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Due to the expansion of the Theology Department, the School requires:
Teacher of Religious Education/Religious Studies
Salary: £32,000pa-£59,500pa
Generous CPD, including funding for post-graduate qualifications
Membership of Teachers' Pension Scheme
School fee remission
School accommodation available to rent or relocation allowance
Lunch without charge in term time
Annual membership for New Hall Sport Club (£20pa)
This is an exciting opportunity for a practising Catholic to join our large and thriving Theology Department. At New Hall, this role is called Teacher of Theology. Applicants must be outstanding teachers and must be able to teach A Level. This post would suit an experienced teacher or an ECT. The successful candidate will be able to inspire students with a passion for Theology, through the curriculum, academic societies and co-curricular opportunities.
New Hall has a record number of staff progressing onto Headship/Deputy Headship of Catholic schools. New Hall invests significantly in the professional development of teachers of Theology, to prepare them for leadership roles at New Hall and elsewhere. The Head of Theology is an ex officio member of the Senior Leadership & Management Team (SLMT).
New Hall offers an exceptional working environment, in a stunning Grade I listed building that was the former Tudor palace of Beaulieu. The School owns 140 acres of beautiful country parkland and heritage gardens. With a staff of around 300, New Hall is a warm, welcoming and supportive community. A new London rail station will open in 2025, at New Hall's front gate: Stratford, 26 minutes; London Liverpool Street, 34 minutes. Three London airports are nearby.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until midday, Monday 7 October 2024
The successful candidate may take up the role from 1 January 2025.
The start date can be negotiable but must be no later than 1 September 2025.
JOB ID: NH0549
New Hall is committed to safeguarding students. There will be an enhanced DBS check prior to appointment.
Information about the School
New Hall is a Catholic independent boarding & day school for girls and boys aged 1-18. New Hall School operates the highly successful 'diamond model', where students are educated in co-educational classes from ages 1 to 11 and at Sixth Form. However, from ages 11 to 16 they are taught in single-sex lessons. Click on one of the four diamonds below to find out more about our divisions.
The main benefits of the 'diamond model' and five years of single-sex teaching, derive from the ability to tailor pastoral and academic provision more sensitively and expertly to the needs of young people going through the physical, emotional and social upheaval of adolescence. Young teenagers are liberated from the negative peer pressure of having to perform in mixed classes. The gender stereotyping of subjects is also removed. Girls and boys follow an identical curriculum and do not learn to perceive subjects as being more suited to either girls or boys.
The Sixth Form experience at New Hall is about expanding students' horizons, both in their specialist areas of study and, more generally, in terms of their personal development.
From the moment New Hall students first travel up the mile-long, tree-lined avenue that leads to the grand façade of the former Tudor palace, they will be given individual opportunities to grow, learn, be challenged and to develop into confident young men and women. New Hall is set in an idyllic and convenient location, on the outskirts of the City of Chelmsford, Essex, just 30 minutes by train from London and within easy reach of all major London airports.
As a Catholic independent boarding & day school, at New Hall with every student we aim to educate the whole person: academically, creatively and socially, in a community which also nurtures the spiritual dimensions of human life.