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Teacher of Religious Education (RE)

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Holte School Wheeler Street Birmingham B19 2EL
Salary
MPR/UPR
Closing date
6 Feb 2025
Reference
JOB003037
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Job Details

Start date: Summer term 2025 or Autumn term 2025

Holte School
Wheeler Street
Birmingham
B19 2EL
Telephone number: 0121 566 4370

Contact email: hr@holte.bham.sch.uk

Contract type: Permanent  

‘Holte School welcomes everyone. It is a calm and safe environment in which pupils learn well.
Pupils treat each other and adults with evident respect’
Ofsted October 2023

We are seeking to appoint a creative, dynamic and self-motivated teacher of Religious Education with a strong work ethic and the desire to deliver outstanding practice. Ideally, they will join us from the beginning of the summer term, but we are prepared to wait until September 2025 for the right candidate. We offer opportunities to teach classes from Key Stage 3 to A-level and are committed to supporting staff to develop their skills to teach across all key stages. Whilst Religious Education will be their primary subject, there should be an expectation that the successful candidate may be asked to deliver some lessons in other humanities subjects in Key Stage 3, but timetables will take into account specialisms within the team and if required, any training needs supported as appropriate.

The successful applicant will be able to enthuse, engage, motivate and challenge students towards raising achievement at all levels, developing a confidence and love of their subject within the young people they teach. They will be committed to continually improving and developing their teaching and learning practice when working alongside colleagues within a supportive department and school team. Together, they will role model high standards and expectations and continue to improve outcomes within their subject to improve the life chances of the young people in their care.

The school has a strong track record and well-established procedures for supporting new entrants to the profession and also welcomes applications from candidates who will be suitably qualified from September 2025.

We are looking for staff who:

  • are dedicated and passionate about working with young people
  • have excellent subject knowledge and a love of their subject
  • a good or developing understanding of an evidence informed approach to teaching and learning
  • a reflective practitioner who is committed to their own continuing professional development
  • are excellent communicators – with both young people and adults
  • build strong relationships with young people and enthuse, engage, motivate and challenge them
  • are dedicated to raising achievement and can see the potential in all
  • have high standards and expectations of themselves, staff and students

We offer:

  • a talented and hardworking staff team who have a strong sense of belonging, welcome new challenges and are committed to supporting each other
  • enthusiastic students who are keen to learn, have high aspirations, strong values and are loyal to their school and the staff who work within it
  • families who are incredibly supportive and appreciative of staff
  • quality continuous professional development that is done with and not to staff, with opportunities for training in a range of areas including in developing leadership, both in and outside of school
  • a commitment to staff wellbeing which we continue to grow and is seen as a strength of the school
  • opportunities to work in collaboration with partner schools
  • a supportive governing board

Holte School is an oversubscribed, diverse, multi-racial, 11-18 community school and is one of only 8 schools across the country to be recognised as a ‘National IQM Inclusion Champion’ school. Visitors and new staff to our school consistently comment on how calm it is, how polite and engaging our students are and of the positive atmosphere one feels when here. The school's ethos is built on strong relationships and values that we all live and breathe and are embedded within our culturally rich school community. Our young people are proud of their school and their community, having high aspirations that we see reflected in their conduct and engagement. Our pastoral offer and the size and experience of the team who deliver it is a real strength of the school, supporting students, families and teachers. We have a strong and growing extracurricular offer and actively support opportunities outside of the classroom that positively develop cultural capital and personal development. We work with a wide range of outside agencies, education providers and companies to further provide our young people with real life experiences and the opportunity to engage with other people from a range of backgrounds. We are an inner-city school in a deprived area, but education is valued by our community and the staff who work here genuinely make a difference to the lives of the young people they teach, seeing high numbers of our students progress into our 6th form and subsequently on to respected university courses.

We offer students a traditional broad and balanced curriculum across all key stages and believe that all students are entitled to access this. We strive to deliver high quality teaching and learning to achieve excellence and enable our students to maximise their potential, breaking down barriers to achievement and increasing social mobility. We have the highest expectations around behaviour and standards, and this is achieved through working alongside passionate and dedicated colleagues who share this vision. The school is on a shared site with both a primary and a special school. Although we are very much separate schools, our students and staff only benefit from all this brings.

We actively promote staff wellbeing, supporting colleagues in what is a challenging yet rewarding profession. Staff feedback continues to tell us that Holte School is a place where people enjoy coming to work, feel they are valued and well treated and have a clear sense of belonging.

We hope you will take the time to visit us, as it is only by stepping into our school and meeting our students and staff, that you are able to appreciate the special place we believe this school to be.

Please take the time to read our latest Ofsted Report (October 2023) which can be found on our school website. Although this only gives a snapshot of who we are as a school, there are key messages within this report that we believe are representative of what you would experience if working here.

To arrange a tour of the department and school, please contact Cherise Hogan, HR Manager, on 0121 566 4370.

It is anticipated that interviews will take place as soon as possible and please note that strong applications may be considered upon receipt.

Thank you for taking the time to read this information and should you have further questions when considering whether to submit an application, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Holte School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. 

How to apply:

For further details and an application form, please download information from our website. A completed teaching application form, recruitment monitoring form and supporting statement should be returned to hr@holte.bham.sch.uk.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. 

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
 

Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.   

For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies  

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Telephone
0121 675 7070
Location
Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom

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