Commencing Autumn 2016
General
St Paul's is a selective independent boys’ school with about 940 pupils in the age range 13 to 18, of whom up to 35 are boarders. The School (which includes around 440 Juniors aged 7 to 13 years) occupies a superb 45 acre site on the south bank of the Thames, west of Hammersmith Bridge. St Paul’s excels academically at both A level and GCSE, with some of the highest national scores, but it is the work beyond the curriculum that excites both students and teachers alike. Teaching takes place within an eight period day, five days a week.

The Theology and Philosophy Department
This is an outstanding opportunity to join the vibrant and dynamic Theology and Philosophy Department of one of the country’s most academic independent schools. Enthusiasm for philosophy in the school is running high and is increasing year on year. Growth in the number of students opting for our subjects has necessitated the appointment of another full-time teacher to join our ambitious and popular department.

The successful candidate will show excellent ability to teach the philosophy papers on the Pre-U Philosophy and Theology syllabus, the capacity to teach the Edexcel iGCSE in Religious Studies, the ability to contribute to our internally-written schemes of work in Moral Philosophy for years 9 and 10, and the potential to help raise further the profile of philosophy within the school by enthusing pupils with a love of the subject, and by expanding our super-curricular programme.

Teaching in our department is discursive, class sizes are very small, and pupils are extremely bright and engaged. The post would be suitable for those with wholly academic backgrounds as well as for those with backgrounds in secondary education.

Some 30 boys will start Pre-U Philosophy and Theology next September, 25 at GCSE. Our examination results are consistently extremely impressive, and our university entrance statistics are outstanding.

We provide an exceptional range of super-curricular opportunities for our students, including a programme of very well-attended lectures by internationally recognised academics, several student-run philosophy societies, and mentoring for student-led research. We also take full advantage of the public opportunities for philosophy on offer at the Aristotelian Society, the Institute of Philosophy, and London’s universities. We have recently hosted talks by, among many others, Tim Crane, David Papineau, Hallvard Lillehammer, A.C. Grayling, John Cottingham and Jonathan Dancy. We count Isaiah Berlin and Benjamin Jowett amongst our alumni.

Each year, many of our pupils apply to university to read courses involving philosophy, and a course of research-led undergraduate-style seminars is offered annually in preparation for this.

Additional Information
Selection will be made on an equal opportunities basis. Members of staff, once established, are normally expected to become tutors and take on pastoral responsibility for up to 15 boys across the age-range.

We offer salaries significantly above the National Scale, a subsidised accommodation scheme, and a highly discounted education for the children of staff, subject to competitive entry.

Application Form
Further details and an application form can be obtained from the School’s website www.stpaulsschool.org.uk via the ‘Careers’ tab in the footer. Applications should be sent via email, to hmsec [__at__] stpaulsschool [dot] org [dot] uk and the closing deadline for all applications is Wednesday 16th March 2016. Interviews will take place on Monday 21st March 2016. Please feel free to contact the Head of Theology and Philosophy, Dr. Rufus Duits rad [__at__] stpaulsschool [dot] org [dot] uk, if you would like to discuss any aspect of the post.

March 2016