Teacher of RE

  • Employer: Plashet School
  • Salary: Main Pay Scale (Teachers pay and conditions)
  • Location: Plashet School
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Working Pattern: Part Time
  • Hours: 13 hours per week.
  • DBS Check: Enhanced
  • Closing Date: 03/02/2020 at 09:00
  • Reference: Sec/20/119766

Plashet Grove, East Ham, London E6 1DG

Head Teacher: Rachel McGowan

Email: info@plashet.newham.sch.uk

Website: www.plashetschoolnewham.com

Part-time Teacher of RE – 0.4 with flexibility to increase to 0.6.

Required from Monday 2nd March.

Situated in the heart of East Ham Plashet is an outstanding comprehensive 11 - 16 girls’ school of 1440 students. Our Progress 8 score for 2019 was +0.66 and places us in the top 5% of schools nationally.

We offer: 

  • A high achieving, over-subscribed girl’s school producing excellent rates of student progression. 
  • Last summer (2019) our Philosophy, Religion and Ethics results were 96% grades 9-4, 88% grades 9-5, 52% grades 7-9 with 13% achieving grade 9. 237 students were entered for this GCSE qualification as it features as part of our core KS4 curriculum.
  • An outstanding and highly inclusive learning environment rated thus by Ofsted since 1999.
  • A stimulating and challenging learning environment where we as staff are as active in, and committed to, learning as our students.
  • An outstanding NQT, RQT induction and staff development programme.
  • A professional environment that is focused on supporting staff wellbeing by having manageable teaching contact time, meeting cycles and assessment, recording and reporting expectations.

You will need: 

  • Excellent subject knowledge and skills, the ability to teach GCSE with particular emphasis on academic stretch and challenge.
  • The desire to improve this subject knowledge as well as your teaching through working collaboratively within a subject team.
  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
  • An unerring commitment to comprehensive education. 


Plashet School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.

For application documents please go to our website or alternatively contact Noreen Malik, HR Officer, on 0208 471 2418.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.


Application Deadline: 09.00 Monday 3rd February 2020.

Interviews: Friday 7th February or Monday 10th February 2020.

Equal Opportunities

The School has a strong commitment to achieving equality of opportunity in both services to the community and the employment of people and expects all employees to understand and promote its policies in their work.

How to apply

Please apply online. For technical difficulties, please contact the Support Team 020 7427 8250. For further information about the role, please contact the school directly.

Further information on this vacancy

This vacancy is now closed