Head of Religious Studies                    

Salary:  MPS/UPS & TLR2b

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Head of Religious Studies (RS) who is enthusiastic, conscientious and self-motivated to support our Director of Humanities. 

 This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a high performing RS teacher to take a step into the role of Head of Department and lead on subject initiatives.  The successful candidate will have a strong track record in supporting and challenging colleagues through line management, performance management, mentoring and coaching, along with the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and staff.  They will have extensive proven teaching experience and a track record of leading pupils to achieve exceptional results.

 All Saints Academy is a fantastic school in which to work, with exemplary relationships at all levels.   Our most recent Ofsted in November 2024 has judged that Personal Development is Outstanding, and Behaviour, Sixth Form and Leadership are all Good.  We now need to ensure that all areas of Academy life become Outstanding. We are highly ambitious for everyone and fundamentally believe students should not have ceilings placed on their ability.  We welcome teachers and associate staff who believe in having the highest academic expectations for all our students.  Benefits of working at the Academy include access to training and support, free on-site car parking, free access to the gym, family-friendly leave of absence policies, 24 hour access to the employee assistance programme, regular staff well-being initiatives and weekly PPA time worked from home.

All Saints Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other relevant employment checks, including online search, overseas criminal backgrounds checks (where applicable) and all other pre-employment checks as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2024). All employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Timeline for recruitment process:

Closing date for applications:  Friday 28^th March 2025 at 9am

Interviews: As soon as possible

The Academy reserves the right to close the post early.