Salary:

MPR/UPS Plus Fringe

Job type:

Full Time, Part Time, Permanent

Start date:

September 2025

Apply by:

22 April 2025

Job overview

RS Teacher

Introduction

Working as part of a lively, well-managed and successful team to deliver interesting and stimulating lessons, we are seeking someone with commitment and enthusiasm. There is a supportive climate of cooperation, resulting in detailed schemes of work and excellent resources.

The Department is led by an experienced Head of Department and is fully staffed with a mixture of full and part time members. Teaching and Learning Responsibility points are offered to staff in the Department to apply for annually. The successful candidate is likely to be a form tutor.

Salary

Main Pay Range - Upper Pay Range (plus Fringe)

£33,074 p.a. - £50,470 p.a.

ECT Salary backdated to 1st August 2025.

Full benefit and protection of the School Teacher Pay and Conditions

Contract

Full Time or Part Time Permanent

Responsible to

Head of Religious Studies

Who we are:

Ashcombe is highly sought-after, with very high levels of interest for September 2025. This is due to a wide range of factors including its facilities, academic results, standards of teaching, pastoral care, the wide range of trips and extra-curricular activities and the resultant attitudes of its pupils. In our 2022 ‘Investors in People’ Report, our staff said:

“It is a great place to work, and I can see all the things that are happening - it’s all positive”

What we offer:

• The Religious Studies Department is a lively, well managed and successful. It is well resourced,
• A supportive climate of cooperation, resulting in detailed schemes of work and excellent resources
• Courses run for both GCSE and A-Level students
• An excellent ECT programme
• Regular professional development opportunities
• Day nursery on site with preferential rates for staff
• On-site parking
• Close to A25, M25 and local train stations

What we 're looking for:

• A person who is passionate about Religious Studies and will inspire creativity within our students
• An ability to deliver the curriculum to a high standard
• An open minded approach to expanding and encouraging knowledge growth in students of all abilities
• We are seeking someone with the commitment and enthusiasm to be part of a lively, well managed and successful team

What Ofsted say:

“‘Pupils’ attitudes towards learning are very positive. Pupils are attentive and responsive in equal measure in lessons. As a result, there is a very harmonious learning atmosphere”

How to apply:

Click the ‘Quick apply’ button below to complete an application form.

Closing date:

To apply, please go to our website

The Ashcombe School - Working Here

to download and complete the Teacher Application Form. Please send your completed version to

hr@ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk.

To apply, please go to our website

The Ashcombe School - Working Here

to download and complete the Teacher Application Form. Please send your completed version to

hr@ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk

Chris Panting, Headteacher, will present an overview of the school by Zoom on Tuesday 8th April 2025 at 6.00pm. A school tour is available on request but is part of the interview process. Please email

hr@ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk

to register for these events.

The closing date for applications is 8.00am on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 but early application is advised, as the school reserves the right to interview and appoint as applications are received and before the closing date.

Candidates selected for interview will be informed by email. We do not generally contact candidates who are not shortlisted.

The Ashcombe School

About The Ashcombe School

The Ashcombe School

Ashcombe Road, Dorking

Surrey

RH4 1LY

United Kingdom

+44 1306 886312

The Ashcombe School is a high-achieving genuinely comprehensive school with a very successful Sixth Form and is a vibrant and inspiring place to work. We continually look to support exceptional pastoral care, high levels of attainment across the ability range and provide an enviable range of extra-curricular activities to prepare and enable young people to lead fulfilled lives.

We are ambitious for all our students and staff and each year are proud to have a strong cohort who not only go on to the most prestigious universities and courses, but to a range of other challenging and high-quality opportunities. We have an unwavering commitment to inclusion to ensure that every young person who comes into the school is supported and challenged to reach their potential.

Located in Dorking in the heart of the beautiful Surrey Hills, with excellent travel connections, the school has well-resourced teaching facilities for all subjects. The school is continuing a significant and innovative programme of modernisation and improvement to classrooms, communal spaces, dining areas and sports facilities, ensuring a stimulating and inspirational environment for staff and students.

Working at The Ashcombe is challenging and rewarding and ensures the school enjoys a strong level of staff retention.

10 Reasons to join us at The Ashcombe School

• Excellent ECT programme including salary backdated to August
• Visible, active, and supportive Senior Leadership Team
• Students who are enthusiastic, fun, and respectful
• A whole staff team which is inclusive and welcoming
• A school which is highly valued by parents and has a clear place in the community
• Career development programme for all staff
• Part of a small independent MAT with opportunities to work with colleagues from two secondary schools
• A wide-ranging offer of extracurricular activities and trip opportunities
• Additional benefits including staff gym, free lunches for duty and INSET
• Work-life and family-friendly policies

Our staff and students are our strongest reasons to join us, and are very happy to confirm this to visitors and candidates - come and see for yourself.