Teacher of Religious Education KS3-KS5 Maternity Cover
Commencing: September 2026 Salary Scale: ECT/MPS/UPS
Open to NQT’s and Experienced Teachers Part time will be considered
Do you want to join a highly successful, popular, well-resourced and well led department? Are you prepared to work hard with exceptional young people and staff committed to going the extra mile?
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, well qualified, highly effective and inspirational Teacher of Religious Education who has the commitment to academic excellence and in helping every child succeed across the ability range and in all Key Stages. The teacher should be willing to teach Key Stage 3 and GCSE RS, and OCR A Level.
The Barking Abbey RE Department is an exceptionally successful department with a small, close-knit team of excellent teachers who work together in a supportive and collaborative manner. Our teachers are passionate and have motivated students and driven RE forward to be a popular option at both Key Stage Four (over 120 students) and Key Stage Five (70 students studying RE at A level), achieving excellent results well above national average (92% 9-4 at GCSE 2025.) The students at Barking Abbey have high aspirations and a willingness to learn.
We are seeking to find an innovative and motivational teacher of RE who is an exceptional practitioner who wants to make a real difference to the lives of our pupils through their teaching. We are seeking find a teacher who is able to plan and teach interesting and inspirational lessons with excellent subject knowledge. You will be welcomed into a hardworking, collaborative department and given many opportunities for professional development as the department takes part in frequent CPD in the school, borough-wide and nationally.
Barking Abbey is an Ofsted Outstanding heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.
The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.
Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.
In return we offer:
• A supportive and encouraging staff team
• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school
• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management
• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems
We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school. Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)
Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:
https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/
Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants. Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence checks.
