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Streatham & Clapham High School (SCHS) has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and inspirational teacher to deliver engaging Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (PRE) lessons on a part time basis.
You will teach PRE lessons from Year 7 to Year 9, as well as Religious, Philosophical and Moral Issues at GCSE and A Level, enthusing your pupils and developing their understanding of the moral, spiritual and philosophical aspects of life. You will facilitate pupil progress through clear guidance and assessment, inspiring excellent attainment by delivering high standards of teaching and learning. You will also assist students with university applications and will actively promote the subject within the school and externally.
We are looking for a committed individual with previous PRE teaching experience at Key Stages 3 to 5 and experience of teaching at GCSE and A Level. With sound behaviour management, organisational and interpersonal skills, you will also possess previous experience of organising or participating in co-curricular activities. A good honours degree, Qualified Teacher Status, as well as excellent professional and subject knowledge is also essential.
This is a part time role working two days per week, commencing in January or April 2025.
About the Department
The Philosophy, Religion and Ethics department is currently staffed by a Head of PRE and two part-time teachers. We equip pupils with the skills they need to think for themselves, and to foster an attitude of respect and tolerance that is necessary for life in a multicultural and pluralist society.
We organise trips to places of worship, museums and arrange for pupils to participate in study days and conferences. Pupils are also encouraged to enter national competitions such as ‘Art in Heaven’ and university essay competitions throughout the year.
About Streatham & Clapham High School
Streatham & Clapham High School is a vibrant, exciting and fulfilling place in which to work. The School is characterised by a warm, welcoming and supportive atmosphere. New colleagues are supported through a personalised induction programme.
As part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
• Free lunches for all staff during term time
• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
• A Cycle to Work scheme
• Good transport links
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Applications should be received no later than midday, Tuesday 8 October 2024.
Interviews will take place the week commencing 14 October 2024, though the school reserves the right to appoint an exceptional candidate at any stage of the application process.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.

Streatham & Clapham High School (SCHS) is a highly successful independent, academically selective school for girls aged 3-18. It offers an inspiring, enlightened and rigorously challenging education in a lively, vibrant and warmly supportive environment. We celebrate diversity and draw strength from our rich social and cultural mix. SCHS pupils achieve examination results which place the school in the top tier of UK independent schools at GCSE and A Level.
This reflects the school’s belief that all pupils should be inspired to outperform expectations on a daily basis. The pursuit of excellence is thus our defining feature. Along the way, our pupils learn the beauty of reason, the allure of the aesthetic, and the vitality of the physical. They are empowered to navigate the landscape of the human spirit and to achieve beyond the realms of expectation.
The Prep School (3-11) and Senior School (11-18) occupy separate sites. The Senior School inhabits a four-acre site in a delightfully tranquil and leafy oasis of south London. Pupils benefit from first-class facilities, including ICT suites, music and music technology suites, a recital hall, technology workshops, a full-size indoor sports hall, dance and art studios, and sports pitches and tennis courts. Major investment in exciting development and refurbishment plans includes a new Sixth Form Centre and a Creative Arts Centre.
SCHS is abuzz with activity. Pupils regularly put on ambitious drama productions. The school has four choirs, a full orchestra and a variety of chamber-music groups. Its pupils participate in a legion of sporting activities, in which they achieve great success. SCHS’s Gymnastics teams, for instance, were the best in England in the 2012 National Gymnastics Competition. However, pupils attain success across the spectrum of activity, from achieving outstanding results in public-speaking competitions, to winning prizes for the crash-testing of vehicles at Imperial College; from gaining awards for eco-action and sustainability, to trekking across the Atlas Mountains in Morocco or to the base camp of Mount Everest.
We are convinced that intrinsic to our pupils’ success are our expert and alert pastoral systems. The warmly supportive environment and the school’s family ethos enable all pupils to be known, valued and nurtured as individuals. This helps them to make outstanding progress, both academically and in their personal development.
SCHS has a vibrant, purposeful and happy culture with a focus on supporting all pupils to achieve beyond their potential.

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