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Early Career Teachers wanted to join HEARTS Academy Trust
September 2025 start
Closing date: Monday, 21st April 2025
Interviews: Friday, 2nd May 2025
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 download our ECT Recruitment Pack for full details about joining HEARTS Academy Trust.
For an informal discussion, please contact our HEARTS Recruitment Team: recruitment@heartsacademy.uk
Read more about our commitment to CPD here:https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/hearts-continuing-professional-development-cpd/
For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/
How to apply: Applications will be submitted via MyNewTerm. Please click on 'Apply for this vacancy' for details.
CVs are not accepted.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date should we have enough suitable applications, therefore we advise applying early.
HEARTS Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate against any applicant on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race. For this reason, all application forms are anonymised before shortlisting takes place to ensure applicants are considered only on the relevant qualifications, skills and experience that are profiled on the application form and personal statement.
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.
For further information about the HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website at: http://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
Information about the School
HEARTS is a small innovative Academy Trust of six primary schools and an alternative provision for pupils with SEMH challenges. All provisions are based in the south of Essex. Our values are central to all that we do. We work tirelessly to ensure that happiness and hope, self-esteem, achievement, respect and responsibility, truth, spirituality and service are embedded into the curriculum. Our pupils are well-rounded individuals who are ready to face the challenges offered to them. These values are at the heart of all we do and fundamental to our working relationships as well as our pupils' learning. We have high expectations of our employees and offer support and continued development opportunities for all. We expect our employees to live the HEARTS values in their work and relationships with other employees and the community.
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview. A copy of the trusts Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/policies
We can offer you:
an excellent CPD entitlement with purposeful training, including trust-wide twilights throughout the year
a two-week October half-term
supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils
a highly effective learning environment
a responsive and involved leadership team
the HEARTS four-day face-to-face teaching week model whereby all teachers in the trust receive 20% non-contact time. This goes above and beyond the national entitlement of 10% PPA.
a school with a highly positive culture that supports all staff; mental health, workload and wellbeing are at the forefront of our vision and values
access to our school counsellor and network of Mental Health and Wellbeing champions
For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website: www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk