Are you looking to start your teaching journey within an organisation that really does place colleagues and children at the heart? 

We are an innovative, collaborative Multi Academy Trust made up of 6 primary schools and an enhanced SEMH provision based in Essex. 

We recognise and celebrate the distinctiveness of each school within our Trust, and value each of our colleagues.  We are proud that effective collaboration and strong, shared professional development for staff has enabled us to continually improve and become the high-performing establishment that we are today, working together has allowed us to build expertise across our settings, meeting common goals and giving our pupils and colleagues an inclusive, ambitious and innovative community for all.

We are seeking to appoint Early Career Teachers who will deliver the curriculum within our schools with ambition and energy, whilst being an important part of our HEARTS family, inspiring our pupils to learn and grow. 

Some of the benefits of joining HEARTS Academy Trust as an Early Careers Teacher include: 

• Excellent mentoring and supportive induction
•  A four-day teaching week (80:20 model) beyond the ECT years
• Centralised, expertly planned curriculum, including some of the highest quality schemes of work
• Extra CPD hours in your first ECT year
• A two-week October half-term break
• A supportive and inclusive culture
• A bespoke workload and well-being charter
• Excellent training and a commitment to professional development
• HEARTS ethos, vision and values
• Cycle to work scheme
• Internal and external networking opportunities

The Trust has a close-knit, family ethos.  You will feel and gain a sense of belonging and a shared purpose, helping us transform and shape pupils and families lives.

Please read the full recruitment pack, job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for full details.

Read more about our commitment to CPD here

For an informal discussion, please contact our HEARTS Recruitment Team:  recruitment@heartsacademy.uk

For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date, should we receive enough suitable applicants. 

HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

To view the Trust policies relating to recruitment, data protection and child protection please click here

If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with you.