Trainee Teacher
Meridian High School, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 0AH17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Fee paying/Non-salaried/Salaried
What skills and experience we're looking for
Please note that this role is not specifically at Meridian High School.
Trainee Teacher Opportunity at GLF Schools
GLF is a Multi-Academy Trust of 43 schools that provides Education in the Early Years, Primary, and Secondary phases across Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex and the London Boroughs of Wandsworth and Croydon.
Are you a passionate graduate ready to embark on your teaching career?
Do you want to work in a Trust committed to training and developing its trainee teachers and employing them as Early Career Teachers in one of 43 schools?
Do you want to receive high-quality, locally based training while making a real impact on young learners' lives?
If so, we want to hear from you!
About the Role:
We are excited to offer aspiring teachers a fantastic opportunity to join GLF’s Trainee Teacher Programme in partnership with Inspiring Future Teachers. As part of our GLF Schools Teacher Training Hub, you’ll receive exceptional training, support, and a choice of training routes, from our employment-based routes, where your salary and training fees are funded, to our fee-funded routes, where you could pay for trainee fees by a student loan, or potentially receive a training bursary.
As a trainee at GLF, you'll be part of a supportive team where your professional development, well-being, and workload will be prioritised. We believe in nurturing talent at GLF and are committed to helping you grow into a confident, capable educator who could have a long and rewarding career with GLF. You'll gain hands-on experience in various school settings that work for you, including GLF’s nurseries and primary and secondary schools within our Trust.
Qualifications:
To be eligible for this teacher training route you will have the following qualifications:
- A degree awarded by a UK higher education provider or recognised equivalent qualification. (For Secondary courses at least 50% of your degree will be in the subject you wish to teach.)
- Grade C/4 or above in English and Maths, and (Science for Primary routes only)
- Demonstrate you hold the right to work and study in the UK and have been a resident in the UK/EEA for the last three years.
- A Degree 2:2 or above (may accept a 3rd class degree in particular circumstances.)
- For some employment-based training routes, some school experience will be required, alongside a school to offer an employment contract.
- Stage 2 of the applications process if that you will need to complete a DfE application form to train to teach and pass all criteria of the Initial Teacher Training provider.
What the school offers its staff
Funding/Salary:
GLF offer funded training routes, with a fixed term, full time contract, 32.5 hours a week on an Unqualified teacher scale for specific candidates in specific routes.
GLF also offer unpaid training routes, but you can apply for:
- Tuition fee loans to cover your £9,250 course fees.
- Maintenance loans of up to £13,022 to help with living costs.
- Some secondary subject also comes with a tax-free bursary paid by the Department for Education.
- Further information on funding eligibility is available on Gov.uk and Get Into Teaching website
Why Join GLF?
- Personalised and well-sequenced training: Benefit from locally delivered, school-based training by experienced teachers in a range of training bases in Surrey, Oxford, Reading and Croydon.
- Collaborative Culture: Work in a unique, collaborative environment backed by evidence-informed professional development.
- Exceptional Support: Be part of a team that puts your well-being and growth at the heart of everything we do.
- Career Progression: Begin and develop your career in one of GLF’s 43 schools while enjoying all the benefits of a close-knit, supportive Trust.
We are committed to creating an inclusive, innovative, and inspiring learning environment for all.
Join us and take the first step toward a rewarding teaching career with GLF.
How to find out more and apply.
FIND OUT MORE:
You can learn more about our programme by visiting our GLF School ITT website
To find out more contact a member of Teacher Training Team who can arrange a call.
APPLY:
Please read the trainee teacher job description to support your understanding of the role.
Please complete and return GLF’s application form to express your interest and a member of our teacher training team will be in contact.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Meridian High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 525 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Meridian High School website
- Email address
- lrice1@glfschools.org
- Phone number
- 020 8716 4987
School location
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