School: Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust Location: Gateshead Salary: Main Pay Scale 1 - 6/Upper Pay Scale 1 - 3 (£32,916 - £51,048) Hours: 1.0 FTE, temporary maternity cover Contractual Status: Temporary Closing Date: 2nd Dec 2025 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) Hours: 1.0 FTE, Temporary maternity cover Start date: March 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 Science 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 Science 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 http://bwcet.com/vacancies/ where applications can be completed online. Closing date: Midnight on Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Interview date: TBC 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. Visit School Website Applying for: Teacher of Science (Maternity Cover) Required Please fill out the form below to apply for this vacancy. Please remember to attach any required supporting documents such as an application form etc: Name:* Email:* Mobile:* Supporting Documents Drop files here or Accepted file types: jpg, pdf, txt, odt, wps, doc, docx, indd, ai, pages, ppt. Newsletter Subscription Please tick this box if you would like to sign up to our newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in the emails that are sent to you. This iframe contains the logic required to handle Ajax powered Gravity Forms.