Teacher of Religious Education

Company: St Francis CMAT, incorporated
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Location: Rotherham
Job Description:

St Bernard’s Catholic High School, Rotherham Posted 2 weeks ago

Contract

26 Hours per week Temporary – Maternity Cover

Start Date October 2026 although September 2026 would be considered

Reporting to Headteacher

Closing Date Monday 13 July 2026 at 9am

Interviews Week commencing 13th July 2026

We are delighted that you are considering applying for the role of Teacher of Religious Education at St Bernard’s Catholic High School.

St Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust was established in September 2022 as part of the Bishop of Hallam’s vision for education. Today the St Francis family embraces 14 schools, 12 Primary Schools and 2 High School across the Local Authorities of Doncaster, Nottinghamshire and Rotherham. We are set to grow to 24 schools at capacity.

We serve our children and families through being committed to providing the highest standard of education, where academia and personal growth are our priorities rooted in our Catholic faith.

Our schools are unique serving wide ranging communities, we celebrate this individuality and support our schools to meet the needs of the children and families in their care. As individual schools we are joined together in our Catholic faith, delivering education which is rooted in Gospel Teachings. This creates our community which comes together to share excellence, learn from each other and champion our children.

We believe that education, along with the community that we have grown, is the most powerful tool we have to shape the future for our children.

About the Role

We are looking for an inspirational teacher to join an outstanding department and deliver high quality provision to our pupils. The candidate will work closely with the Curriculum Leader to develop new and innovative ideas that lead to academic excellence, as well as allowing pupils to further develop their confidence in this area of school life.

Main Purpose of the job

  • To support and contribute to the Catholic life of St Bernard’s community
  • To ensure the effective education of students in assigned classes in line with departmental and whole school objectives, policies and schemes of work

About the Candidate

We are looking for someone to join the trust in:

  • Blessing our schools with community, wisdom and awe.

Support in teaching not just from books but from lessons of kindness, humility and compassion.

Support with instilling a love for learning, a thirst for knowledge and a passion for always making the world a better place.

Providing guidance so that all our community can reach their true potential

About St Francis

At St Francis, we are passionate about being the Employer of Choice for our staff. We are committed to identifying and nurturing talent, succession planning for the future and implementing outstanding training and development so that our staff progress in their careers from the earliest starting point of ITT and apprenticeship through to executive leadership.

We are also dedicated to providing the highest level of support for wellbeing and personal growth. We want our staff to genuinely love coming to work and we will work tirelessly to create a working environment to ensure that this is the case

Think this is the role for you?

To find out more about the role please review the Recruitment pack.

If you are interested in this post, informal visits to our school are very warmly welcomed; just contact us to arrange an appointment to come and meet with the Headteacher.

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Posted: July 9th, 2026