Dates: Apply by: Monday 23rd June (12.00pm)
Start date: Autumn Term 2025
Salary: UNQ/ MPS / UPS (+ NST payment £600)
Location: 152 Syon Lane, Isleworth, TW7 5PN
Contract type: Full-time
Contract term: Permanent
School Size: 1400 pupils
Do you want to work at an ambitious school with bright, well-behaved, and engaged learners? Are you interested in helping students gain a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and talented Teacher of Religious Education to play a key role in shaping the curriculum of our outstanding, multifaith school. This role would suit an experienced teacher, middle leader, or an individual with experience of senior leadership within a school.
Unique features of this role include:
* The chance to build upon the school’s first set of A level results in August 2025.
* The opportunity to work in one of the top-performing all-through schools in England.
* A bespoke CPD package relevant to the successful candidate’s career stage.
Nishkam School West London is a flagship school for our Trust, offering all-through provision on an expansive 11-acre green site. Our students are bright, diligent, and well-mannered. The school achieved an Attainment 8 score of 61 and a Progress 8 score of 0.91 in the 2023/24 academic year. Our Progress 8 for disadvantaged students placed us 27th in the country for 2023/24. The school achieved an outstanding judgement across all areas in its full Section 5 inspection in January 2024. Opportunities like these are few and far between and will interest those with creative minds and high aspirations, seeking to inspire a new generation of children through a virtues-led, multi-faith curriculum. The journey will be one of leading your classes to excellence as the school grows to capacity, which will be immensely rewarding for the right individual.
Background: Nishkam School West London is an innovative, state-of-the-art, all-through 4-19 school. Nishkam’s outstanding primary school opened in 2013 and the secondary in September 2018. The school is part of a highly successful MultiAcademy Trust (6 schools, 2 nurseries; 1 vocational college in Kenya).
* “Pupils are proud to attend this aspirational school. Pupils feel valued as individuals within the school community. The behaviour of pupils is exemplary. Pupils enjoy attending the extensive range of clubs and the well-thought-out experiences, trips, and visits. Leaders ensure that all pupils can fully participate in these activities.”
* “Leaders are relentless in their desire to improve the school. Staff feel that leaders are considerate of their workload and well-being. They are proud to work at this school.”
* “The school has extremely high expectations for pupils’ behaviour. These expectations are modelled by all staff consistently. Disruption to pupils’ learning across the school is rare because the curriculum and teaching are thoroughly engaging. As a result, pupils consistently strive to succeed.”
* “Pupils are taught to be good citizens through exceptional personal development programmes. Pupils learn the value of making a positive contribution to society. They have very positive attitudes towards people with different backgrounds.”
Ofsted-January 2024
As a Teacher of Religious Education at Nishkam School West London, you will work in a pioneering group, Nishkam School Trust (NST). NST is one of the first multi-academy free school trusts in the UK. The Trust has opened two free schools in Birmingham (a primary in 2011 and a secondary in 2012), both judged Ofsted Outstanding, and a third, a primary free school in Wolverhampton. The Trust continues to expand and has recently welcomed two more primary schools in Derby and Leeds into the Nishkam family. We are seeking a highly committed and innovative leader to work closely with other teachers across both primary and secondary phases.
NST has developed an inclusive, virtues-led, multi-faith educational approach that nurtures pupils of all faiths and those of no particular faith. The Nishkam ethos promotes a selfless mindset, aspiring to excellence, serving others, creating supportive communities, and realizing our potential. This ethos is embedded in every aspect of the school.
* I love working at this school because it is well managed.
* I feel well supported here. Concerns are heard and support is provided whenever needed.
* There is a very strong SLT that strives for excellence, making it a wonderful place to work and develop.
* This is a fine school with a positive direction. Staff enjoy working here, despite the busy workload and high expectations, which are viewed as positives. I truly enjoy working at this school.
Survey Responses - Autumn 2024
The Role
The role begins in Autumn Term 2025. You will:
* Collaborate with primary colleagues and develop the secondary phase’s curriculum.
* Shape the school’s ethos and routines, especially in learning and teaching.
* Share your expertise with other subject teachers across the Trust.
* Participate in global charitable initiatives.
This is an exceptional opportunity to work in a vibrant, supportive environment that welcomes students and staff of all faiths and backgrounds.
The Environment: The school is situated on 11 acres of green space in a purpose-built facility housing the all-through school.
Our expectations are that you will:
* Believe all pupils can and will achieve highly.
* Build an environment based on virtues such as compassion, humility, and service, recognizing all humanity as one.
* Ensure excellence in learning, teaching, and achievement, especially at GCSE and A Level.
* Nurture a culture that values childhood, encourages adventure, and fosters lifelong learning.
* Develop an enriched curriculum that explores students’ interests and new horizons.
* Engage parents actively in their children’s learning.
* Build strong links within the local community.
* Contribute to the Nishkam ethos by sharing best practices locally and nationally.
* Report to the Senior Leadership Team.
* Work closely with the Local Governing Body.
* Collaborate with colleagues across both phases.
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