Religious Education Teacher
Waverley School
Birmingham
- New
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/01/2025
- Apply by:
- 28 November 2024
Job overview
WAVERLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION TRUST
Yardley Green Road
Bordesley Green
Birmingham
B9 5QA
Religious Education Teacher
MPS/UPS Pay Scale
Start 01 January 2025
Waverley Education Foundation (WEF) is a Multi Academy Trust, which operates both Waverley School and Waverley Studio College. WEF has over 1900 pupils on roll across the trust. It develops, brokers and delivers a range of services which support learning and leadership & management and improve outcomes for children and young people.
Waverley School is an all through school for pupils aged 4-19. It also has a Resource Base for pupils with cognition and learning difficulties. In its recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021, Waverley School was graded as a ‘Good’ School. Waverley Studio College is a specialist academy catering for 14 – 19 year old students which offers both academic and vocational qualifications. The secondary phase of Waverley School has 1174 pupils including those in the Sixth Form. We have state of the art facilities for learning, teaching and training and a strong staff team that are committed to the learning and development of all our students.
Our core values of Humanity, Equality, Aspiration and Respect support our vision to create a learning community where we work together to achieve excellence in everything we do.
We are looking for a highly motivated and committed individual to join our team as a Religious Education Teacher.
The ideal candidate will have an excellent track record of teaching and student progress within a successful secondary school. They will be expected to provide outstanding lessons to ensure excellence and achievement for all learners, with a true commitment to raising standards. You will need to have experience of using a variety of approaches to continually enhance teaching and learning of general Science across full age and ability range for KS3. Teaching and learning for KS4 will be combined Science and also within the triple Science option. You will also need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to forge strong working relationships within the Science team and Trust as a whole.
“Pupils have a strong understanding of diversity, respect and tolerance, including for different family lifestyles” – Ofsted 2021
The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the school application form will be accepted.
Waverley Education Foundation is committed to the protection and safety of its students.
Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’
Closing date: Thursday 28 November 2024 at 10.00am
Attached documents
About Waverley School
- Waverley School
- 311 Yardley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B9 5QA
- United Kingdom
Waverley School is a co-educational, all-through school located in Birmingham, West Midlands. It has around 1800 pupils across its primary, secondary and sixth-form departments. The school is part of the Waverley Education Foundation, a multi-academy trust that also operates the local Waverley Studio College.
Waverley School became an all-through school in 2012 and moved to a new site in 2013. It is proud of its diverse student intake.
Values and vision
Waverley School values learning through diversity. Tolerance and acceptance play a huge part in its ethos, with students encouraged to show respect for other faiths and belief systems. The social development of pupils is considered to be of paramount importance to best prepare them for adulthood.
Ofsted report
"Senior leadership is, once again, stable. It is increasingly effective. As a result, the quality of teaching has recovered and pupils' outcomes are good and improving further."
"Teaching is effective. It is particularly strong in the early years, primary phase and sixth form."
"Children get off to an exceptional start in early years. They settle very well into school life and make strong progress due to the effective teaching in this well-led provision."
The sixth form is effective. Almost all students achieve the qualifications they need to go on to their chosen higher education courses."
There is strict accountability between governors, trustees and the executive headteacher."
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