Teacher of Religious Studies

Do you want take a key role core department where students value the importance of studying religion?

Do you wish to work in a school committed to the development of all staff in its care?

Do you wish to join an aspirational and collaborative school which is rapidly improving the life chances of all pupils?

You, like us, will share our belief in the highest standards of academic attainment in a comprehensive setting. We are therefore seeking to recruit an inspirational, professional and highly skilled Teacher of Religious Studies. The successful candidate will be joining a successful and increasingly high achieving department where all lessons are taught by specialists. Interest in our 6th Form is at record levels and our A level subjects receive over 20 applicants for each place available.

As part of this role, you will be expected to teach Philosophy and Ethics at KS5. At KS4 all students study Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies. The ability to teach A Level Religious Studies is desirable.

"Leaders have introduced a broad and ambitious curriculum for all…and have thought carefully about how to capture students’ wider interest in the subjects they learn." OFSTED 2022 

Westminster City School is a successful 11-18 Christian non-denominational comprehensive academy for boys with a mixed sixth form. Ours is a vibrant learning community situated in the heart of central London with all the opportunities and advantages of an inner-city school. In March 2022, the school’s OFSTED inspection confirmed that the school remains a ‘Good’ school, but we are restless in our ambition to be ‘Outstanding’ in time for the school’s 150th anniversary in 2027. 

“Pupils are happy and safe. They typically spoke enthusiastically about their school and said that the school community feels like a family.” OFSTED 2022 

The candidate: 

You, like us, will share our belief in the highest standards of academic attainment and personal development in a comprehensive setting. 

The successful candidate will have: 

·          Strong personal values of integrity and compassion; 

·          Excellent subject knowledge within their curriculum area and a proactive commitment to continually develop it; 

·          A passion for ensuring that all students receive the very best opportunity to thrive academically and personally within our community; 

·          The desire to offer opportunities for our staff to develop their own skills and maximise their job satisfaction; 

·          Awareness of current best practice and the desire to support and lead upon aspects of our research-based approach to pedagogical improvement; 

·          A restless desire to ensure that all colleagues share your passion for professional development and excellence; and 

·          The drive to develop and implement an extra curricula initiative.

You will deliver lessons to a consistently high standard. 

You will be joining a team of highly motivated teachers who are ambitious in ensuring our vision of a powerful knowledge curriculum enables all students to take part in the great conversations in society. 

We believe in developing our staff and have a dynamic and supportive management team and an effective CPD programme which includes a regular teaching and learning forum, peer-coaching and a Middle Leader development programme. At Westminster City School, we will offer you: 

·           A supportive and collegiate staff culture; 

·           Strict behaviour policy and centralised detentions; 

·           An evidence-informed approach to teaching and learning; 

·           A bespoke CPD programme; and 

·           Staff benefits including an interest-free season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme. 

“Pupils enjoy a wide range of extra-curricular clubs, including in music, drama, sport and debating… Leaders enrich this programme with links to businesses and organisations that are based locally” OFSTED 2022 

“Leaders and Governors are proud of and ambitious for the school. They consider staff workload carefully, for example when introducing recent changes to the school’s feedback policy” OFSTED 2022 

Applicants from a global majority heritage background are strongly encouraged. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS. 

If you would like to apply for this post, please click apply now (below) to obtain and submit our application form. If for any reason this is not possible, please print out the application and send your completed form by post to the school or e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com 

If you would like to discuss the role informally with the Headteacher please e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com (PA to Headteacher). You may also wish to visit our website (www.wcsch.com) to research more about the school. 

Closing date for completed applications: Thursday 5 December at noon and interviews will be held the following week.  

The school reserves the right to close this advert early and interviews may take place before the advertised closing date. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early for this role to avoid disappointment.