Teacher of Religious Education

MPS/UPS

Required for September 2024

26 hours per week

St Thomas More is a good school (Ofsted 2022) committed to high standards of growth and professional development. The school is popular – always oversubscribed beyond our admission limit – and well respected in the local community. We are a successful school with a large sixth form located near Willenhall, with easy access to the M6 motorway network. We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Teacher of Religious Education to teach KS3, 4 with the possibility of KS5. We are seeking a practising Catholic able to support and uphold the Catholic life of the school.

The successful candidate must be a practising Catholic.

The RE Department at St Thomas More Catholic School consists of an aspirational team of colleagues who are experts in their field. The spiritual, pastoral, social and academic needs of the children in our care is at the centre of all we do. A member of the Black Country Cluster and Walsall Catholic Schools Cluster, we engage and collaborate on a variety of levels with local Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in a range of activities and enjoy solid and continuously improving links with our local parishes.

Within the wider school community, the RE Department remains firmly at the centre in ensuring that, in partnership with SLT and the Headteacher, the Catholic Life of our Catholic Community is ever present, ever visible and ever developing.

We can offer you a welcoming and inclusive environment, with a culture of openness and transparency. We value highly the wellbeing of all our staff and offer a number of benefits to support this. You’ll also benefit from support, mentoring and development tailored to you, training linked to NPQML and NPQSL and further CPD supported by the diocese and local SCITT providers. Teachers flourish at St Thomas More, and we offer fantastic career advancement for teachers at all levels.

St Thomas More Catholic School is a very special place. Students are friendly, enthusiastic and eager to learn. Staff are caring, supportive and dedicated to finding the true potential in every one of our students. If you have a passion for RE and a commitment to ensuring every student achieves their very best, we want to hear from you!

For more information, and to request an application pack including job description, please contact Jodie Massie at Hays Education on

M: 07761446571

E: st.thomas.more@hays.com

Closing date: 3pm on Tuesday 7th May 2024

Please also see our recruitment site: https://microsites.hays.co.uk/jobs/st-thomas-more/index.htm

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to withdraw this advert should a suitable candidate be found prior to the closing date.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.