Teacher of Religious Studies; Maternity Cover; Queen Elizabeth's School

About the role

Queen Elizabeth's School is looking for a Teacher of Religious Studies (Maternity Cover) to join our fantastic team.

Actual Salary £32,916 - £45,352 per annum (M1 to M6).

This job is Full Time (Part time will be considered)

It is offered on a Temporary basis until 12 months maternity cover basis.

Approximate start date 1st January 2027

Are you passionate about Religious Education and dedicated to inspiring and motivating students, if so we would like to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic professional to join our upper school. We have rapidly improved in the past two years and want inquisitive, positive, dynamic and resilient colleagues to join our excellent Humanities department and be part of our success.

Our thriving faculty is currently recruiting for a Teacher of Religious Studies. The faculty is very well-resourced and there will be the opportunity to teach across all Key Stages.

Applications from ECT colleagues are welcome.

We can offer you:

• Centralised curriculum and behaviour systems which enable you to focus on your core purpose: teaching excellent lessons

• Highly motivated and ambitious students

• Teaching across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5

• Assessment strategies which support wellbeing and workload

• Excellent CPD opportunities

• An opportunity to join a dedicated team of supportive staff

• A positive, supportive community of staff, Academy Committee members, the Trust and parents

• An exciting modern school with state-of-the‑art facilities

Ideally, we would like to appoint someone who has:

• An awareness of Rosenshine’s principles of instruction

• An understanding of key substantive and disciplinary concepts in Religious Studies

• An awareness of some of the concepts explored in Tom Sherrington’s ‘Walkthru’ series or Doug Lemov’s ‘Teach Like a Champion’ series.

We encourage early applications and reserve the right to interview outstanding candidates prior to the Final date to receive applications. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable candidates.

Please refer to the attached job description for more details about the role.

If you have any further questions, please contact the our recruitment team by emailing re or calling

Closing Date: 1st October 2026

Queen Elizabeth’s School, located in Wimborne, is a coeducational Church of England, Comprehensive Upper School within the Initio Learning Trust.

There is a strong commitment to comprehensive education and a focus on creating an environment that supports continual school improvement and the attainment of all students.

Our vision is linked to a commitment to hope for all students and which permeates all aspects of our school and is underpinned by the Trust's values of Collaboration, Ambition and Respect.

For more information please visit our school website:

We welcome visits to our school - if you would like to arrange a visit or require more information, please refer to the contact details above.

Initio Learning Trust provides:

• A supportive and welcoming environment with a genuine commitment to professional development.
• A flexible, equal opportunities workplace.
• Access to the local government or teachers pension scheme.
• Employee benefits including a Health Cash Plan and Cycle to Work scheme.

Initio Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust based in Dorset. We are responsible and accountable for the education of over 7000 pupils from 3 to 19 years of age and for the employment and support of over 1000 staff in 19 schools across Dorset, from Bridport in the West of the county to Verwood in the East.

We believe in enabling every person to thrive within their role, and our core values of Ambition, Collaboration and Respect underpin the pride we take in offering genuine professional development opportunities for all our staff; and in our focus on staff wellbeing.