TEACHER OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (Temporary - Autumn Term 2026) in St Albans

Loreto St Albans is an 11-18 girls’ academy recognised in October 2024 by OFSTED as outstanding in the four key areas. With the support of our enthusiastic and accomplished staff, our students achieve excellent results, and the Progress 8 performance measure has regularly placed Loreto in the top 5% of schools in the country. The school is oversubscribed and has earned an excellent reputation for discipline, pastoral care and academic standards.

We are looking to appoint an inspirational teacher to join a well-established and successful Religious Education Department. The successful candidate will be innovative and have a passion for the subject. They will have the ability to inspire, engage and motivate students, and be able to teach across the whole ability range, KS3, KS4 and ideally KS5.

Visitors often say they are struck by the calm atmosphere and warmth and kindness of our students and staff. To help you make your decision on whether or not to apply, we very much recommend visits to the school to see it in action and to meet the Headteacher.

About Loreto College: Loreto College St Albans is part of the international family of Loreto schools and colleges, and as such benefits from a 400 year-old tradition and links with Loreto schools both in the UK and worldwide. Loreto College St Albans is an ‘Outstanding School’ at an exciting point in its journey. The school benefits from a mixture of original and modern buildings with excellent equipment and facilities. The school is situated in St Albans in close proximity to St Albans City Thameslink Station and also is near to the M1 and M25 motorway and, as such, benefits from excellent transport links.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We are committed to ensuring equality across our school, and that all staff are treated fairly, in line with our school policies. Applicants from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.

The school is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. We ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and a barred list check before appointment to the post. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions and any other information held by local police that is considered relevant to the role. Any convictions listed on a DBS check will be considered on a case‑by‑case basis. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre‑employment checks including receipt of two satisfactory references.

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.

Closing date: Thursday 20th August 2026 – 12 midday. Interviews: TBC.