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Haileybury Turnford is an oversubscribed six form entry, 11-19 mixed academy that opened on 1st September 2015.  Our new school launched a change in aspirations, drive and standards of achievement for our students and the wider community.

Our students will leave Haileybury Turnford knowing they have had the opportunities to achieve their personal best and with qualifications that will ensure they progress confidently to college, university and employment.

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We are looking for staff of the highest calibre who are capable of making a positive contribution to teaching and learning at Haileybury Turnford and being part of our journey towards becoming an exceptional school.

If you are excited by the prospect of joining our staff team and working at Haileybury Turnford, why not share your details with us? We are a growing school and are always looking for exceptional people to join us. If you would be interested in finding out more about us, and potentially joining us if a suitable role became available, please email our Principal, Robin Newman directly at newmanr@haileyburyturnford.com

If you are looking to complete your Initial Teacher Training why not do this with us through the school based ‘School Direct’ route, training with Haileybury Turnford as your home school? Full details of this route into teaching and contact details are given here, through our Partnership with Goffs Academy.

Our new building with 12 new classrooms, 3 science labs, a sixth form teaching room and large library opened in September 2021, to provide first class learning facilities for all staff and students to benefit from. The rest of our school site will also receive state-of-the-art new buildings int he next three years.

We offer excellent induction and training to support professional development and learning to all teaching and support staff.  We have programmes in place for Early Career Teachers, as well as aspiring Middle Leaders and Senior Leaders. Our Early Careers Teachers are supported by Best Practice Network and the Alban Teaching School Hub which provides outstanding provision to our new staff (Ofsted, 2023). Many of our trainees stay with us to access this outstanding provision through their induction period and beyond.

We are committed to fair and transparent recruitment processes, with the wish to attract and select candidates from a wide, diverse talent pool. 

All positions can be found on the following websites:

Teach in Herts – http://teachinherts.com

GOV.UK Teaching Vacancies – https://teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/

Appointment Process

Please apply in writing to Mrs Jarvis, HR & Wellbeing Manager, enclosing a covering letter (no more than two sides of A4) and an application form (found below).

If you wish to discuss any role in more detail, please initially contact Mrs Jarvis – jarvisj@haileyburyturnford.com

We are unable to give feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted.

Candidates are encourages to submit their application as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

For shortlisted candidates, on arrival you will usually meet the Principal or Vice Principal. We will give you chance to see the school, talk to students and meet colleagues. When appointing new teachers, we always observe you teaching a lesson. The interview itself will last no more than 30 minutes after which you will usually be free to leave: we will telephone you later in the day with the outcome of the interview process and offer verbal feedback to all candidates. We will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

We look forward to meeting you.

Recruitment and Retention payments available for outstanding candidates.

Haileybury Turnford is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All appointments are subject to employments checks and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake a satisfactory disclosure.

We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

Haileybury Turnford is committed to being an anti-racist organisation and we encourage you to view our Black Lives Matter statement which gives clarity on our anti-racist stance. In our relentless efforts to be an anti-racist organisation, we recognise the negative impacts of under representation and lack of diversity in the education system and in all aspects of our society. Therefore, for recruitment into any post, where we have 2 or more candidates of equal merit, candidates with protected characteristics will be given advantage over candidates without such characteristics. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘tie-breaker’ and is referred to as ‘positive action’ in the Equality Act 2010.

To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.

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