Job Description

St Thomas More Catholic School

Gateshead
32,916 - 51,048 per year


Expiring soon

Salary:

Main Pay Scale 1 - 6 / Upper Pay Scale 1 - 3 (32,916 - 51,048 per annum, pro rata)

Job type:

Part Time, Fixed Term

Apply by:

21 September 2025

Job overview

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Location: St Thomas More Catholic School, Croftdale Road, Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 4BQ

Grade: Main Pay Scale 1 - 6 / Upper Pay Scale 1 - 3 (32,916 - 51,048 per annum, pro rata)





Hours: 0.4 FTE, Fixed Term Contract until 31st August 2026





St Thomas More Catholic School is a co-educational Catholic Academy which provides for the education needs of 11-18 year old pupils from the west of Gateshead L.A. We are part of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and have a strong commitment to Catholic Education.





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, which will have a total of 48 schools. 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.





We have an exciting opportunity for a Teacher of English to join St Thomas More Catholic School.





The successful candidate will be a strong classroom practitioner who has the ability to motivate young people of all abilities and will be able to work well as part of a dynamic hardworking team who put teaching and learning at the forefront of everything that they do. You will contribute to the development of an excellent standard of teaching within the English department. You will be passionate about raising the achievement of all students, particularly the disadvantaged, including those with SEND.





For an application form and further details about this vacancy please visit our website https://bwcet.com/work-for-us/vacancies/ where applications can be completed online.





Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 21st September 2025


Interview date: TBC





The Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects 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.


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About

St Thomas More Catholic School

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St Thomas More Catholic School

Croftdale Road, Blaydon-on-Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE21 4BQ
United Kingdom

+44 191 4990111

Located in the North East , close to the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, St Thomas More Catholic School serves pupils age 11 to 18.



The school has excellent transport links to major rail and road networks. Connected by seven bridges across the river Tyne, Newcastle and Gateshead form a unique, diverse and vibrant location to work and live.



In 2013 Ofsted judged St Thomas More Catholic School as 'outstanding' across all areas, and it was one of the first schools to be designated a Teaching School in 2011 by the National College of Teaching and Leadership.

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