Job Description
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Required for September 2025
Part-time 0.6FTE
Closing date: Wednesday 7th May 2025
Interviews to be held on Wednesday 14th May 2025
Application forms are available at www.shsg.org/vacancies/#how-to-apply
Please submit your application and covering letter to recruitment@shsg.org
You will be joining a thriving Religious Studies Department working within a successful Humanities Faculty. The Religious Studies Department plays an important role in furthering the academic ethos of Southend High School for Girls and we are looking for somebody who will be able to inspire and engage our students to engage in rigorous and imaginative ways.
We offer Religious Studies at A Level and have multiple classes at GCSE. We are consistently one of the highest performing subjects within the school.
Results are testament to our diligent and hard-working students and staff and in 2024, 88% achieved grades at A*-B at A Level.
A good number of our students go on to study Theology and Religion at university. In recent years the department has prepared students for courses at Oxford and King's College London. We offer a variety of supra curricular opportunities such as subject captains, theology based EPQs and whole school competitions.
Within the department, there will be significant scope for the successful candidate to develop Religious Studies at Southend High School for Girls to meet their own interests and areas of specialism.
The ability to teach Religious Studies at all key stages is essential.
The successful candidate should:
· Be an inspirational classroom practitioner with an irresistible enthusiasm for their subject. As a reflective practitioner you will be constantly looking to develop your practice through collaboration, experimentation, and hard work.
· Be a team player working closely with the Head of Department to develop the learning experiences for all our students.
· Be creative and innovative constantly looking for new ways to challenge our high ability students.
· Contribute to secure the highest standards of pupil achievement, monitoring, tracking, supporting, and evaluating pupil achievement. Set targets for improvement and implement effective strategies for underperforming students.
We can offer you:
· Highly motivated, curious, and industrious students.
· A strong, highly qualified staff team and an ethos of tolerance and respect with a family community spirit.
· A commitment to ongoing professional development and staff wellbeing.
· An environment which promotes innovation.
Southend High School for Girls is a highly successful and oversubscribed girls' grammar school rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues to move forward under the leadership of its Headteacher, Mr Jason Carey
For all enquiries, please contact Sinead Carter, HR Officer by e-mail at recruitment@shsg.org
We reserve the right to call applicants to interview, and appoint, prior to the closing date
All staff at Southend High School for Girls have a responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. This is a customer facing role needing fluent spoken English.
Information about the School
“Pupils flourish and excel at Southend High School for Girls.”
– Ofsted, July 2024
Southend High School for Girls (SHSG) is an outstanding grammar school with academy status, proudly educating generations of students for over a century. We blend tradition with innovation, creating a dynamic learning environment where students are safe, happy, and successful.
Our school is a family-orientated community where pupils thrive. Students achieve exceptionally high outcomes and benefit from an ambitious curriculum and an exemplary careers education programme. As one pupil told Ofsted, “The school will literally help you do anything you want to do.”
We offer a vast range of clubs, trips, productions, and leadership opportunities, including the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and World Challenge. Students are encouraged to lead and contribute, with many acting as ambassadors and house captains.
SHSG is proud to be a member of NACE (National Association for Able Children in Education), reflecting our commitment to stretching and challenging all learners. Our curriculum goes far beyond the National Curriculum, with students in Key Stage 3 studying three separate sciences and two languages, and engaging in ‘super-curricular’ tasks that promote independent research and critical thinking.
Staff are passionate, well-supported, and receive high-quality professional development. Our shared ethos of high expectations, mutual respect, and continuous improvement makes SHSG a truly special place to work.
If you are enthusiastic about education and excited to join a high-performing, caring school community, we warmly invite you to explore our current vacancies and consider becoming part of the SHSG family.