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KS3/4 Religious Studies Specialist - ASAP start

Prospero Teaching is looking for a Religious Studies teacher for an Ofsted Good Secondary school in Bury. You will be responsible for teaching Religious Studies, both to KS3 and KS4.

The school is a mainstream Secondary School with a supportive cover team and teaching staff. The school is going from strength to strength and providing CPD throughout the year. Our school is easily accessible by road (M60, M61, A666), so this position is ideal for colleagues based in Greater Manchester, Lancashire or West Yorkshire.

Behaviour on the whole is positive and any isolated issues are dealt with by a positive, pro-active "on call" team with a wealth of experience in pastoral matters.

The position is open to NQT's/ECT's and more experienced colleagues. You will be paid to scale from day one of this assignment and we are available to discuss this role with teaching professionals as soon as possible.

CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS

Location - Bury, Lancashire
Position Teacher of Religious Studies
Type of work Long term Teacher cover
Start date ASAP
Duration / Likely Duration December 2025
End date (if applicable) N/A
Contract type - Temporary
Full time/part time Full
Minimum rate of pay - GBP163/day
Hours 8:30 am 3.30pm

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Religious Education (or similar) Graduate, with a 2:2 or higher
UK Qualified Teacher Status is essential for this role
Previous experience working in a UK school
Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:

- Hold Right to Work in the UK
- Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
- Provide two professional child related references

If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.

Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:

Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
In-house Training and Development Team