Trainee Teacher of RE

Start date: September 2026; Salary: Unqualified teachers salary scale. Opportunity to access enhanced United Learning salaries in ECT Year 1 onwards (subject to securing permanent position). Contract: Full time, one year in the first instance, with opportunity to continue teaching at The Regis.

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to train to teach religion education with us at The Regis School, in partnership with United Teaching. Our RE department is a highly ambitious and well-established team comprising teachers that are passionate about their subject and driven to support every student to achieve their very best. The department is well led, and there are several experienced mentors with a proven track record of offering excellent developmental support to trainees, helping to facilitate the best start to their teaching career.

• Support and training that will lead to qualified teacher status (QTS).
• Train to teach in disruption-free classrooms, allowing you to focus on mastering the art of teaching.
• Access to a well-resourced curriculum that includes detailed resources which will heavily structure and scaffold your lesson planning.
• Access to a dedicated mentor, with protected time each week, working closely with you as you develop as an effective classroom practitioner.
• Training both online and face-to-face with United Teaching, with protected time one day a week to support you with this training (travel expenses included as part of your training).
• Bespoke support from in-school subject specialists.
• Access to regular, research-based CPD opportunities that will allow you to build your knowledge of effective teaching and learning, including weekly department CPD.
• Opportunities to collaborate with other trainees and colleagues from over 60 other schools within the United Learning group, who are all part of United Teaching.
• Support from our excellent behaviour and inclusion teams so you are equipped to support the individual needs of each student.

As a United Learning academy, we collaborate with other departments locally and across the country. We have played our part in contributing to a comprehensive scheme of work which is shared across the academy trust, providing significant support with lesson planning. We have developed a rigorous and structured teaching and learning policy which, together with high-quality weekly subject CPD, helps teachers rapidly optimise their teaching and get the most out of every minute of our students' time.

We offer a number of core benefits, including competitive rates of pay, a generous pension scheme and enhanced parental leave policies. Other benefits are reduced gym membership to our on-site gym, reduced fees for the on-site nursery, and a laptop. There is also a car leasing scheme, and after six months all staff can access Westfield Benefits, which offers discounts in weekly shopping, high-street stores, flights and holidays. We also provide a free Health Cash Plan, where you can request cash back on dentists, opticians and other treatments.

We are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued and appreciated. We offer the best pay in the sector, three extra INSET days for planning, one guaranteed personal day a year, great training for your career, and more.