Year One Prep Teacher
Part Time 40%
Maternity Cover
April 2025 until March 2026
Kent College is a school that ensures every student succeeds above and beyond their potential, as shown by our outstanding value-added results which place us as one of the top schools in the country. Academically, creatively, in Music, Drama and Sport, we nurture, support and encourage our students to thrive. Our flexible and personalised offer allows every student to follow their own path in life and excel. Nurturing and care is at the heart of what we do. We are a community of unique individuals, each with our own characters, personalities and strengths, and brought together by our Methodist ethos of doing all the good you can.
Our ethos of kindness, community and inclusive nurturing, alongside excellent teaching and learning, a flexible curriculum and fantastic facilities are the key to success for our students.
Individual excellence is at the heart of the Kent College community.
We value:
A chievement,
S upport for all,
P urposeful citizenship,
I ndividuality,
R eliability, resilience, respect, and
E nquiring and creative minds.
At Kent College Prep, we benefit from small classes, excellent facilities and warm and friendly staff who work hard to provide a wide range of opportunities for our pupils.
Kent College Prep is a wonderful, small school with a great team of teachers and fantastic children. We are seeking to appoint an ambitious, passionate, creative and enthusiastic Year One Teacher to cover maternity leave from April 2025.
We are delighted to welcome applications from candidates who share our core values and who are able to contribute to our continued future success. We recruit staff of the highest calibre who will inspire, support and challenge the pupils, and fellow colleagues, to achieve their full potential.
Closing date: Monday 24 February 2025 by Midday
Interviews likely to be WC 3 March 2025
The completed application form, including the names and addresses of two referees, CV and a letter of application should be sent to the Head, Miss Katrina Handford via hr@kentcollege.kent.sch.uk
Candidates are encouraged to apply well before the deadline. We reserve the right to interview candidates before the closing date.
References will be taken up prior to interview. One of the referees should normally be the applicant’s current or most recent employer. The post requires the highest level of clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Kent College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Appointees must be prepared to undergo child protection screening Child Protection and welfare are taken very seriously at Kent College, with guidelines on confidentiality and staff-pupil relationship procedures well-publicised to staff.
All gaps of employment are to be accounted for and rigorously investigated. Referees are contacted to ensure the validity of the reference. Testimonials are not acceptable in place of confidential references.