Recruitment

Join our school, join our community

Kents Hill Park staff don’t just join a school, they become part of a supportive and innovative community. The right attitude and ethos are more important than vast experience.

The school’s ethos is based around traditional values and high expectations of behaviour and care, the staff that join us all share these beliefs.

Kents Hill Park is looking for committed and enthusiastic staff to help shape the future of its pupils and the strategic direction of the school. All roles offer the chance to work across all phases of the school, providing career development well beyond a single phase.

The school strives to develop Confident, Independent and Forward-Thinking pupils at every stage of their education, from EYFS to KS4, and the same is true for every one of our staff.

The ‘all-through’ school, which opened in September 2018, has a really clear vision and is ambitious in everything it does. With almost 1000 pupils, Kents Hill Park are in the enviable position of being able to know all its pupils and staff really well, providing fantastic opportunities at every stage.

As part of Kingsbridge Educational Trust, Kents Hill Park School belongs to a group of well-established, high-performing and successful schools, where providing the very best in teaching and learning is at the heart of what we do. The ‘all-through’ model allows us to do that for every pupil at each stage of their education.

Why work at Kents Hill Park School?

  • Excellent school and facilities
  • Excellent early careers teacher support
  • A chance to play a part in developing the strategic direction of the school
  • Work from EYFS to key stage 4
  • A no-nonsense approach to teaching
  • Centralised systems and routines in a collaborative environment
  • Commitment to staff wellbeing
  • Commitment to continuous learning and improvement
  • Short regular CPD based on Rosenshine, and working with leading national educationalists
  • The highest expectations of pupils and ourselves
  • Excellent working conditions in a well maintained school
  • No disruption permitted in lessons
  • No fads – a 3 Year Improvement Plan, that doesn’t change
  • A feedback policy, no marking
  • No individual lesson plans
  • No graded or high-stakes observations
  • No teaching gimmicks
  • No wasting time on bureaucracy, we only collect data we use, we don’t do written reports, no unnecessary paperwork

Benefits of working at Kents Hill Park

  • Employee Assistance Programme - Free telephone counselling for employees and their families
  • Eye Tests and glasses vouchers (subject to terms and conditions)
  • We follow (as a minimum) Teachers Terms and Conditions and NJC Terms and Conditions
  • CPD, Coaching and Mentoring
  • Pay scales equal to or better than national pay scales for teaching and associate staff
  • Graded Pay Scales (associate staff) – Based on performance management
  • Annual leave (associate staff) - 28 days plus Bank Holidays
  • Annual leave with 5+ years’ service (associate staff) - 32 days plus Bank Holidays
  • Discretionary paid and unpaid leave entitlement
  • Life Assurance when an employee is a member of the pension scheme
  • Pension (associate staff) - from 1 April 2023, the Trust will contribute 22.10% of the employee’s monthly salary if the employee is a member of the LGPS
  • Free onsite parking

What Staff Say about Working at Kents Hill Park

Your voice and opinions are always heard and listened to and you really feel that you are part of a team where everyone’s wellbeing matters. Being at KHP has allowed me to develop new skills and achieve new goals. It’s a brilliant school.

“I enjoy working here because there is a strong support system throughout the school, all staff are given autonomy, which enables productive environments to educate and support students, as well as encouragement and guidance for personal development.”

Working at KHP has been a real game-changer! For the first time, in all my years of teaching the expectations of staff feel realistic and manageable. The school is led with genuine understanding and a real sense of work life balance. Feeling valued makes me feel happy and productive. Behaviour is well managed. Pupils are polite, caring and respectful to each other and staff. The staff here are amazing. I've never worked with such a lovely and supportive group of people. We work well as a team and our school has a great community feel.

Kents Hill Park is the best working environment and I highly recommend it. Staff are respectful, kind, helpful, professional and all support each other which creates a strong team around you.