Development Lead - Religious Education

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Vacancy ID: VN10232

Vacancy Name: Development Lead – Religious Education (fixed-term)

Directorate: Transformational Programmes

Department: Transformational Programmes

Team: Secondary Subjects

To build a fair education for all, we need to unlock the potential in all children – not just some. Together, we’re making it happen. Every day, our work takes us closer to a better future. But we need to do more. It’s a big challenge – and we need your help to take it on.

Development Lead – Religious Education (SDLs) most frequently work on our Training Programme but may also work on other Teach First programmes such as ECF and SCITT. As an SDL you will deliver training to our teachers, largely online, to support their progress. You will also use your expertise both as a teacher and a subject specialist to contribute to our learning design across programmes. You’ll work with a portfolio of trainees to develop their subject knowledge and subject-specific pedagogy. You will collaborate with other support roles, to see trainees grow into leaders, committed to making a difference to educational inequality.

As Development Lead – Religious Education, you’ll work on the Training Programme to teach a subject-specific area of our secondary curriculum. Our secondary subjects for QTS are: English, Mathematics, Science, Design & Technology, Modern Foreign Languages (French and Spanish), Computing, Business, Music, History, Geography and Religious Education.

• Do you have experience of developing others within the context of your subject specialism?
• Are you a subject matter expert, and is your knowledge of the pedagogy underpinning your subject specialism exemplary?
• Do you have QTS (or equivalent) and have been a school leader?
• Is your knowledge of the Teachers’ Standards (2012), the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework and the Early Career Framework excellent?
• Have you developed, mentored and coached inexperienced teachers within a training route for at least two years e.g. PGCE, Schools Direct, Teach First etc?

Yes to the above? Then we want to hear from you. You might be our next Development Lead – Religious Education!

Take a look at the job description and then complete an application on our careers website. Make sure you’ve got your CV ready to upload, along with a tailored cover letter that demonstrates how you meet our essential criteria. If you’re applying from an external job board, you’ll be redirected to our careers website. (Please note, we only accept applications through our careers website).

We expect interviews to take place on Monday, 24 March 2025.

Job Location: East Midlands (Nottingham); East of England (Norwich); London; North East (Newcastle Upon Tyne); North West (Manchester); South Coast (Bournemouth); South East (Kent); South West (Bristol); West Midlands (Birmingham); Yorkshire & The Humber – Leeds

Job Level: 3

DBS Required: Enhanced with Barred List

Salary Package (£): 42,237.00

Compensation & Benefits: Employees based in London will receive £3000 London Weighting Allowance in addition to the advertised salary package. Advertised Salary, London Weighting Allowance and Annual Leave entitlement are FTE. They will be pro-rata\’d for part-time and fixed-term positions. Teach First’s core benefits include 27 days holiday per annum (3 of which must be taken during the holiday shutdown period between Christmas Day and New Year\’s Day), participation in the pension scheme via Salary Exchange (with an employer contribution of up to 6%), life assurance, income protection and private healthcare. Through our flexible benefits platform access to subsidised dental membership, health screening, discounted gym membership, travel insurance, Give As You Earn and the option to buy annual leave.

Next Steps: We aim to update candidates if we’ll take their application forward within 10 working days of the closing date. We will not review any applications received after the closing date.

Closing Date: 16 Mar 2025

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