including criminal record and social media checks, references and verification of qualifications.

We are covered by the 'Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975', which means that we are allowed to ask all candidates to disclose both spent and unspent cautions and criminal convictions to us when applying for a vacancy (except for those which are considered 'protected' under the Act).

Anyone who is barred from engaging in regulated activity with children should not apply for any of our vacancies, as doing so may be an offence-which we will report to the Police.

If shortlisted for an interview you will be required to disclose cautions and criminal convictions (except for those which are considered 'protected' under the Act).

Please refer to this Caution and Conviction checker for guidance on what needs to be disclosed: Caution or conviction - Check when to disclose cautions or convictions - GOV.UK

Further information can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975 - GOV.UK

Fluency in English is required for all student and public-facing roles, in accordance with the "fluency duty" (Immigration Act 2016). Please refer to the Job Description for further details.

Initio Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust based in Dorset. We are responsible and accountable for the education of over 7000 pupils from 3 to 19 years of age and for the employment and support of over 1000 staff in 19 schools across Dorset, from Bridport in the West of the county to Verwood in the East.

We believe in enabling every person to thrive within their role, and our core values of Ambition, Collaboration and Respect underpin the pride we take in offering genuine professional development opportunities for all our staff; and in our focus on staff wellbeing.