The opportunity has arisen for an imaginative and motivated Teacher of RS and Philosophy to join our dynamic and popular department. Pupils’ enthusiasm for the study of RS and Philosophy is encouraged by creative, varied and challenging courses at all levels of the School, up to and including Oxbridge preparation.
Hampton is one of the country’s foremost independent schools where equity, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our ethos. We have a healthy tradition of Religious Studies and Philosophy at all levels. The GCSE and AS Level courses are popular and extremely well-supported, regularly drawing some of the School’s brightest pupils.
Around 75% of our Upper Sixth cohorts over the past three years have chosen to pursue these subjects at university. Indeed, we regularly send students to read Philosophy and Theology courses at Oxford, Cambridge, and other leading universities. Our aim is to provide genuinely imaginative, varied, and challenging courses at all levels in the School.
Although full guidelines and support material are provided for all the courses we teach, the ethos of the Department is to encourage individual teachers to shape the basic themes and material according to their own enthusiasms and specialisms, and the developing interests of the class groups.
We seek to create a classroom ethos of collaboration and discussion, in response to a variety of high-quality stimuli. The last few years have seen a significant growth in the range of departmental resources, and we are excited by the enrichment that this continuing process provides.
A contribution to the wider life of the School is also expected from staff at Hampton and the successful candidate will be welcome to take part in the wide range of co-curricular School activities - Games, music, Adventure Society, and many more. The school also has a thriving partnerships programme.
We encourage applications as soon as possible; however, the School reserves the right to offer the post at any stage in the appointment process.
The Department
There are currently seven members of the Department. The successful candidate will be required to teach a minimum of 18 (40 minute) periods per week covering a range of ages and abilities throughout the School. Lower School
The First Year have two Religious Studies and Philosophy lessons per week. They begin the year with a course on The Big Questions, designed to introduce the kind of abstract and philosophical issues that we want them to engage with. They then pursue a systematic study of the beliefs and practices of Judaism, followed by an exploration of a philosophy of religion theme: Eternal Life, and then a project on Hinduism or Sikhism. We also visit the mandir in Neasden in the summer term. The Second Year study the problem of evil, followed by introductions to Christianity, Islam, and ethics, and a project on the historical Jesus. We also visit a nearby mosque and church. A significant number of pupils join the School in the Third Year, where they have one lesson per week. The first term is a classical Philosophy of Religion course. The pupils then study Buddhism, and issues surrounding violence and pacifism. The Junior Philosophy Circle is flourishing as a lunchtime club. Middle School
There are thriving GCSE option groups in the Fourth and Fifth Years which take courses on
Christianity: Beliefs and Practices
and on
Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices
as well as
Thematic Studies
in philosophy and ethics (AQA Specification A). We regularly have over 70 pupils in a cohort. The GCSE course is supported by trips to St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Buddhapadipa Temple in Wimbledon. Additionally, in the Fourth Year, all pupils take a
Life Issues
course (one lesson per week), which provides an introduction to contemporary moral issues from a variety of perspectives, secular and religious. Sixth Form
We currently teach OCR A level in Religious Studies. We have also organised our own annual Sixth Form Philosophy Conference in Oxford, where professional philosophers give talks on a topic of their choosing. We also run a Philosophy and Theology Extension Programme for those intending to read either Philosophy or Theology at university and we run a separate Logic Club, for any pupils interested in studying formal logical reasoning. We will welcome contributions to these from the person appointed.
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There are currently seven members of the Department. The successful candidate will be required to teach a minimum of 18 (40 minute) periods per week covering a range of ages and abilities throughout the School. Lower School
The First Year have two Religious Studies and Philosophy lessons per week. They begin the year with a course on The Big Questions, designed to introduce the kind of abstract and philosophical issues that we want them to engage with. They then pursue a systematic study of the beliefs and practices of Judaism, followed by an exploration of a philosophy of religion theme: Eternal Life, and then a project on Hinduism or Sikhism. We also visit the mandir in Neasden in the summer term. The Second Year study the problem of evil, followed by introductions to Christianity, Islam, and ethics, and a project on the historical Jesus. We also visit a nearby mosque and church. A significant number of pupils join the School in the Third Year, where they have one lesson per week. The first term is a classical Philosophy of Religion course. The pupils then study Buddhism, and issues surrounding violence and pacifism. The Junior Philosophy Circle is flourishing as a lunchtime club. Middle School
There are thriving GCSE option groups in the Fourth and Fifth Years which take courses on
Christianity: Beliefs and Practices
and on
Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices
as well as
Thematic Studies
in philosophy and ethics (AQA Specification A). We regularly have over 70 pupils in a cohort. The GCSE course is supported by trips to St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Buddhapadipa Temple in Wimbledon. Additionally, in the Fourth Year, all pupils take a
Life Issues
course (one lesson per week), which provides an introduction to contemporary moral issues from a variety of perspectives, secular and religious. Sixth Form
We currently teach OCR A level in Religious Studies. We have also organised our own annual Sixth Form Philosophy Conference in Oxford, where professional philosophers give talks on a topic of their choosing. We also run a Philosophy and Theology Extension Programme for those intending to read either Philosophy or Theology at university and we run a separate Logic Club, for any pupils interested in studying formal logical reasoning. We will welcome contributions to these from the person appointed.
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