Teacher of Religious Studies (MAT Cover)

Queen Elizabeth's School; West Boldon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

State-of-the-art facilities

Excellent CPD opportunities

Supportive staff community

Centralised curriculum and behaviour

Positive school environment

Job summary

Queen Elizabeth's School in England is seeking a committed Teacher of Religious Studies to join our upper school. The role offers the opportunity to teach across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 in a well-resourced Humanities faculty, with a focus on delivering high-quality lessons and supporting student wellbeing.

We value inquisitive and resilient colleagues, provide excellent CPD opportunities, a collaborative team, and a modern school with state-of-the-art facilities.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate understanding of Religious Studies within Key Stages 3–5.
• Knowledge of Rosenshine’s instructional principles.
• Familiarity with Tom Sherrington’s Walkthru or Doug Lemov’s Teach Like a Champion.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging Religious Studies lessons across Key Stages 3–5.
• Contribute to curriculum planning within a centralised system.
• Participate in CPD and school-wide initiatives.

Skills

Religious Studies teaching

Rosenshine's principles of instruction

Teach Like a Champion concepts

Tools

Walkthru concepts

Teach Like a Champion

Job description

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.

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.