Join team turner
Turner Schools is dedicated to attracting, recruiting and retaining staff of the highest calibre in our teaching and non-teaching roles. We are made up of a diverse group of professionals who cover many specialisms and as a Trust we come together in the pursuit of delivering a powerful non-selective education through each of our schools in the Turner Schools family.
Our commitment to achieve this is made up of the following objectives:-
To attract, recruit and retain staff
As a Trust, we believe that our people are our biggest asset and key to achieving outcomes for our pupils. We are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals, with a passion for making a positive difference to children's lives to join our team at Turner Schools. In return we can offer:
Competitive reward packages, including pension provision
We offer private healthcare from Benenden Health medical. This includes a 24/7 GP service which can prescribe, counselling sessions, and access to the BUPA hospital network as well as physiotherapist.
Subsidised lunches.
Free on-site parking.
We support working parents and all those with caring responsibilities.
Internal career progression opportunities within the Trust and opportunities to collaborate closely with range of schools and colleagues within the Trust.
We offer personalised coaching and CPD programmes alongside an investment in your career and development through financing Masters qualifications, training courses and conferences as requested.
We actively promote health and wellbeing so that our staff feel happy, content and valued in the work they do
We have supportive governors and a dedicated, warm and welcoming faculty team who are always willing to go above and beyond to support one another.
We have fantastic pupils who work hard and who want to learn in a calm and purposeful learning environment, underpinned by the highest expectations of behaviour.
Manageable workload through sensible and efficient policies.
A genuine opportunity to make a difference by being part of the exciting vision for our Trust.
To work towards an increasingly diverse staffing profile
Turner Schools has due regard for our duties under the Equality Act 2010 to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations. The Turner Schools Equality and Diversity Policy incorporates gender equality, race equality and disability equality which sets out our commitment to promoting equality and community cohesion and eliminating discrimination and harassment.
Through our ethos, we will continuously strive to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and dignity. Each faculty colleague in our Academies will be given fair and equal opportunities to develop their full potential regardless of their gender, ethnicity, cultural and religious background, sexuality, disability or special educational needs and ability.
Equal opportunities will underpin all policies and will be a factor underpinning the monitoring of all aspects of Academy life and achievement.
We believe that the broad range of cultural and other experiences that a diverse workforce brings will help the Trust develop and succeed
We foster an inclusive culture that promotes equality of opportunity, values diversity and maintains a working, learning and social environment in which the rights and dignity of our staff are respected.
To support staff in personal and professional development
Turner Schools is committed to the wellbeing and development of all Faculty colleagues, so that everyone has the opportunity to become ‘experts’ in their roles. Consequently, all colleagues are entitled to regular guidance, both formally and informally, whatever their roles.
We actively encourage staff at all levels to participate in planning their personal and professional development, enabling them to reach their full potential.
As a trust, we encourage knowledge sharing and internal progression opportunities to support development and reward and retain staff.
We strive to continuously strengthen and promote our development programmes for all staff.
We have developed a pioneering Leadership Development Programme across the Trust as we are committed to developing our people in order to grow our own talent and develop staff from within. (insert link to this on webpage)
The Trust prides itself on developing early careers teaching and can offer a variety of routes into teaching at our schools. For further information, please see our teacher training page
To help us achieve this we walk the ‘Turner talk’
Speak and act with care: always show compassion and respect for children
Act boldly: be ambitious for yourself and the children and young people we serve
Learn from adversity: be evaluative, thoughtful and reflective
Challenge convention: be curious, welcome difference and unfamiliar thinking
Connect with others: support colleagues, parents and pupils to make a great team
Use your voice: offer different views and ask questions
Do what it takes: be relentless in pursuing the best for children
Ask for support: be open and honest when plans go awry
Don’t give up: be calm, resilient and measured when managing challenges
