Teacher of RE

Do you want to work in a school where behaviour is exceptional and you are able to teach as the expert in the room? Do you want to teach in a school where staff are valued, supported and developed? Will you be an excellent teacher and a member of staff that colleagues can rely on? Will you put our students and their futures first?

Ridgeway Secondary School is rapidly becoming a great school, a place where the very best staff want to work with amazing students in a supportive environment. Read our 2021 Ofsted report and then come and visit us. You will see for yourself, the incredible progress that we have made in such a short space of time and the amazing learning and working environment that we have created.

Applications are welcomed from experienced teachers and ECTs.

You will have the highest expectations, knowledge, skills and commitment to teaching and learning and will help build and shape an outstanding RE curriculum and extra-curricular offer that makes a positive difference to our students. You will have integrity, be ambitious, tenacious, caring, driven and a team player. The role will be challenging and exciting, and you will be supported by a Head of Faculty and the wider trust with opportunities for progression as both the school and trust grow.

Interested candidates who wish to have an informal conversation about this role are welcome to contact Matthew Ball, Headteacher. Further information, including job description, person specification and application form, are available from the school website.

Ridgeway is an equal opportunities employer, and all appointments are subject to appropriate checks for child protection and safety. Applications should be made via the Ridgeway application form addressed to the Mrs H Rea - PA to SLT.

Appointment will be subject to references and an Enhanced DBS check in line with school safeguarding policy.

Shires Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all

staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS

check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education, Shires Multi Academy

Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on appointed candidates. This may

help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the Shires