What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Teacher of RE (with PSHE, as and when needed to support our Personal Development curriculum). This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our thriving Humanities Faculty which consists of 11 teachers.
The successful candidate will deliver RE to students across Key Stage 3. We welcome applicants with a desire to develop our existing scheme of learning, to enhance it by building in their own strengths and interests and making it relevant to our current students. We are eager to see a strong RE offer across all key stages and for the subject to establish itself as a viable GCSE option. You would be joining a highly motivated team with a desire to improve in all aspects of teaching and learning and promote the importance of all the humanities subjects.
What the school offers its staff
Eckington School is an 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in north-east Derbyshire with more than 1200 students on roll, including the school’s Sixth Form.
Eckington School joined Chorus Education Trust in April 2023, at which point we also welcomed a new headteacher, whose proven track record in developing a positive ethos under strong leadership is enabling the school on its journey of improvement. Further appointments to the senior leadership team have created a school with ambition to deliver on the Chorus Trust ethos of outstanding achievement for all.
The school itself is situated on the outskirts of Eckington on the Derbyshire/Sheffield border, overlooking open countryside. The campus is arranged around a shrub-filled courtyard that enables easy access to outside spaces for all.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.