R.E. TEACHER

Location

OUR LADY'S CATHOLIC COLLEGE, LANCASTER
Morecambe Road , Lancaster , Lancashire , LA1 2RX
Tel: 01524 66689
School website: www.olcc.lancs.sch.uk
Roll: 1036

Information

The Governors of Our Lady's Catholic College, Lancaster are seeking to recruit a teacher of Religious Education.  We wish to appoint a dynamic and dedicated individual to join our successful RE department.  The post will require the teacher to deliver lessons in a high quality RE curriculum, ensuring they meet the needs of all students.  The post holder can work with an excellent Chaplaincy in non-contact time to support the Catholic Life and Mission of the school.  We require our RE teacher to be an excellent faith witness who will inspire staff and pupils.

Inspection – Section 48

We were recently inspected by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate.  They graded us ‘outstanding’ for Catholic Life and Mission, ‘outstanding’ for Collective Worship and ‘good’ for Religious Education.

Their feedback was wonderful:

Our Lady's Catholic College lives out its vision to be a family of faith where all are nurtured to grow in virtue through Christ's example.

An experienced religious education team is implementing consistent strategies for further improvement.

There is an atmosphere of respect, welcome and excellent behaviour and students enjoy being involved.

The Gospel and Catholic social teaching at the heart of decision-making in a spirit of servant leadership.

The majority enjoy religious education and speak of it positively, answering questions using appropriate vocabulary.

Student are very well behaved in religious education and engage in their lessons.

There is consistent departmental strategy for teaching and learning.

There is a clear vision on teaching, learning and assessment form the subject lead

The full report is attached.
Our Lady's Catholic College is a successful comprehensive school with an excellent sixth form provision situated in Lancaster, Lancashire.  We are growing in popularity and currently oversubscribed due to recent improvements not only in results but also in pupils’ behaviour.  Parents recognise the excellent standard of pastoral care and we have a culture of high expectations resulting in a happy school to work and learn in.

We belong to a Catholic Teaching Alliance and have a sharp focus on research based CPD which allows our staff to engage in the current approaches to understand how learning takes place.  This inspires our staff to give the best possible learning experience to enable our pupils to be more effective learners.

You will see that our most recent Ofsted inspection took place straight after returning from the Covid 19 lockdown.  We feel that we were judged at a time when we were still finding our feet again after a turbulent period that was spent supporting our families.  Since their visit, we have made many improvements and remain a school that wants to move forward, improve and develop for the sake of our pupils, irrespective of any Ofsted grade.  We would love the opportunity to show you what a fabulous school we have.  If you would like to join our school, please arrange a visit to come and see the real picture.  We are certain that you will be impressed with our wonderful family community.

We encourage applications from ECTs

For more information, please refer to the attached documents.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Please note CVs are not accepted, to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form attached.

This position is part time, term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent. If successful, the salary received will be paid on a pro –rata basis.

The closing date is 9am 07/07/2025

Proposed Interview Date:

10/07/2025 

Application forms and further details are available from/returnable to

Application form attached. Please return completed applications electronically to: recruitment@olcc.lancs.sch.uk

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.