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Head of Religious Education
| Posting date: | 25 February 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 March 2025 |
| Location: | Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 4AW |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ad11bbe5-dc00-43e0-803c-fb5e3ccc59b6 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Head of Religious Education
To start September 2025
Permanent - Full an Part Time – Competitive Salary
Are you an inspiring leader looking for a new challenge?
Do you have the skills to drive forward our vision?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a practising Catholic to join our team at Cardinal Griffin Catholic College. Catholic Social Teaching permeates everything we do and therefore we are looking for an exceptional leader who will promote positive behaviour and faith filled attitudes through the lens of Catholicism.
If you are ready to make a difference and inspire young minds, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now to join our dedicated team at Cardinal Griffin Catholic College!
Flexible Working Options: We understand the importance of work-life balance. Cardinal Griffin will explore opportunities for adjusted schedules, allowing you to maximize efficiency and maintain arewarding work-life balance without compromising your career ambitions.
What the school offers its staff
Why Cardinal Griffin Catholic College?
• Faith School: Working in a Catholic school with high standards of discipline. We are inclusive of those of all faiths and none.
• Supportive Professional Development: Benefit from a personalised 2-day CPD voucher for you to use, regular training opportunities, and dual guidance through a dedicated mentor and an experienced buddy focused on your growth and to support your induction.
• Pathways to Career Progression: Paid leadership opportunities are available for all after completion of their ECT programme, with structured support and opportunities to flourish.
• Cardinal Griffin Welcome: We invite shortlisted candidates to a Cardinal Griffin Welcome Tour. This is an opportunity to see the College in action and talk us through what you can offer and want to be involved with in a progressive and rapidly improving school.
• Collaborative Culture: Be part of a supportive, inclusive team with regular opportunities to collaborate, share best practices, and grow professionally within our school community and beyond in our new CMAT schools.
Further details about the role
About the role:
Interested candidates should be outstanding RE teachers, who subscribe to the vision that Cardinal Griffin can be the best school in Staffordshire with the ability to inspire and motivate teachers, students and the wider community through the Catholic Social Teachings. The right person will lead with drive and ambition to secure and take forward Catholic Life, Mission and RE.
Find out more on our jobs page – https://www.cardinalgriffin.org.uk/Vacancies/
Closing Date: Monday, 17th March at 9am (interviews 25th March)
For enquiries, further details and application forms please contact Mrs H Tapper at h.tapper@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk or 01543 502215.
All applications should be returned to Recruitment@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk
*The College reserves the right to interview as soon as it has a suitable field of candidates and so encourages early applications*
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application. Applicants will be subject to an online search if shortlisted. Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, it is an offence to apply if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Head of Religious Education
To start September 2025
Permanent - Full an Part Time – Competitive Salary
Are you an inspiring leader looking for a new challenge?
Do you have the skills to drive forward our vision?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a practising Catholic to join our team at Cardinal Griffin Catholic College. Catholic Social Teaching permeates everything we do and therefore we are looking for an exceptional leader who will promote positive behaviour and faith filled attitudes through the lens of Catholicism.
If you are ready to make a difference and inspire young minds, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now to join our dedicated team at Cardinal Griffin Catholic College!
Flexible Working Options: We understand the importance of work-life balance. Cardinal Griffin will explore opportunities for adjusted schedules, allowing you to maximize efficiency and maintain arewarding work-life balance without compromising your career ambitions.
What the school offers its staff
Why Cardinal Griffin Catholic College?
• Faith School: Working in a Catholic school with high standards of discipline. We are inclusive of those of all faiths and none.
• Supportive Professional Development: Benefit from a personalised 2-day CPD voucher for you to use, regular training opportunities, and dual guidance through a dedicated mentor and an experienced buddy focused on your growth and to support your induction.
• Pathways to Career Progression: Paid leadership opportunities are available for all after completion of their ECT programme, with structured support and opportunities to flourish.
• Cardinal Griffin Welcome: We invite shortlisted candidates to a Cardinal Griffin Welcome Tour. This is an opportunity to see the College in action and talk us through what you can offer and want to be involved with in a progressive and rapidly improving school.
• Collaborative Culture: Be part of a supportive, inclusive team with regular opportunities to collaborate, share best practices, and grow professionally within our school community and beyond in our new CMAT schools.
Further details about the role
About the role:
Interested candidates should be outstanding RE teachers, who subscribe to the vision that Cardinal Griffin can be the best school in Staffordshire with the ability to inspire and motivate teachers, students and the wider community through the Catholic Social Teachings. The right person will lead with drive and ambition to secure and take forward Catholic Life, Mission and RE.
Find out more on our jobs page – https://www.cardinalgriffin.org.uk/Vacancies/
Closing Date: Monday, 17th March at 9am (interviews 25th March)
For enquiries, further details and application forms please contact Mrs H Tapper at h.tapper@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk or 01543 502215.
All applications should be returned to Recruitment@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk
*The College reserves the right to interview as soon as it has a suitable field of candidates and so encourages early applications*
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application. Applicants will be subject to an online search if shortlisted. Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, it is an offence to apply if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.