King Edward's Witley
Surrey
Salary:
Competitive plus benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Maternity Cover
Start date:
08 September 2025
Apply by:
5 September 2025
Job overview
Required for September 2025
This is an exceptional opportunity for a Religious Studies and Philosophy teacher to join a flourishing boarding and day school set on an attractive 100-acre campus and in a beautiful part of rural Surrey. This is a maternity cover role; full-time and part-time (0.8) will be considered.
The successful candidate will teach Religious Studies and Philosophy, with the Religious Studies component covering both GCSE and KS3 teaching. At KS3, the role will involve introducing students to a broad range of religious concepts and encouraging exploration of different belief systems, ethical issues, and moral frameworks. At GCSE, students will delve deeper into the study of world religions, ethics, and philosophy, preparing them for the challenges of examining religious beliefs and practices in a modern context.
Ideally, the successful candidate will be able to teach the A-Level Metaphysics of God module as part of the AQA Philosophy course, exploring classical and contemporary arguments surrounding the existence and nature of God, as well as key philosophical questions, such as the problem of evil and the compatibility of faith and reason. This is, however, optional.
They will:
* inspire and motivate pupils to achieve and develop their full potential
* work with the Head of Department to deliver effective, engaging and interesting subject teaching
* support the School's expectation of excellent educational provision and safeguard and promote the welfare of children
All full-time teachers have responsibility for the academic tutoring of around 16 pupils. Part of the tutoring responsibility involves a duty evening in one of the Houses. All full-time staff also play a part in the co-curricular and pastoral life of the School according to their skills and aptitude: at King Edward's, a very wide range of sports, arts, community and other activities is offered in the afternoons and on Saturday mornings. Although there are no lessons on Saturday mornings, the weekend programme is a busy one, and all teaching staff should expect to participate in one way or another.
In return, we offer a rewarding environment, as well as a number of notable benefits, such as free school lunches, free on-site parking, use of our schools' gym and pool facilities, and competitive rates of pay.
King Edward's School is a co-educational boarding and day 11–18 school for some 470 pupils, around 30% of whom are full boarders. We are an HMC school and proud of our unique heritage and place among British co-educational independent schools.
For further details, please visit our website
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To apply, please complete the Application Form via the Apply button.
Closing date for applications: Noon on Friday 5th September 2025.
Applications will be considered on receipt, and early application for this wonderful opportunity is recommended, as we reserve the right to interview and offer the position prior to the closing date.
We are fully committed to equality and diversity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Please refer to our websites or ask HR for our child protection and rehabilitation of offenders policies. All successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure through DBS. Applicants from underrepresented groups are particularly welcome.
About King Edward's Witley
King Edward's Witley
Petworth Road, Godalming
Surrey
GU8 5SG
United Kingdom
King Edward's – yesterday, today, tomorrow
Yesterday
As one of the longest-standing co-educational schools in the country and one of only two remaining Royal Hospitals from Tudor times, King Edward's Witley has a rich history of providing an education which is holistic, inclusive and progressive.
Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, convinced the boy King Edward VI to grant his palace at Bridewell on the banks of the Thames to the Lord Mayor of London, so creating the parent foundation – Bridewell Royal Hospital – as a place for the training and education of poor children in 1553. In 1860, the new charity scheme for Bridewell Royal Hospital was created and the House of Occupations was renamed King Edward's School admitting boys and girls from aged 10.
The pupils from King Edward's Boys' School moved to its current site in Witley in 1867 and the School now occupies around 100 acres of stunning Surrey countryside. The School became co-educational again in 1952 and 2017 marked the 150th anniversary of the Witley school on its current site.
Today and tomorrow
We are steadfastly proud of our heritage and longstanding engagement with the City of London through the Bridewell Foundation. King Edward's Witley and Barrow Hills School are the operational arms of Bridewell Royal Hospital, a charitable Foundation from which both schools inherit a culture with diversity, generosity, opportunity and social responsibility at its heart, combining a global outlook with a sense of local belonging. More concretely, a significant endowment from Bridewell allows us to provide boarding places to pupils with a clear boarding need – our Foundationers.
King Edward's holds true to its Founders' mission to offer a foundation for life to young people from a range of backgrounds. At King Edward's this means an exciting and challenging curriculum, a broad range of sporting, artistic, social and cultural opportunities and an environment which is specifically created to inculcate the values of independent learning, responsibility for others and the enjoyment of challenge.
Pupil experience is at the heart of what we do. The School has over 475 pupils, many of whom are day pupils from primary and Prep Schools. Boarding is a core pillar of the King Edward's community, with over 140 boarders accommodated in Houses including an Upper Sixth pre-university House. All pupils, day and boarder belong to a house and are cared for by their Housemaster/ Housemistress and their team.
Around 30% of pupils live abroad, in over 30 different countries and there is a growing cohort of local day pupils. The Sixth Form generally numbers more than 100 pupils, most of whom go on to study at Russell Group, Oxford and Cambridge (in small numbers), and leading European or US-based universities.
Tradition continues to be highly valued and close links with the City of London remain through the Court of Bridewell (Board of Governors). The Lord Mayor attends Admissions Day and the School's annual Foundation Day Service at St. Bride's Church. Pupils participate in a range of events and activities associated with the City of London, perpetuating the School's links with its historic roots.
The School has a long tradition of philanthropy and addressing disadvantage and vulnerability. King Edward's offers welfare bursaries through the Bridewell Foundation, livery companies and other charities, for young people who are less advantaged and who have a particular need for a boarding education. Over 50 pupils are supported by the Foundation and other charities with financial contributions equal to annual boarding fees to attend the School. King Edward's is proud of its ongoing work transforming the lives of disadvantaged young people through providing a safe, fulfilling and purposeful educational environment.
The Head is a member of HMC.
Further details of the School are to be found in the Independent Schools' Yearbook, or on our website
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