School Lay Chaplain
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School:
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
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Location:
Gateshead
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Salary:
Grade F, SCP 14-19 (£28,624 - £31,067 per annum, pro rata)
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Hours:
37 hours per week
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Contractual Status:
Permanent
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Closing Date:
16th May 2025
Location: St Thomas More Catholic School, Croftdale Road, Blaydon-On-Tyne, NE21 4BQ
Grade: Grade F, SCP 14-19 (£28,624 – £31,067 per annum, pro rata)
Hours: Permanent, 37 hours per week, Term time only + 2 weeks (40 weeks). Will consider part-time.
Start Date: Required as soon as possible
Group Size: 6 (1,400 pupils on roll)
Applications are invited from practising and committed Catholics for the post of School Lay Chaplain at St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon. The school are open to considering part-time working hours for this post.
We are wishing to recruit a School Lay Chaplain who can ensure through their own experiences and beliefs, that the school is distinctively Catholic in all its aspects. We are supportive of individuals’ pursuit of further education and qualifications linked to the role and will consider requests for the successful candidate to undertake a postgraduate Chaplaincy qualification.
Our school aims to provide a stimulating and encouraging environment within which students can attain the highest standards of which they are capable, and to assist them in taking their place in the world outside school in a useful and fulfilling career, with a firm sense of Christian commitment. We are strongly committed to the education of the whole child and being ‘the principal means of helping parents to fulfil their role in education’ [Canon Law: 796].
We are proud to be part of the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, a family of secondary, middle, primary and first schools in Durham, Gateshead, Northumberland and Sunderland. Bishop Wilkinson is the largest Catholic Education Trust in the North East of England and will have a total of 48 schools. This is an exciting time to join our supportive and growing team.
St Thomas More is a school that places significant value on collaboration and as such is dedicated to working with our partner schools to improve the quality of education for all students in our care.
For an application form and further details about this vacancy please visit our website http://bwcet.com/vacancies/ where an application pack can be downloaded. Please return your completed application pack to recruitment@bwcet.com prior to the closing date.
To arrange an informal visit, please contact the school via email stm-recruitment@stm.bwcet.com or contact via telephone on: 0191 499 0111. Further information about the school is available online at www.stthomasmore.org.uk
Closing Date: 9am on Friday, 16th May 2025
Shortlisting Date: Friday, 23rd May 2025
Interview Date: Monday, 2nd June 2025
The Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and is subject to an enhanced DBS check. An online search will be completed for all shortlisted candidates.
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, formerly The Trinity Catholic Multi Academy Trust was set up on 1 February 2012. Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead was the first school in the trust.
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, is currently a family of 5 secondary schools and 21 primary schools from across Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham and Northumberland, in the west of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. The Trust is expanding rapidly and will reach a total of 48 schools by Summer 2022.
We feel very privileged to be able to work with our wonderful children and the amazingly gifted and dedicated staff and leaders across all of our schools. Our motivation and general philosophy are built on ever improving standards of discipline, nurture and care, teaching and learning and quality of leadership. Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust will be a partnership that affirms the dignity of the individual. The person is at the heart of Christ’s teaching: this is why the promotion of the human person is the goal of our Trust.
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