Lead Religious Studies Practitioner

About The Role

Lead Religious Studies Practitioner
(Suitable for Exceptional ECT or Career returner - Full time/Part-time)

Reports to: Head of Humanities
Start date: Easter 2025 or earlier
Contract: Permanent - Part-time or Full-time
Salary: £39,739 - £51,545 (Ark MPS AM1 - AM6) or £60,061 - £61,331 (Lead Practitioner L1-2)
Closing Date: 10th January 2025

The Role:
This role at the centre of our school and within a successful and dynamic Humanities provision. You will be instrumental in our mission to provide every student a great education and real choices in life, regardless of their background. A passionate practitioner, you will deliver high-quality, rigorous lessons that drive achievement and inspire a love of learning that extends beyond the classroom.

ECT and career returner - We welcome exceptional ECT or career returner working either full-time or part-time. Full training will be provided to support you.

Our ideal candidate will:

• Qualified teacher with a Degree in a relevant subject
• Desirable - Have strong experience teaching and achieving great results up to Key Stage 5
• Have a passion to learn and develop your practice through regular CPD and feedback.
• Commitment to equality of opportunity and the safeguarding and welfare of all students
• The ability to question and challenge the status quo and find new and progressive solutions to existing systems.

For further information, technical queries regarding the application system or to arrange to discuss the role, please contact .

Benefits

• Weekly CPD sessions and twice as many training days as standard.
• Dedicated line management meetings
• Encouragement to staff to develop their own ideas and projects within their departments and beyond.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards - a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans - up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme - providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark here.

About Us
At Ark Bolingbroke Academy, we are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school.

Our talented teaching and support staff insist on high educational standards every single day, and their commitment is shown in our excellent results, with over 80% of our students achieving a top-third university or top 100 apprenticeship.

We want all staff to thrive, modelling leadership and determination to the pupils and students within our rich and diverse academy, working together to fulfil our vision of creating a centre of excellence within our local community.

Visit arkbolingbrokeacademy.org/jobs to learn more about us and see our current vacancies.

Diversity and inclusion:
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone - staff and students - can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark's diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding statement:
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark's safer recruitment process, please click this link.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.