Responsible to: Head of Religious Studies and Sociology
Pay scale: ILPS
Work pattern: Full-time
Required for: January 2025 or sooner
Deadline to apply: Midday: Friday 4 October 2024
Location of post: The Elmgreen School, SE27 9BZ
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Thank you for your enquiry about the key post of Teacher of Religious Studies and Sociology at The Elmgreen School. We currently teach Religious Studies up to GCSE and teach Sociology at A Level only, which is an incredibly popular and academically successful course.
Key Responsibilities
- To consistently teach our students well, ensuring progress for all in our inclusive school
- to help develop and implement policies and practices for Religious Studies (RS) and Sociology which reflect the school’s commitment to high achievement and effective teaching and learning
- to support the Head of RS and Sociology in the development of appropriate syllabi, assessment, teaching and learning strategies and resources
- to support in monitoring the progress made towards achieving targets for our students
Dunraven Educational Trust Overview
Dunraven Educational Trust (DET) was established in 2016. It now incorporates Dunraven’s All-Through School, Goldfinch Primary, The Elmgreen School, Rosendale Primary School and Van Gogh Primary. DET is a Trust committed to one overarching aim: excellence for and from everyone. This is an expectation for both the children and adults in a school community. It is achieved in a variety of ways according to the context of each school but within the clear framework established by the Trust.
If you are successful in your application, you will join a staff who are hard-working,
committed, positive in outlook and dedicated to the achievement of our students. We offer:
- a high standard of professional practice, with bespoke in-house CPD provision, and affiliation to nationally recognised courses and providers;
- a supportive and collegiate environment,
- a culture of high trust and accountability that values creativity and innovation, leading practice locally and nationally in a range of fields.
The Elmgreen School is committed to the safety and protection of its students. An enhanced DBS check and a barred list check are conditions of employment for this post.
The Elmgreen School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.