From January 2025 we will introduce an exciting new initiative as part of our commitment to fostering extraordinary people. These additional staff benefits aim to enhance our work environment and support the professional and personal growth of our staff.

• Move to six INSET days per year: We are adding one additional INSET day to provide more opportunities for professional development and collaboration.
• Protected additional CPL time: We are ensuring that additional Continued Professional Learning (CPL) time is protected within working hours, allowing you to focus on your growth without extending your workday.
• Continued professional development pathway for every role: Every role will have a clear pathway for professional development, ensuring that all staff have opportunities to advance and grow.
• Communication policy: You are not expected to respond to work communications outside of working hours, helping you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Time for you day: Each staff member will receive one day per year dedicated to personal time, without any loss of pay. This day is for you to recharge and take care of personal matters.
• Reasonable release time for significant personal events: We are committed to providing reasonable release time for significant personal events, ensuring you can attend important moments without financial penalty.
• Length of service award: We will introduce a length of service award to recognise and celebrate your dedication.
• Retirement and financial planning: We will offer resources and support for retirement and financial planning, helping you prepare for the future.
• Cycle-to-work scheme: To encourage a healthy and eco-friendly commute.
• Free tea, coffee and milk: To make your workday a little brighter, we will provide free tea, coffee, and milk for all employees.

Why work for us

Collaboration and Culture

We believe that positive and constructive collaboration is at the heart of our success. Our commitment to teamwork has earned us awards in recognition of the effective work being done by teams across our community of schools.

To ensure our staff achieve their full potential, we provide an inspiring environment, a supportive culture, and continuous professional learning and career opportunities. We all embrace our STARS values and share the same vision, which continues to steer our trust forward.

Wellbeing

The importance of good physical, emotional, and mental well-being cannot be over-emphasised. We take employee health and wellbeing seriously and have a number of policies and procedures in place to support our staff. We are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone can be extraordinary.

Additional employee benefits

• Competitive salary
• Valuable access to Education Mutual Healthcare (access to a range of healthcare benefits: Physiotherapy, Mental Health, 24/7 GP Healthline)
• Family friendly policies including flexible working, occupational maternity and paternity pay
• Excellent holiday entitlement for support staff: Bank holidays plus 25 days paid holiday (pro rata). In addition 5 days extra paid holiday after 5 years’ service (pro rata). 
• Great employer pension scheme (Teachers Pension Scheme and Local Government Pension Scheme)
   

We are looking for passionate and hard-working people to make a positive difference, drive improvement and raise standards.

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