Teacher of Religious Education

The Religious Education Department at St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy is looking for an enthusiastic and creative teacher, with the ability to teach across the ability range and at Key Stages 3-4 instilling Gospel teachings with Christ at the centre. The successful applicants will be joining a vibrant and high performing Religious Education Department in an outstanding Catholic 11-19 school. It is desirable that applicants are practising Catholics.

Whatever your stage of career, at St Mary’s College we pride ourselves on our strong record of staff development and opportunities for progression which will be available in our Catholic school for the right candidate. We welcome applications from proactive, adaptable, and highly motivated teachers who share our ambition for a truly world class and highly spiritual experience for our young people. It is not essential but is highly desirable that the right candidate/s would be qualified in teaching Religious Education.

At St Mary’s College we pride ourselves on our strong record of staff development and opportunities for progression will be available for the right candidate. We welcome applications from proactive, adaptable and highly motivated teachers who share our ambition for a truly world class experience for our young people.

In our most recent OFSTED inspection (October 2023), St Mary’s College was judged as OUTSTANDING in all areas, with the inspectors stating: “St Mary’s College is a highly ambitious school.” “The Catholic ethos is evident across all aspects of school life.”

St Mary’s College embodies Christ at the centre of everything we do; the most recent Diocesan Inspection (May 2022) judged the College to be outstanding in all areas. They inspectors stated, “The RE Department is a beacon of excellence within the school.”

St Mary’s College was awarded the World Class Schools Quality Mark in 2017 which was redesignated in 2023 in perpetuity.

St Mary’s College and St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Academy Trust are immensely proud of all our achievements, not least:

Key Stage 4: Most recent Progress 8 score +0.73

Key Stage 5: Leading regional provider post 16 in the top 2% of all post-16 providers in the country.

St Mary’s College is one of the top schools in the country for student progress and was awarded the Sunday Times Secondary Comprehensive School of the Year 2024 Award.

This post is a permanent position for a suitably experienced fully qualified teacher. ECT applicants would be subject to a fixed term contract.

St Mary’s College is an equal opportunities employer.

St Mary’s College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

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St Mary’s College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

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