School Chaplain - Part time

St Bonaventure's School is a Roman Catholic school, founded on gospel values and our boys are an important and integral part of the faith community. Christian principles are at the very heart of all that we do at St Bonaventure’s.

St Bonaventure's was judged as Outstanding in all areas in our most recent Ofsted Inspection in November 2022.

We seek to appoint an ambitious and enthusiastic Part time School Chaplain to join our popular all boys school. The ideal candidate will have a musical background, with specific emphasis on liturgical music and prayer.

Your main duties will be to promote and enhance the liturgical life of the school through music and prayer to enrich the catholic life of our school, particularly with regards to Music. To support students to develop their faith journey, to assist in organising weekly Celebration of the Word by selecting appropriate music to ensure a rich and vibrant Liturgy and to assist in setting up a liturgical team with students and to meet regularly to discuss and action the enhancement of the liturgical life of the school, particularly with regards to music.

St Bonaventure's is recognised by the DfE, Ofsted, SSAT and the Teaching School Council for our investment in improving student life chances and the development of our staff.

We believe that our students have an entitlement to the very best education, with high expectations for all in our community.

St Bonaventure’s is a popular provider of education within the London Borough of Newham and we are oversubscribed. 

We are the lead school in the Agnus Dei Teaching School Alliance.

We have a long and distinguished history of educating boys, aged 11-16, in the East End of London.

Our thriving co-educational 6th Form is ethnically and religiously diverse, attracting students from across many local schools.

We offer:

An opportunity to be part of an enthusiastic, inspired and motivated team where staff genuinely feel valued and cared for.

A strong commitment to your professional development and career management.

We will provide top quality CPD opportunities for you.

We will encourage you to provide CPD to others; within our school, our borough, our diocese, our alliance and beyond.

A school with outstanding teaching and behaviour for learning, with which all our staff and the wider community feel proud to be associated.

St Bonaventure's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share the commitment. The suitability of the candidate will be assessed throughout the recruitment process 

All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check. 

Free refreshments for all staff.

Excellent local transport links and off street car parking.

St Bonaventure's School is only a short bus ride away from the Olympic village and Westfield Shopping Centre in the vibrant area of Stratford. Stratford is a transport hub with easy access to Central London which will be further enhanced by Crossrail. This is an exciting area to live and work in.

If you have recently applied there is no need to re-apply as we have your application on file.

Closing date for applications: Monday 30th September 2024

We may call applicants for an interview before the deadline date if we are especially interested in their application.

Please also visit www.stbons.org for more information about the school.

Please see Job Description attached for more information.

The role is Part Time - 2 days per week. 15 hours per week. 1 Year contract initially.