Teacher of Humanities – Religious Education Specialist

Salary: Teachers Main Scale - £33,074 - £45,037 actual salary per annum

 FTE: 100%

Start Date: February 2025

Thames Park Secondary School, part of Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust, is looking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our team. We are seeking a Humanities Teacher, specifically a Religious Education Specialist, to enhance our student’s knowledge and make a positive impact on our learners. We are seeking new staff to join our Thames Park Family due to increasing student numbers. We want inspiring and aspirational teachers to support the growth of the school on our exciting journey.

The successful candidate will predominantly teach Religious Education across KS3 and KS4, but the timetable will include elements of other humanities subjects. Please indicate your preference or experience in teaching other humanities subjects in KS3 or KS4 on your application form. 

The ideal candidate will have excellent subject knowledge and will be joining a highly motivated team of superbly collaborative teachers committed to our ACE framework and approach to teaching and learning, which recognises the importance of Adaption, Creativity and Engagement in all lessons. Your passion will enhance a curriculum which is progressive and through our unique digital learning, supports the progress of our students. We are actively seeking a teacher with ambition. As Thames Park is a growing school, we would welcome a conversation about future career development opportunities and responsibilities. 

The ideal candidate would be someone with the talent to inspire their students whilst having a passion for Humanities & Religious Education and understanding the impact your teaching could have on our students, to make learning an enjoyable and inspiring experience. We require someone that has a great understanding of the curriculum and how they can support student development across the age and ability ranges.

Why apply for Thames Park Secondary School?

Thames Park Secondary School opened in September 2020 and we moved into our £25 Million state of the art facilities in 2022. Thames Park Secondary School aims to provide an outstanding education for all its students. We have a strong focus on digital education running throughout our curriculum as each of our student has access to their own Chrome book to enhance their learning experience. We are passionate about making our learning both exciting and memorable through our ACE framework for teaching and learning.

We aim to provide all students with an education that is tailored to support their academic development as well as their well-being; physically, mentally and spiritually. We have a clear set of co-operative values; self-help, self-responsibility, equity, equality, democracy and solidarity. These values underpin everything we do. These values are not just words but help to create the “Thames Park Way.”  

Our school was judged to be “good” in all areas by Ofsted in January 2023. The report states that "Pupils are proud of their school" and "In lessons, they show commitment to learning and work hard". The report states that "The positive ethos at the school is valued and pupils contribute towards this in the way they behave and the way in which they take on positions of leadership", at Thames Park, students "capably take responsibility to lead". The report goes on to describe how Thames Park has "a positive learning atmosphere" and how "pupils conduct themselves maturely". The report also states that "Staff enable pupils to consider and discuss the personal issues faced in adult life”.

We are a school which is firmly rooted in serving our community. We are proud to be an inclusive co-educational school where we recognise that success for young people is built on firm foundations of trust, respect, care and hard work. We measure our success by much more than exam results as we recognise that such data tells only a part of the story of each of our young people. Thames Park is already a great place to teach and learn and we have many strengths including:

• Motivated and polite pupils, who have a strong voice in the school with diversity champions and student parliament
• Staff are aided by extensive and wide-ranging in-house support and coaching, by dedicated and helpful colleagues
• Part of a knowledgeable and dynamic Trust with supportive governors, Trustee’s and Central Staff with a robust understanding of education

In return for your hard work you will receive: 

• Relocation package of up to £8,000 where applicable for new employees renting or buying a property
• Two week October half term
• Support from highly experienced SLT members, the wider trust network and collaboration with our two other secondary schools 
• Wider support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance  
•  Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools 
• Recognition of continuous service  
• Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust 
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme  
• Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff 
• On site gym 
• National Conditions of Service 
• Automatic enrolment into the National Teachers Pension Scheme 

If you feel you could make a positive contribution to the school, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please apply now or you can request a visit of the school or for more information speak to Ayshen Uluhan hr@osborne.coop or call 01375 648944. 

Thames Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.  

If you would like to be considered for this post, application forms are available via our website Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust

Closing date: Friday 10^th January 2025 – Midday

Interviews – Week commencing 13^th January 2025

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate before the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.  This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.