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Overview
Religious education teachers at secondary school plan and teach religion lessons for young people, prepare learning materials, follow student progress and assess knowledge through assignments, tests and examinations.
In job descriptions, look for religious studies, lesson planning, course material, homework, classroom safety, student support, behaviour monitoring, exams, school events and collaboration with educational support staff.
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This teaching role is centred on secondary-school religion lessons, prepared course material, classroom discussion and assessment. The work also includes individual help, homework follow-up, student safety and contact with support staff.
Skills and specialization
Useful depth includes religious studies, history of theology, lesson planning, course material, classroom teamwork and recognising different learning needs. Some roles also value school-event work, field trips and careful exam design.
Salary context
Salary context depends on teaching responsibility, timetable load, assessment duties, student-support work and whether the role includes curriculum development or wider school coordination. Subject expertise alone is only one part of the comparison.
Career paths
Career paths can move from classroom teaching toward subject coordination, mentoring newer teachers, developing religion course material, student-support cooperation or broader secondary-school leadership tasks connected to teaching quality.
Good to know
Check whether adverts specify age group, religion curriculum, lesson preparation time, assessment methods, class size, support staff and duties outside ordinary teaching, such as events, field trips or pastoral follow-up.
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Alternative labels
religious education teacher
religious studies teacher
religious education teacher high school
high school RS teacher
high school RE teacher
RE teacher
high school religious education teacher
religious education teacher in secondary school
teacher of religious education in high school
high school religious studies teacher
secondary school RE teacher
RE teacher in secondary school
secondary school religious education teacher
Occupation group
secondary school teacher (2330.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/35e42c87-faf7-465f-abe4-f26717996dd1 |
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| ESCO code | 2330.1.17 |
| ISCO group | 2330 |
| Concept type | Occupation |