Trainee Teacher
The Beacon School, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 1AG41 days remaining to apply
Job start date
10 October 2025
Closing date
13 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Fee paying/Non-salaried/Salaried
Trainee Teacher job summary
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 tax-free 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 a 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 that offers an employment contract.
- Stage 2 of the application process is that you will need to complete a DfE application form to train to teach and pass all criteria of the Initial Teacher Training provider.
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, with candidates able to apply for a Tuition Fee Loans to cover the following course fees.
Course Fees
- Full time fee‑funded (QTS + PGCE): ~ £9,535 total. If you opt out of the PGCE, the cost is approximately £9,035.
- Part‑time course (over two years): Year 1: £7,145; Year 2: £4,762. PGCE is not available for this route.
- Salaried route: The QTS tuition fee is paid by the employing school, with the PGCE, offered at an extra £500, which the trainee must pay.
- Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeships with course fees at £9,000, which can be funded by the school/employer’s levy pot for eligible candidates.
- Maintenance loans of around £13,000 to help with living costs for some candidates
- Some secondary subjects also come with a tax-free bursary paid by the Department for Education.
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
- 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.
APPLY:
Please read the trainee teacher job description to support your understanding of the role.
Please click on the 'Apply Now' button to complete and return GLF’s application form to express your interest and a member of our teacher training team will be in contact. Please ensure you meet the eligibility criteria.
Further information about the job
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Beacon School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1022 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Beacon School website
The Beacon School is part of the thriving GLF Schools Multi-Academy Trust, dedicated to serving our local community. Our core purpose is to ensure exceptional student progress and well-being, and as a member of our teaching staff, you will be supported in achieving this goal. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of an outstanding curriculum, working alongside our team to create engaging and innovative learning experiences. In addition to your teaching responsibilities, you'll have access to a broad range of enrichment and extra-curricular activities, allowing you to inspire students beyond the classroom.
At The Beacon School, we believe in the importance of staff well being and professional development. You'll join a strong and supportive staff body with numerous opportunities for collaboration and growth. Our school culture emphasises teamwork and camaraderie with regular staff social events fostering a sense of community.
Upon joining the Beacon School, you will:
Join an exceptionally warm and welcoming team of staff.
Teach students who want to learn.
Be supported by a highly experienced team in the Faculty.
Have access to an excellent programme of CPD.
Have the opportunity to be coached and/or become a coach.
Be able to collaborate and develop your career alongside other colleagues from across the 42 GLF Schools.
Receive a laptop and the use of IRIS technology to help you shape your teaching.
Have recognition of previous school continuous service.
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