Job: Teacher of Religious Education Stage 3 & 4 Maternity Cover
St Joseph’s RC High School
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
Working Hours: FTE
Contract Type: Maternity cover
Salary: M1 to U3
Closing date: 18th October 2026 midnight
Interview Date: 22nd October 2026
The Role
The governors of this oversubscribed 11-16 Voluntary Aided RC High School are seeking to appoint a qualified and enthusiastic Teacher of Religious Education. This is a full time, maternity cover.
About You
We are looking for a dynamic, creative individual with ambition and drive, who is passionate about improving the lives of young people. Joining a dynamic and forward looking team you will be given the opportunity to be at the forefront of a fast paced life-transforming team.
The successful candidate will:
- Be willing to actively support the Catholic Christian ethos of our school
- Have a passion for teaching and have the potential to inspire students and colleagues with a wide range of teaching and learning strategies
- Have a high level of assessment, monitoring, tracking and intervention skills
- Have the potential to be an outstanding classroom practitioner
- Have the resilience to work as a team to mend broken lives, fan the flames of enthusiasm and further inspire those who are already excited about a bright future
- Have the drive to prepare young people to be ‘game changers’ in the world.
About Us
As a Catholic Christian community, we offer a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to engage with wonderfully able students who with the right guidance can be inspired to achieve the highest grades. We are very determined in our mission to transform the lives of young people and create outstanding life chances through educational achievement. We are looking for an innovative, outstanding practitioner to inspire students of all ages and abilities. We welcome applications from those new to the profession as well as more experienced staff
The School is committed to safer recruitment practice, and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and a barred list check. Please note: online searches may be done as part of due diligence checks on shortlisted candidates
We recognise that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a valuable tool in helping candidates to organise, refine, and present their ideas, and it may assist in the preparation of application materials. However, we are ultimately seeking to appoint a person, not a product of AI.
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Completed applications should be returned to recruitment@ st-josephs.bolton.sch.uk
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- Application Form
- Right to Work documents
- Recruitment Monitoring Forms
- Privacy Notice
- DBS Documents
- Consent to Obtain References
- Job Description and Person Specification
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