It's time to work in a job you love; at Oasis Community Learning we are committed to delivering excellence for everyone, entitling our students, staff and community to an exceptional education. We believe in the power of inclusion. And nowhere more so than our Oasis Academy Mayfield.
At Oasis Mayfield we seek to ensure staff, students and our wider community uphold our ethos of being kind, proud and determined. To achieve this we have three simple priorities.
- Leading happy and Healthy lives
- Transforming lives and empowering communities
- Providing an exceptional educational experience
To help realise our goal and vision we are recruiting an ambitious subject leader to continue the transformation of our Religious Studies department. This role offers excellent opportunities for the right candidate to work as part of our strong Middle Leadership Team.
What you will bring: A full job description is attached but, in summary, this role offers excellent opportunities for an ambitious candidate to model excellence and strategically lead this significant area of our school. The ideal candidate would have:
- A passion for RE
- A track-record of getting the very best from students
- The ability to motivate and inspire both staff and students
- Experience of leading and developing others
- A commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos
Our offer to you: In joining Oasis you will be part of an ethos built on inclusion, equality, healthy relationships, and a deep commitment to the communities we serve.
At Oasis Mayfield we place a high value on the personal development and professional learning for our staff and all teaching staff have reduced contact time accordingly.
By being part of Oasis Community Learning, which has 50+ academies nationally, you will benefit from a strong support network and partnership within the South Coast and South West regions. You will have many opportunities to develop and share best practice to drive continual improvement, including through regional improvement networks and access to a competitive CPD programme nationally.
When you join the Oasis family there are a number of offers you'll receive that make us stand out as an employer of choice. These include but are not limited to:
- An exceptional CPD offer including fortnightly personalised Incremental Coaching, weekly Academy-wide and department-based CPD and termly Trust-based CPD.
- A pre-planned, fully resourced, Trust-wide curriculum with the autonomy to adapt for your students - no planning lessons from scratch!
- A centralised Culture for Learning policy which allows the teacher to teach and students to learn. You will be fully supported too by a superb Pastoral and SEND team.
- A streamlined, personalised feedback & assessment policy, created to minimise staff workload and maximise student progression.
- The opportunity to run a weekly extra-curricular club of your choosing, and to share your hidden talents with students!
- The opportunity to further your career within the Trust and region.
- Trust wide recognition of the challenges to mental health, facing both staff and students, and the support of our National Mental Health Team which is staffed by professionally qualified Mental Health Nurses.
- Inclusion at the heart of everything!
So what are you waiting for! Go ahead and complete the application form and tell us all about you, your experience and how your ambition to see every student succeed matches ours.
Recruitment timeline We are looking to get the right candidate in role for September 2025. We actively encourage early applications, and position will close at midday on 20th May and interviews will be held on 23rd May.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis Community Learning ethos.
Attachments 2 Teacher Recruitment Brochure
Equal Opportunities - Printable with options for candidates
GDPR Notice
Lead Teacher RE Job Description April 2021
Safeguarding Statement: Oasis Academy Mayfield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.