Job Description

TEACHER OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Required for September 2025 or as soon as possible
Permanent hire
MPS / UPS (Opportunity for a responsibility allowance for the right candidate)
London Borough of Croydon

Tradewind are delighted to be working alongside a proud multicultural school with an established reputation of integrity and excellence in the London borough of Croydon in their hiring of a Religious Education Teacher.

This school is at the heart of a vibrant and diverse community, with over 1000 students benefiting
from their fabulous site and leafy surroundings. Along with their clear values and ethos this helps to create a positive learning environment for both students and staff. The school also benefit from excellent transport links to London and the surrounding areas plus an onsite fitness suite and ample free parking.

The school have high expectations in all they do and believe that all their students can be the best in the world at whatever they decide to pursue through their hard work, determination, leadership and compassion.

The school strive for excellence through their broad curriculum and their wide range of extra-curricular opportunities whilst also ensuring that both students and staff are developed both in and out of the classroom.

The school are currently looking for a dynamic and motivated Religious Education teacher that has passion and enthusiasm for physical education. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone that believes in their vision and values, to work in a school that is excellently resourced and fully committed to developing staff to fulfil their teaching and learning potential.

The school are looking for someone who:

is a teacher that is dedicated, professionally and passionately demonstrates their classroom talent;
has the skills to work across different departments to help improve student performance;
is able to demonstrate excellent subject knowledge;
is motivated and enthusiastic;
has the energy to build on recent GCSE results and will help to drive forward high quality post 16
provision;
is resourceful and innovative;
actively want to develop their teaching qualities;
has first rate communication and organisational skills;
has the potential to lead teams and develop staff.

In return, the school offer excellent working conditions with key benefits that include:

Cycle to Work scheme;
Significant departmental investment;
Staff Mentoring;
Staff car park on site;
Fitness Suite;
A strong focus on the professional development of all staff within our school;
A staff wellbeing programme.

If the location and environment seem right for you, you are a qualified Religious Education teacher with QTS or an equivalent overseas qualification, then please submit your CV for immediate perusal.

To apply for this role you will need to:

* Hold QTS status or equivalent teaching qualification

* Enhanced DBS Disclosure, Overseas Police Clearances (if applicable) and professional reference checks

* CV must cover full work history

* Legal right to work in the UK

Tradewind Recruitment is a Sunday Times Top 100 employer - stopping at nothing to ensure our candidates and employees come first. We have the very best people to take your call and look after you every step of the way. We pride ourselves on exceptional service and take the time to really get to know you, to ensure we have a thorough understanding of your career goals and work hard on your behalf to secure you positions with great rates of pay (all rates are typically inclusive of holiday pay, however we will happily accrue this upon request) and plenty of development opportunities. We have more certified CPD courses than any other education recruitment agency, a brilliant referral bonus, full interview preparation, help with lesson planning, online Portal for your timesheets and log your availability and plenty more benefits by registering with Tradewind. Because our people matter most.

We specialise in matching teachers and support staff with their dream job, and help primary, secondary and SEN schools recruit for a wide range of roles across our 12 offices in the UK.

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