Religious Education Teacher

About the Role

This full-time RE teaching role involves delivering engaging, high-quality Religious Education lessons across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. The successful candidate will foster deep critical thinking, religious literacy, and respect for diverse cultures and worldviews. With fully resourced schemes of work provided, the teacher can focus on strong classroom delivery, responsive teaching, and meaningful student interaction rather than building resources from scratch.

Located in Leeds, this vibrant, high-performing all-through academy is built on the core values of hard work, trust, and fairness. Staff benefit from a culture of clear systems, exceptional behaviour management, and innovative workload-reduction initiatives-including a focus on actionable feedback over time-consuming marking, weekly personal coaching, and flexible working arrangements such as a nine-day fortnight model.

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS): Holds QTS, QTLS, or an equivalent recognised UK teaching qualification.
• Enhanced DBS: A valid Enhanced DBS clearance registered on the Update Service (or a willingness to apply for one).
• Strong subject knowledge across major world religions, non-religious worldviews, and contemporary ethical issues. .
• Eligibility to Work: Valid legal entitlement to work full-time in the UK.

• Subject Expertise: Deep understanding of religious concepts, theology, and ethical frameworks.
• Behaviour Management: Ability to maintain a calm, structured classroom through high expectations.
• Adaptive Teaching: Tailoring delivery to ensure accessibility for all learning abilities.
• Critical Thinking Facilitation: Guiding respectful, open dialogue on sensitive and complex moral topics.
• Communication: Articulate verbal and written communication tailored to diverse audiences.
• Reflective Practice: Actively implementing feedback from coaching to improve practice continuously.

• Deliver high-impact, well-structured RE lessons that inspire interest in world faiths, ethics, and philosophy.
• Maintain high behavioural expectations to foster a calm, focused, and purposeful learning environment.
• Utilise pre-prepared, high-quality schemes of learning to deliver clear and challenging instruction.
• Implement effective live assessment and feedback strategies in line with the department policy.
• Monitor and track student progress, providing targeted support to ensure every pupil achieves their full potential.
• Actively participate in weekly 1-to-1 instructional coaching sessions to continuously refine teaching techniques.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion through an inclusive approach to religious education.
• Build positive, respectful relationships with students, parents, and the broader local community.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues across the humanities department and wider academy team.
• Uphold strict safeguarding and child protection standards at all times.

• A supportive, collaborative working environment.
• Opportunities for career progression and ongoing professional development.
• The chance to make a significant impact on the lives of students.
• Safeguarding children, Prevent and Allergy Awareness training.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• A Refer a Friend scheme where you could earn a £300 Love2shop voucher (subject to terms and conditions).

Could this be the ideal role for you? For more information, please contact  or call  to speak to the secondary team.