Early Career Teachers required for September 2025

More than one location, Hearts Academy Trust

7 days remaining to apply

Start date details
September 2025 start
Closing date
2 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 February 2025

Job details

Job role: Teacher
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Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: ECT pay scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

Early Career Teachers wanted to join HEARTS Academy Trust

September 2025 start

Closing date: Sunday, 2nd March 2025

Interviews: Monday 10th March 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.

For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact our HEARTS Recruitment Team: recruitment@heartsacademy.uk or call 01268 572672

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

For full details and to download our application form, please visit: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/

It is very important that the HEARTS application form is completed in full, particularly section F which refers to references. We must have the full contact details of two referees, including their name, address, telephone number and email address.

Please note that we will write to the Headteacher for all education references. Incomplete application forms will not be considered.

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.

What the school offers its staff

Why choose HEARTS Academy Trust as your new employer?

The HEARTS way of working is based on our values of happiness, self-esteem, achievement, respect and responsibility, truth and service, all of which are embedded within each of our schools.

HEARTS Academy Trust offers a comprehensive rewards and benefits package to all colleagues, including but not limited to:

Pension schemes (LGPS/TPS)
Professional development opportunities
Access to our trust Counsellor
Access to our Mental Health First Aid team
Additional week’s leave during October
Excellent CPD opportunities with purposeful training, including trust-wide twilights
Supportive leadership and opportunities to collaborate across the trust
On request, and if appropriate, flexible working

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

All applicants can view a copy of our Records Retention Policy on the Trust website, the policy sets out how we will gather, process and hold personal data of individuals during and after the recruitment process.

For further information about the HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website at: http://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

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

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

ECT Recruitment Pack - FINAL-compressed (1).pdf - 941 KB (opens in new tab)

Class Teacher - Job Description.pdf - 998 KB (opens in new tab)

Privacy_Notice_Applicants-f03ef7d2.pdf - 184 KB (opens in new tab)

Class Teacher - Person Specification.pdf - 1.01 MB (opens in new tab)

Recruitment_policy_September_2023_(reviewed_March_2024_updated_April_2024).pdf - 778 KB (opens in new tab)

HEARTS external application form - revised Nov 2024.docx - 90.8 KB (opens in new tab)

HEARTS 80.20 charter_poster Feb 2024 v5.pdf - 245 KB (opens in new tab)

About the schools

Type: Multi-academy trust
Website: Hearts Academy Trust website (opens in new tab)
Email address: recruitment@heartsacademy.uk
Phone number: 01268 572672
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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.

We can offer you:

- access to the HEARTS Extra Programme (Rewards and Benefits)
- 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
- an 80:20 teaching model (4-day teaching week where all teachers receive an additional 10% non-contact (PPA) time each week as part of the trust policy)
- 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

All of our schools are judged good or outstanding.