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St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy, Thornhill Terrace, Sunderland, SR2 7JN Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust
Catholic Secondary School Lay Chaplain vacancy
Start Date: 1st September 2026
Contract: Permanent
Contracted hours: 37 hours a week Term time only plus 5 days
Working pattern: Monday to Thursday 8am to 4pm and Friday 8am to 3.30 pm with 30 minutes unpaid lunch break each day
Salary: Grade 5 SCP 17 to 22 £26,332 to 28,604p.a. (FTE £31,022 to £33,699p.a.) Please note this post is currently going through job evaluation.
CEO: Mr T.B. Tapping
Headteacher: Mrs Marie Lanaghan
Applications are invited from practising and committed Catholics for the post of Catholic Secondary School Lay Chaplain at St. Anthony’s Girls’ Catholic Academy.
At St Anthony’s we deliver world class education. Our school is a Catholic Academy with 1307 students aged 11 -18 years and founded upon the Mercy tradition. We are looking to appoint a permanent inspiring Catholic Secondary School Lay Chaplain who has high levels of initiative and is motived to work in a busy secondary school environment. Our workload charter sets the tone for what we stand for as a Trust and sets out our commitment in relation to staff workload and wellbeing. This supports our overall mission of creating: Better Schools, Better Communities and Better Futures in Christ.
St Anthony’s is part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust which is one of four Trusts in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. The Trust includes five Secondary and twenty six Primary Schools across South Tyneside, Sunderland and East Durham.
Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust safeguards and protects its students and staff by being committed to respond in accordance with South Tyneside Child Protection Procedures. Enhanced DBS checks are mandatory for all school staff.
All application documents should be fully completed and submitted by email to [email protected] by 9am on Thursday 2nd July 2026. Application forms are required and CVs alone will not be accepted.
For enquiries regarding this role, please contact Mrs Marie Lanaghan Headteacher: [email protected].
Shortlisting will be completed on Monday 6th July 2026.
Interview date to be confirmed. Full details will be shared following shortlisting.
Electronic signatures will be accepted but candidates will be required to add a written signature to their application when circumstances allow.
The position we are filling is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. An online search will be completed for all shortlisted candidates.
Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and we expect staff and volunteers to share this commitment.