Barking Abbey School, a Specialist Sports and Humanities College

Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed split site secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and has a well-deserved reputation for its friendly and supportive atmosphere and its excellent academic achievements. With a large KS5 provision and Additional Resourced Provisions (ARP) on each of our campuses, the school provides a varied role for the right individual.

Values and vision

Our school motto is 'Give and Expect the Best' and we do this by living our values each and every day. Bravery, Excellence, Self-Discipline and teamwork.

Barking Abbey School aims to provide world-class teaching and learning to all its students. Staff strive to offer outstanding pastoral care, and to deliver an inclusive and challenging curriculum while offering regular and robust assessment. The secondary school also has a programme of high-quality enrichment classes.

Recruitment process

We serve a diverse community and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. We also welcome candidates with a non traditional background. The most important thing for us is your desire and ability to make a difference in young peoples lives.

Our recruitment process is fair and transparent and designed to get the best candidate for the role. A sample of our recruitment process is listed below

• Advert placed on My New Term, TES, internally, Jobs Go Public and in LBBD boards
• Blind shortlisting by a panel against the Job description. Potential applicants are       scored. Shortlisting by at least 3 people including one SLT.
• Shortlist for interview based on scores from shortlisting.
• Interview process will depend on role and may include; lesson observations, data or admin tasks, panel interviews, student panels and a final interview
• All assessed tasks are scored according to set criteria and scores are moderated   to ensure consistency.
• All panel interviews and final interviews are scored. Each interview has a   moderation process to ensure consistency of scores where appropriate. Questions are common to all applicants.
• Feedback is provided by a member of the panel.

Ofsted report

A clear theme running through the school is the positive behaviour of pupils and their excellent attitudes to their work. Pupils are keen to do well and seize the opportunities given by teachers to work hard. They conduct themselves well around the school and are polite and respectful towards others. These attitudes have a strong impact on pupils' achievements because they enable learning to take place without undue interruption.