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We are proud of the high level of staff retention at Wootton Park Academy Trust and of our developing reputation as a centre of excellence.
We have recruited the very best staff to join our Headteacher, Mrs Kayleigh Smith’s team to teach and mature your children at Overstone Gate Primary School. They deserve the best.
If you are interested in working for the school, whether on a paid or voluntary basis, please get in touch.
Current Vacancies
Please note that all applicants invited to interview will be asked to complete our interview checklist and provide information at interview.
Education Personnel Management (EPM) supports our Trust with the recruitment process.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The Equality Act 2010 applies to all those working at Overstone Gate Primary School in whatever capacity and includes those who are working under a contract.
The School will comply with the requirements of the Equality Act (2010) and are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection processes no applicant is disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender, gender re-assignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
Recruitment will be solely on the basis of the applicant’s abilities and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the job. Qualifications, knowledge, experience and skills will be assessed at the level that is relevant to the job.
Update September 2022 – In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education, Wootton Park Academy Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
If you are made an offer of employment, then it will be conditional and subject to confirmation of the following:
receipt of at least two satisfactory written references (one of which must be their current or most recent employer). A reference from the last place worked with children will always be requested;
verification of the applicant’s identity, preferably from current photographic ID and proof of address;
verification of the applicant’s medical fitness;
verification of qualifications where relevant;
verification of professional status where applicable. For teachers, this will include checking that the individual has the required teaching qualification and has successfully completed any statutory induction, if required, through the Teacher Services System;
satisfactory enhanced DBS check;
satisfactory online searches and social media checks;
for management positions (Applicable to governors/trustees, Headteachers, members of the Senior Leadership Team and departmental heads), verification that they are not subject to a section 128 direction by checking the Teacher Services System;
for teachers and other employees who hold QTS who are working in non-teaching roles, verification that they are not subject to a prohibition order by checking the Teacher Services System. This check is also completed for any employees who complete ‘teaching work’ as defined by The Teachers’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012;
for teachers, satisfactory check to determine any restrictions/sanctions that have been imposed in other EEA member states, through the provision of a letter of professional standing from the professional regulating authority in the country where they qualified;
a clear children’s barred list check (except supervised volunteers);
verification of right to work in the United Kingdom;
any further checks where the applicant has lived or worked outside of the UK, including receipt of criminal record information from overseas;
any further checks where the applicant has lived or worked outside of the UK, including receipt of criminal record information from overseas;
confirmation that the applicant is not disqualified from providing childcare;
a utility bill dated within the last 3 months or another form of verification of your current address;
original birth certificate;
proof of NI number.
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